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The Daily Tar Heel: Carrboro car and tire business goes green

“Dual flush toilets, rainwater collectors, LED lighting and solar panels are not usually associated with a building dating back to 1905.”
“Not to mention a car care center.”
“After three months of renovations to its Carrboro location, Chapel Hill Tire Car Care Center plans to return to a normal business schedule by mid-April, with a much more [...]

Warren County Regional Chamber first Green Plus partner in NJ

The Warren County Regional Chamber of Commerce is the first business association in New Jersey to offer the Green Plus™ sustainability education and certification program to its members. The program gives employers affordable, practical support in succeeding financially while being good to their environment, employees and community.
“It’s a challenge for businesses to maintain their financial goals [...]

From Fast Company: Green Plus, Climate Savers Computing, Tech Soup provide non-profits with tools to go green

Green Plus, Climate Savers Computing and Tech Soup provide non-profits tools to go green as well as non-profits. Alice Korngold on Leading Companies for Good at Fast Company.

ABC News: Businesses Saving Money by Going Green

“The Green Plus program helps businesses become less wasteful.” ABC Campus News talks with representatives of two participating Green Plus organizations – the PTA Thrift Shop and Chapel Hill Restaurant Group- about how the program has helped them save money through green measures.

48 hours to make your business eligible for Green Plus Sustainable Enterprise Awards!

Would you like the chance to gain national recognition for your business? The Institute for Sustainable Development has extended its eligibility deadline for the Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise Awards to January 31, 2010. To be eligible, participating small businesses and non-profits must sign up and complete the Green Plus triple bottom line diagnostic [...]

Metro South Chamber of Commerce first partner in Massachusetts

The Metro South Chamber announced a new initiative which allows businesses to achieve a credible “green” certification in order to convey their commitment to responsible and sustainable operations. Green Plus is a program developed for small and medium businesses by the Institute for Sustainable Development. It is designed to educate, motivate, and reward small businesses [...]

Greensboro Chamber to Offer Green Plus™ Certification Program

November 20, 2009 (Greensboro, NC) – The Greensboro Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Institute for Sustainable Development to become the first North Carolina Triad area organization to offer Green Plus.  The Institute is a partnership of chambers of commerce and universities to help small business owners become more competitive through sustainable practices.
Green PlusTM [...]

Local chambers of commerce demonstrate fresh leadership, diversity of opinion on sustainability

(NB: As the author correctly notes, the Institute for Sustainable Development is partnered with the American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE). The ACCE is a distinct and separate organization from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.  According to the organization, “ACCE’s mission is to support and develop chamber professionals to lead businesses and their communities. The [...]

The Redwoods Group: a socially responsible commercial specialty insurance company

The Redwoods Group, headquartered in Morrisville, NC, is a privately held, socially responsible commercial specialty insurance company. The business and social mission of The Redwoods Group – whose motto is to Serve Others® – is to protect and improve the quality of life in the communities it serves.  The Redwoods Group has built into their [...]

COSE First to Offer Green Plus™ in Ohio

Cleveland, October 14, 2009 — One of the largest American chambers of commerce, the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE), has become the first business association to offer the Green Plus™ sustainability education and certification program to Ohio’s smaller enterprises.

Green Plus™ is a three-part program to help smaller enterprises improve their performance through becoming [...]