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Green For All Establishes Small Business Capital Access Program for Green Job Creation

By Tracey de Morsella on September 2, 2009 1 Comment Albuquerque, Boston, CAP mentor-protégé network, Capital Access Program, deal sourcing, Denver, emerging businesses, entrepreneurs, financial opportunities, financing partners, Green Business, green economy, green entrepreneurship educational center, Green for All, green products, inclusive, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, non-profits, Oakland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, renewable energy, San Diego, San Jose, Seattle, small businesses, social capital, social enterprise, sustainable services, underserved communities

Earlier this month, Green for All established The Capital Access Program for small businesses and non-profits. The program is design to provide these organizations with the resources they need to to support, create and scale green jobs in our local communities.

Princeton Review Rolls Out List of The Greenest Colleges

By Tracey de Morsella on July 28, 2009 1 Comment 2010 Green Rating Honor Roll, and ecological agriculture, Arizona State University, Atlanta, Bar Harbor, Bates College, Beech Hill Farm, beekeeping, Berkeley, Binghamton, Binghamton University, biodiesel, biomass gasification, Boston, buildings, CA, Cambridge, campus, campus sustainability, car-sharing, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon emissions, carbon neutral, carbon offsets, Carlisle, carpool, Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education, Center for Sustainable Entrepreneurship, certification. organic landscaping, CO, co-generation power plant, College of the Atlantic, colleges, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, compost, compost. solar PV, compostable, compostable dishware, compostable paper cup, composting bins, composting toilets, compressed natural gas, CT, curriculum, Curriculum for the Bioregion, Dickinson College, Durham, ecoAmerica, EcoGastronomy, ecology, electric cars, energy conservation, energy consumption, energy use, environment, environmental issues, environmental studies, environmentally friendly, ethnobotany, Evergreen State College, facilities, fluorescent lamps, food, forest ecology, GA, Georgia Institute of Technology, green college, Green Majors, green products, Green Rating Honor Roll, Green Ratings, green university, greenhouse gas emission reductions, greenhouse gas emissions, Harvard College, human ecology, hydropower, International Village, Kroon Hall, landfill, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED Gold certification, LEED Platinum, LEED Silver, Lewiston ME, Local, MA, ME, Middlebury, Middlebury College, Nature Preserve, New Haven, NH, Northeastern University, NY, Olympia, organic agriculture, organic certification, organic garden, organic produce, PA, Project Clean Plate, recycle, recycling, renewable electricity, renewable wood pellets, Robert Franek, school of Forestry & Environmental Studies, School of Sustainability, Seattle, self-ventilated, socially responsible, socially responsible business program, soft drinks, solar panels, State University of New York at Binghamton, sustainability, Sustainable agriculture, sustainable commencement, sustainable dining program, sustainably produced wood, The Princeton Review, trails, Trans-Atlantic Food Systems, university, University of California Berkeley, University of New Hampshire, University of Washington, Used fryer oil, van pool, VT, WA, Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education, wetland, wind, Yale Sustainable Food Project, Yale University, zero-waste, Zipcar

The Princeton Review, today released its second annual Green Ratings of colleges. In this measure of how environmentally friendly the institutions are on a scale of 60 to 99, the company tallied its Green Ratings for 697 institutions based on data it collected from the colleges in 2008-09 concerning their environmentally related policies, practices, and academic offerings. The Princeton Review also named 15 colleges to its “2010 Green Rating Honor Roll” – a list that salutes the institutions that received the highest possible score – 99 – in this year’s rating tallies.

Role of the Board in Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Climate Change Growing

By Tracey de Morsella on June 11, 2009 Comments Off on Role of the Board in Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Climate Change Growing Boards of directors, business risks, business sustainability, Ceres, Chris Park, Climate Change, Corporate Board Member magazine, corporate responsibility, corporate responsibility and sustainability, crs, Deloitte, Deloitte’s Enterprise Sustainability group, energy consumption, energy price volatility, environmental audit, Eric Hespenheide, green products, green technologies, greenhouse gas emission, investors, market demands, Mindy Lubber, social performance, sustainability, The Director Corporate Responsibility Sustainability and Climate Change Survey, The Responsible and Sustainable Board, transparency

Boards of directors are increasingly paying attention to the risks and opportunities associated with corporate responsibility, sustainability and climate change, according to a new survey commissioned by Deloitte and Corporate Board Member magazine. The survey of 220 directors at U.S. companies with $1 billion or more in revenue highlights the board’s growing role in oversight of corporate responsibility and sustainability (CR&S). Despite the current economic environment the board’s role is undoubtedly increasing as there is greater awareness of the business risks and opportunities associated with corporate responsibility, sustainability and climate change. The perfect storm of emerging regulations, increased requirements for reporting and transparency, heightened pressure from investors, energy price volatility and market demands for green products and technologies is driving CR&S as a business imperative.

University Purchasing Survey Reveals Growing Role of Sustainability Programs

By Tracey de Morsella on June 3, 2009 Comments Off on University Purchasing Survey Reveals Growing Role of Sustainability Programs American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment-, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, benchmark, Brian Yeoman, campus sustainability, carbon footprints, colleges, cost reduction, environmentally friendly products, eprocurement technology, Eric Zoetmulder, green certified suppliers, green procurement policies, green procurement programs, Green Procurement Trends, green products, green purchasing policy, green vendors, greenhouse gas emissions, Higher Education Directory, NAEP, National Association of Educational Procurement, National Association of State Procurement Officers, procurement automation, procurement professionals, SciQuest, sustainability best practices, sustainability efforts, sustainability plan, sustainability program, Sustainable Procurement, The Current State of Green Procurement Trends within Higher Education, universities

National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP) and SciQuest, Inc., a procurement automation organization recently announced the findings of “The Current State of Green Procurement Trends within Higher Education” survey. The survey, which garnered responses from procurement professionals at more than 100 colleges and universities in the U.S., sought to provide a benchmark from which the profession can gauge the growing role of procurement organizations within sustainability efforts, from the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment–an effort to address global warming by garnering institutional commitments to neutralize greenhouse gas emissions–to higher education’s efforts to contain costs and do more with less. This is the first year the survey was conducted.

Study Finds That Greenwashing Affects 98% of Products

By Tracey de Morsella on April 21, 2009 1 Comment all-natural, eco-labels, environmentally responsible choices, green products, greenwashing, organic, Seven Sins of Greenwashing, Sin of Worshiping False Labels, TerraChoice Environmental Marketing, third-party environmental certifications

There are more products claiming to be green on the shelves of stores these days, however those ‘all-natural’ and ‘organic’ products are likely committing at least one of the Seven Sins of Greenwashing, by not telling the complete truth. Between 2007 and 2009, the in-store availability of so-called ‘green’ products has increased between 40% and 176%, with 98% of products surveyed still committing at least one Sin of Greenwashing, according to a report on the Seven Sins of Greenwashing released last week by TerraChoice Environmental Marketing.