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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q2 2021

Greentown Labs

Twenty-six startups joined our community in Q2 2021, working on innovations as diverse as kinetic wave energy, soil carbon measurement, efficient wind turbine installation, and electric, uncrewed surface vehicles. Electricity. REI is a C-corp in the business of converting waste into clean, sustainable energy.

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OFS furniture is eco-driven from tree to delivery

AGreenLiving

Not only has OFS earned WELL Platinum certification for its home office, but it takes its environmentally-conscious stance so seriously that it named its sustainability program. Replanting and maintenance of the forest led to the current 7,100 acres held and monitored by OFS and the Menke family.

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Finding a Sustainability Career in Business

Green Business Bureau

Examples include energy engineers, environmental attorneys, urban planners, water resource engineers, wildlife conservationists and environmental researchers. Finding the best options and opportunities for you will depend on your education, skills, expertise, experience, interests and passion. Energy Manager.

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Finding a Sustainability Career in Business

Green Business Bureau

Examples include energy engineers, environmental attorneys, urban planners, water resource engineers, wildlife conservationists and environmental researchers. Finding the best options and opportunities for you will depend on your education, skills, expertise, experience, interests and passion. Energy Manager.

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8 attainable sustainability resolutions for 2020

AGreenLiving

To minimize personal auto usage, use public transportation for your daily commute. Alternately, look into electric cars if you’re in the market for a new vehicle. Capabilities of local recycling centers vary widely across the nation, so educate yourself on the regional process. Do you fill a 64-gallon street container each week?

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Retail Business Sustainability Guide: Retail Sustainability Initiatives and Trends

Green Business Bureau

Using these trends we then present retail sustainability initiatives that will help you kickstart your organization’s sustainability program. Retail business sustainability trend #1: Rising fossil fuel prices call for energy-efficient retail. Retail business sustainability. What is retail sustainability?

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As Alarm Over Plastic Grows, Saudis Ramp Up Production in the US

DeSmogBlog

or SABIC, a chemical manufacturing giant tied to one of the world’s richest royal families, and Exxon Mobil, America’s biggest energy company. Indeed, the International Energy Agency predicts that by 2030 petrochemicals will account for more than a third of the growth in world oil demand, and for almost 50% of demand by 2050.