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GreenBiz.com: How to Keep Ahead of Sustainability’s Twists and Turns
I want you to close your eyes for a minute. Think of the word “sustainability.” What images come to mind? Trees, grass. Perhaps the color green? Now think about sustainability and your business. What issues are most pertinent to your … Continue Reading
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TheCSRMinute features Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise Award Winners
If you’re unable to view the video below, please click here. Congratulations to our winners: The Taylor Companies, Lube Stop, Laser Plus, Communication Matters, and The Scrap Exchange!
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Tagged Communication Matters, GlaxoSmithKline, green plus, Green Plus awards, Institute for Sustainable Development, Laser Plus, Lube Stop, North American Sustainable Enterprise awards, Research Triangle Park, Research Triangle Park Foundation, Small Business, sustainability, The Redwoods Group, The Scrap Exchange, The Taylor Companies, Wachovia, Wells Fargo
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2011 Green Plus Award North American Sustainable Enterprise Finalists Announced
The Institute for Sustainable Development has announced its finalists for the 2011 Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise Awards. The Green Plus Awards recognize organizations not only for their environmental efforts, but for their success in balancing strong business, community and … Continue Reading
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Tagged Abigail Seymour Photography, American Chamber of Commerce Executives, Builders of Hope, Bull city Forward, business, Chapel Hill - Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, Communication Matters, Conestoga dpi, Cosmic Bobbins, Counter Culture Coffee, Duke Energy, E4S, EcoLogic Solutions, Entrepreneurs for Sustainability, Environmental Solutions Group, GlaxoSmithKline, Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce, green business, green plus, High Construction, Hughes Pittman & Gupton, IContact, Institute for Sustainable Development, Irregardless Cafe, jke Marketing & Communications, Laser Plus, Lube Stop, Next American City, North American Sustainable Enterprise awards, Pantek, Partners for Livable Communities, PCI, Pharamaceutical Calibration Services, Redwoods Group, Research Triangle Park, Small Business, sustainable, Taylor Companies, The Scrap Exchange, the Umstead Hotel & Spa, TS Designs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Urban Tree Connection, Wells Fargo, Wenger Feeds, Wingswept, Yes Solar Solutions, Yurich Creative
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GreenBiz: 5 Reasons Why Small Businesses Should Care about Sustainability
These days leaders of small businesses have their hands full just trying to survive. So why would they add a sustainability strategy to their already overloaded priorities? Because sustainability strategies are all about business survival. Like it or not, sustainability … Continue Reading
Obama’s Proposed Health Care Reform: Friend or Foe?
President Obama’s healthcare reform has been the topic of heavy debate in recent weeks, especially among small businesses who have both a lot to gain and a lot to lose from such a reform. Of the 39 million Americans who … Continue Reading
Starbucks Aims to Capture “Community” Feel
Facing flagging sales and the forced closure of nearly 800 stores worldwide, Starbucks is turning to a new tactic: becoming not-Starbucks. The chain’s new strategy, which will be launched at a handful of stores in its native Seattle, involves a … Continue Reading
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Tagged 15th Avenue Coffee and Tea, Community, Small Business, Starbucks, Strategy
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A New Marketing Tool for Small Businesses…Twitter
What if small businesses and entrepreneurs could advertise and perform customer service for free and reach more potential clients than multi-thousand dollar marketing plans? Enter Twitter, a completely free social networking and blogging service that allows users to send and … Continue Reading
Electronic Waste – No Easy Solution
Let’s face it – it’s difficult to run a business these days without investing in a significant amount of electronic equipment. Computers, printers, photocopying and fax machines, cell phones and PDAs… they are all crucial pieces in maintaining communication with … Continue Reading
Unpacking the Stimulus Package: ARC Program Off to a Slow Start
Unpacking the Stimulus Package, Vol. 4 On June 15th, the Small Business Administration began accepting applications for their short-term deferred-payment ARC loan program. By the end of the first week, however, only four national banks had signed on to the … Continue Reading
Unpacking the Stimulus Package: ARC Update
Unpacking the Stimulus Package, Vol.2 Small businesses hoping to take advantage of the SBA’s America’s Recovery Capital Loan Program (“ARC”) should be proactive in securing their place in the program, which only allows for about 10,000 loans nationwide, or an … Continue Reading
