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Henry McKoy Joins North Carolina Dept. of Commerce as Assistant Secretary for Community Development

Henry McKoy has stepped down from the Institute for Sustainable Development Board as he takes up new challenges at the North Carolina Department of Commerce. McKoy shares the Institute’s passion for helping businesses become more competitive, environmentally responsible and engaged with their communities. “The N.C. Department of Commerce has named Henry McKoy assistant secretary for [...]

COSE Offers Cash Prizes (Up to $10,000) and Green Plus membership – in its ‘Power Up Your Small Business’ Challenge

Please  click here for the full blog post by COSE’s Director of Energy Programs, Nicole Stika. “I am curious….how much energy is your small business using and what have you done in the past 12 months to green it up?  I know that increasing energy costs are among one of the top priorities and problems [...]

Green Plus™ Connects Sustainability, Prosperity For Small Businesses and Communities

  Green Plus™ works with Cleveland, Ohio, & the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center to Connect Sustainability with Economic Opportunity for small business in low wealth urban and rural communities The Institute for Sustainable Development’s mission is to democratize triple bottom line sustainability — making it accessible to smaller employers and their communities — and [...]

Twelve New Organizations Certified Green Plus™ by the Institute for Sustainable Development

Newly Certified Organizations Prove Traditional Organizations Can Be Sustainability Trailblazers; Seventeen Others Complete First Phase of Certification Process North Carolina Research Triangle – Twenty-nine organizations were recognized for their dedication to triple bottom line sustainability through the Green Plus™ program by the Institute for Sustainable Development.  Eleven organizations in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Ohio obtained [...]

Nominations Open for Green Plus Sustainable Chamber of the Year

In 2011, the Institute will offer two distinct Green Plus Sustainable Chamber of the Year Awards The Green Plus Chamber Award for Leadership in Sustainable Economic Development Green Plus Chamber Award for Leadership in Member Sustainability In collaboration with the American Chamber of Commerce Executives, the Institute offers the Green Plus program to U.S. and [...]

Institute Awards Green Plus Prizes to Three Chambers of Commerce for Sustainability Leadership

Syracuse earns kudos for sustainable economic development, Cleveland for member support, and St. Louis for national effort to help chambers themselves In its annual Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise Awards, the Institute for Sustainable Development recognized three chambers of commerce for their leadership efforts to help the nation, their regions, and their members understand [...]

Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise Award Winners Announced

Awards Highlight Small Businesses and Chambers of Commerce Leading by Example Today, the Institute for Sustainable Development announced the winners of the Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise Awards at a ceremony at the Silver LEED Certified Research Triangle Park headquarters. Green Plus is a program of the Institute designed to help smaller enterprises and [...]

Partners for Livable Communities, Institute, Announce Green Plus Chamber Finalists

Chambers from Cleveland, North Myrtle Beach, St. Louis, Syracuse, and Waco lead by example and connect sustainability to economic development Partners for Livable Communities (PLC) and the Institute for Sustainable Development have narrowed the field to five finalists for the Green Plus Chamber of Commerce Award. To choose five finalists for the Green Plus Chamber [...]

June 18, 2010: Tickets Available for the Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise awards

The Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise Awards will take place Friday, June 18, 2010, from 7:45 to 9:45am, EST in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park. In partnership with the American Chamber of Commerce Executives, award winners will be recognized for their efforts throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Five New Businesses Certified Green Plus™ by the Institute for Sustainable Development

Five businesses achieve Green Plus™ Certification, Forty-one others complete first phase of certification process Forty-six businesses were recognized for their dedication to triple bottom line sustainability in the Green Plus TM by the Institute for Sustainable Development.  Five businesses in North Carolina and Pennsylvania obtained Green Plus TM certification, while thirty-nine others throughout the Midwest and [...]