Category Archives: Economic Development & Sustainable Business
Benefit Corporations: Why Colorado Should Have Them
Last week a Benefit Corporation Bill was introduced that would allow Colorado businesses to organize as benefit corporations a new form of business entity designed for triple bottom line businesses. … More »
Why Should We Make a Plan Anyway?
For anyone who s lived in Colorado for an extended period of time, you know about the ever-changing weather. It s not uncommon to be walking around in flip-flops one afternoon, and trudging through snow … More »Climate Risks Rise, Reinsurance Companies Take Notice
A guest blog by Steve Schueth, Director of the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, and President of First Affirmative Financial Network, an independent SEC-registered investment advisory firm serving socially … More »Making Sustainability Mainstream in Business Practices
Yesterday I attended CORE s Sustainable Opportunities Summit at the Denver Convention Center. It was a fantastic event with business leaders sharing information, inspiring each other and showcasing that … More »Friends with Benefits-A new corporate option
Imagine a company that values societal benefit in addition to profit. Imagine a company that values a mission driven approach to doing business. Imagine doing good things for your employees, community … More »Kick-Starting 2012 Roundtables with Sustainable Business!
With Spring arriving, the smell of business sustainability is in the air! Next week CORE is hosting the 2012 Sustainable Opportunities Summit , which promises exciting keynotes from John Viera, Director of … More »Shale Gas: Bridge Fuel to … Where?
Another pundit has weighed in on the shale gas revolution, and approved. In a column last week, Joe Nocera of the New York Times urged readers to get used to hydraulic fracturing it isn t going away … More »Streamlining Solar Permitting in Colorado
Colorado citizens should soon find it easier to go solar through a new program to streamline permitting for solar energy systems. The Solar Friendly Communities initiative will collaborate with cities and … More »- All Posts by Rebecca Cantwell
- Categories:Economic Development & Sustainable Business, Energy
- Tag: renewable energy
- Comments Off
- Permalink
A Sustainability Progress Report for Colorado
How would you like to have an annual, tangible measure of Colorado s sustainability progress (or lack thereof)? In other words, how can we know where we re going if we don t know where we are? We at … More »- All Posts by Anna Zawisza
- Categories:Alliance News, Economic Development & Sustainable Business, Education, Energy, Government, Natural Resource Conservation, Personal Sustainability, Population, Public Health, Social Equity
- Tags: activism, sustainability network, sustainable living
- Comments Off
- Permalink
A Tried and True Business Case for Sustainability
Almost six years ago when I moved to Colorado, there were only a few things I knew about this wonderful state. One of those tidbits of knowledge was the fact that Colorado had WAY better beer and more craft … More »- All Posts by Megan Moore
- Categories:Economic Development & Sustainable Business, Energy, Materials & Waste
- Comments Off
- Permalink
Alliance Center: Designing the Future
In the modern world, we spend the vast majority of our lives inside buildings. We love, work, learn and raise our families inside structures built for human habitation. The best of these buildings aim to break … More »Patagonia is the first benefit corporation in California….
Last week in California a dozen companies lined up to at the Secretary of State's office to become benefit corporations. The first one in line was Patagonia. Benefit corporations are a new corporate … More »Successful Economic Development
Many factors go into determining the success of an economic development project. But before success can be recognized, the community must have a vision for its future and goals set that lead to that vision. … More »- All Posts by Erica Cole
- Categories:Community Design, Economic Development & Sustainable Business
- Tags: economic development, politics, smart growth
- Comments Off
- Permalink
