Responsible Trade

We are excited to announce that B Corporations are partnering with the Green Chamber of Commerce. A diverse group of Bay Area businesses are working with the Green Chamber of Commerce and B Corporations to help build sustainability into their business practices. They will share their experiences at an event on Wednesday, September 8,...
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“Highland Craftsmen is a company that makes extraordinary products that will help support a future that we can all live in.” Chris McCurry, co-owner of Highland Craftsmen Inc, talks about her company with such passion that it’s hard not to be energized. But she’s not just ideals.  “We’ve gotten on the ground and have...
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Congratulations Partnership Capital Growth for making Inc. Magazine’s list of our nation’s fastest growing companies! Partnership Capital Growth is a full-service, boutique investment bank that focuses exclusively on the healthy, active and sustainable living marketplace. They are ranked as the 410th fastest growing private company with a 718 percent revenue growth between 2006 and...
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At Feelgoodz, we constantly thrive to launch philanthropic projects in the areas of resource extraction and product manufacturing.  To us, this closes the loop and keeps microeconomies supported. In the true spirit of nourishment, we have launched The 5-5-5 Flip-Flop Feeding Fiesta campaign.  For every pair of Flip-Flops sold, 5 children in Thailand will...
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Today marks Women’s Equality Day and the passing of the 19th Amendment. In celebration, we would like to recognize the many wonderful, women-owned and run B Corporations. Women-owned firms (50% or more) account for 40% of all privately held firms, according to the Center for Women’s Business Research. However, despite continual progress, women still...
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Like many of you, my August 9 newsstand edition of Forbes appeared in my mailbox the other week. Did you notice the full-spread advertisement just three pages in, with the title “A watt saved is a watt shared” and a compelling set of juxtaposed photos from Schneider Electric? This $16 billion company is bringing energy...
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“A mind is a terrible thing to waste”, or so the saying goes. But what about all those great ideas you keep to yourself. Each and everyone of us has created something useful that is now just sitting on our hard drive. Imagine if we all shared our knowledge, made it so others with...
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Business accounts for over 75% of our nation’s GDP— this provides businesses with a tremendous opportunity to create results beyond financial return. We are living in an era of rapid change, with the incredible resources of inspiring entrepreneurs and businesses addressing major social problems. One great example is Southern Energy Management, which offers an...
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Written By: Matt Kopac, iContact Corporate Social Responsibility Consultant On June 30th, 2010,  iContact was granted B Corporation status by the 501(c)3 non-profit organization B Lab, which developed the B Corporation (B Corp) standards and administers the certification (www.bcorporation.net). B Corp certification is for so-called “triple-bottom line” companies who believe that businesses can and...
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Coffee is part of a typical morning, brewed and poured without a second thought. But who actually made your coffee? Where did it come from? Sustainable Harvest believes in the importance of these questions. An importer of fair trade, organic coffee, this B Corp leads the industry with their groundbreaking Relationship Coffee Model approach...
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