Organically Grown Company, the largest organic produce distributor in the Pacific Northwest, signed a lease to occupy 119,000 square feet of industrial space in Gresham, OR. The new facility will triple the company’s storage capacity in the Portland metropolitan area.

Most companies only have good information on 10% to 15% of their direct suppliers. Transparency, Trust and Traceability of supplier facilities is a critical pre-requisite to Managing Corporate Values and Risk. The shocking reality is that most retailers do not know where their products come from hence traceability is a real challenge due to the complex supply chains networks of [...]

PR Newswire, the global leader of innovative marketing and communications solutions, and 3BL Media, the leading distributor of CSR and sustainability news and content, today announced a partnership, bringing the largest Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability news and content distribution network to PR Newswire customers.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will visit San Francisco today, on the heels of President Obama’s State of the Union Address, to discuss the future of “green” jobs in the Bay Area at a company that will announce plans to double their San Francisco workforce.

By Neg Norton, Local Search Association I spend much of my time talking to and working with Yellow Pages companies on sustainability programs. We recognize there is value to Yellow Pages. Directories help consumers find local businesses in their community and continue to be an effective tool for anyone wanting to buy local products and services. Nearly three million U.S. small [...]

Impact investing is building momentum, and the concept of aligning for-profit incentives with social good are moving into the mainstream. Financial institutions are predicting impact investing to be a high-growth industry, with a recent JP Morgan report forecasting a $400 billion to $1 trillion dollar investment opportunity over the next decade.

The green economy has proved slower in its development than many environmental activists say is necessary to prevent cataclysmic climate change and other alterations on our planet. But that’s not to say significant progress hasn’t been made in recent years. More businesses in the white pages are building sustainability into their mission statements than ever before and people on the whole [...]

The summit will discuss the environmental and social impacts of sustainable ingredients & proteins as well as the gamut of sustainable packaging options available to food and beverage companies. Organized by Organic Monitor, the summit takes place in San Francisco on January 17-18th.

World of Good Development Organization becomes Good World Solutions, Partners with Fair Trade USA to Increase Transparency and Promote Economic Empowerment

Small Farmers. Big Change. The following is the first of three parts of a speech about the current threats to Fair Trade by Rink Dickinson, co-founder and co-president of Equal Exchange, given at a Fair Trade conference of the InterReligious Task Force on Central America, on October 22nd in Cleveland, Ohio. * * * I want to thank IRTF for the opportunity both for [...]

Featuring Speakers from American Sustainable Business Council, Wendel Rosen Black and Dean LLP, and Better World Club

Over 900 professionals and executive decision-makers from around the globe will be
converging at the fifth Annual Opportunity Green Conference in Los Angeles between Nov.
10-11, 2011. The award-winning conference presents a two-day program featuring global business visionaries showcasing the most sought-after opportunities, profound innovations, technologies and trends accelerating the new green economy.

Invest in great entrepreneurs that are solving social and environmental issues! See 15 high impact deals that are seeking investment now plus a due diligence process that starts right away! KEYNOTE ANNOUNCED:  Antony Bugg-Levine INVESTORS’ CIRCLE FALL 2011 VENTURE FAIR October 26-28 in Philadelphia, PA Antony Bugg-Levine, Author, addressing an investor audience largely familiar with impact investing, will be discussing [...]

A free workshop to advance your food business or business idea. The workshop will provide legal support to small-scale food enterprises serving low-income communities to enable their full participation as entrepreneurs in a sustainable, just economy.

Celebrating “A Taste of the Bay Area” to be held on Nov. 10 at the newly remodeled headquarters of Levi Strauss & Co.

The Cleantech Open helps identify these unconventional thinkers and their innovations by hosting the world’s largest business competition for cleantech entrepreneurs. Since its 2006 inception, nearly 400 promising teams have taken advantage of the Cleantech Open’s workforce development, nurturing and funding programs. As a result, Cleantech Open alumni startup companies have raised over $300 million in external capital and have created thousands of jobs.