for all the right reasons
Green Business Coalition helps small business become Green and market that choice to interested consumers.
Americans are adding Green to their checklist of criteria used to evaluate vendors because environmentally responsible organizations represent the future of commerce.
We help organizations not only make a difference environmentally but provide a compelling reason for current and prospective customers to choose to do business with our members.
Welcome To the Green Business Coalition
The Green Business Coalition was created to communicate your commitment to the ways in which your business has taken the responsible steps for effective environmental stewardship to preserve our planet for future generations of Americans. Through our constantly refreshed GreenOver™ checklists, news updates on green business practices and environmental legislation affecting business, we serve an ever-increasing directory of likeminded companies all across the United States. Click here to join the Green Business Coalition.
The Green Business Coalition LogoOur trademark logo, displayed on business certificates, windows, websites and emails and licensed exclusively for our members, effectively and immediately certifies to customers that your business has incorporated Green practices into the very core of its DNA. Membership in the Green Business Coalition allows you to receive the recognition you deserve for going Green! Displaying the Green Business Coalition makes your business Green Conspicuous — there is simply no better way to let your customers know that your business is committed to sustainable life for our future.
Why GreenOver your Business?
A 2007 study by GfK Roper Consulting showed that 87 per cent of American consumers are seriously concerned about the environment. The survey also shows that while consumers want a balance between economic growth and environmental protection as the goal, a majority say the environment should come first when a conflict arises. At a minimum, most customers want reassurance that your business is doing its part to be good environmental stewards. A GreenOver accomplishes this in three easy steps.
Latest News
What green can mean for a retailer's image
By: Dan Kubala 2009-04-14 07:39:40 UTCRetailers are facing multiple challenges in light of today’s tightening economy. Energy costs are skyrocketing, with commercial electricity prices rising more than 80 percent since 2000. Even so, today’s rates don’t fully reflect the recent cost increases for the underlying commo...
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Americans Reach Environmental Turning Point...Companies Need to Catch Up According to Gfk Roper Green Gauge(R) Study
By: GfK Custom Research North America 2009-03-17 09:15:35 UTC(CSRwire) NEW YORK - August 22, 2007 - GfK Roper Consulting, a division of GfK Custom Research North America, today released its 2007 GfK Roper Green Gauge(R) study, finding the vast majority (87%) of consumers agreeing they are seriously concerned abo...
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At Davos, Debating the Myth or Reality of Green Growth
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:33:06 +0000Unsurprisingly, growth is an issue that's front and center at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year. But although the rhetoric about the need for innovation and resource-constrained growth is steady, progress by any measure is falling short.
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California Adopts Landmark Clean Car Standards
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:55:16 +0000A rule adopted unanimously today by the California Air Resources Board will steadily and rapidly improve fuel efficiency of cars sold in the state, while also reducing the pollution they emit.
GE, Bayer, BASF Join Other Top Firms in UN Climate Adaptation Project
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:42:09 +0000The UN unveiled a new database yesterday spotlighting how companies around the world are adapting to climate change.
