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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.

Institute partners with consulting firm BrownFlynn to bring content to Green Plus network

The Institute for Sustainable Development has partnered with Cleveland-based BrownFlynn, a corporate responsibility and sustainability consulting firm that advises companies on how to integrate responsible practices into business strategies.  BrownFlynn’s competence in serving larger organizations will serve to complement the Institute’s Green Plus program, which focuses on smaller enterprises.  “The team at the Institute for [...]

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 [...]

Chambers, Institute Present Sustainability Efforts in D.C.

Representatives of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce and Institute for Sustainable Development discussed the Green Plus program with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Dennis Hightower and 40 U.S. Senate and House staffers Tuesday at the invitation of Partners for Livable Communities and the American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE).
The day long program was set [...]

Laser Plus First Pennsylvania Business to Be Certified Green Plus

The Institute for Sustainable Development is pleased to announce that Laser Plus has become the first Pennsylvania business to receive Green Plus Certification. This distinction establishes the company as a pioneer in Pennsylvania’s burgeoning green movement and cements its reputation as a provider of high-quality, environmentally friendly printing solutions.
The Institute for Sustainable Development, working in [...]

American Chamber of Commerce Executives Announces Green Plus™ Partnership

Partnership To Make Green Plus™ Available to 1.2 million U.S. & Canadian Businesses

The American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) announced today that it will partner with the North Carolina Research Triangle based Institute for Sustainable Development to offer Green Plus™, a program to help small businesses succeed while becoming stronger stewards of the environment [...]