Sustainable Economy
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Q-and-A: Jenelle Isaacson on Living Room Realty's B Corp quest
For the past year, Portland-based Living Room Realty has headed down the long, and a bit winding, path toward becoming a “benefit corporation,” or B Corp. It’s been, at times, an arduous process.…
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Q-and-A: OEC's Andrea Durbin's karmic lessons from the Dalai Lama
Andrea Durbin's clearly living right. When Durbin, the Oregon Environmental Council's executive director, received the invite to appear on a panel last weekend with the Dalai Lama at His Holiness's Portland…
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Net Growth is a worthwhile journey against the accepted grain
Even though several days have passed since the May 2 Sustainable Practices Raising Net Growth Conference held by UO’s Net Impact chapter, we are still teeming with enthusiasm. Our group had been a part…
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Sustainable Alpha: Bill Page is bullish on cleantech
Sustainable Alpha features shared conversations with the best minds, portfolio managers and industry leaders working to maximize returns while prioritizing the environment, social and governance factors…
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Ecotrust gets $45 million in New Market credits
An Ecotrust subsidiary has landed $45 million in tax credit financing for projects in rural communities. The money comes in the form of a New Markets Tax Credit allocation that will back “innovative…
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Sustainable Alpha: Bruce Jenkyn-Jones talks resource optimization
Sustainable Alpha features shared conversations with the best minds, portfolio managers and industry leaders working to maximize returns while prioritizing the environment, social and governance factors…
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Top green designation shows New Seasons isn't wasting a thing
Portland grocery favorite New Seasons Market has received word that the company, in a formalized fashion, is officially a “zero-waste” business. Portland State University’s Community Environmental…
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Nike employee grants bring big green to green works
The latest round of Nike Inc. employee grants, awarded through the Oregon Community Foundation, includes several sustainability-related groups among its 25 recipients. Among those sharing in the $250,000…
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Benefit factor: Oregon to consider B Corp legislation
Oregon’s House is preparing to take a serious look at establishing the state’s own version of B Corps. The House is set to tackle House Bill 2296, which would create a legal framework for Benefit…
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Nike, Intel urge Congress to take climate change action
Three iconic Portland-area businesses are part of a potentially game-changing coalition that's demanding Congress address issues stemming from climate change. Nike Inc., Intel Corp. and the Portland Trail…
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Lundquist worked well with Oregon's sustainability champions
Members of the sustainable business and political communities are mourning the loss of former Oregon House Speaker and Oregon Business Association President Lynn Lundquist. Lundquist died Tuesday at the…
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How volunteering helps communities, the region and the environment
I’m fortunate to serve as Wells Fargo’s regional president for Oregon and Southwest Washington. So whenever people see news like Wells Fargo contributing $315.8 million to communities nationwide in…
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Collaboration key in the future of sustainability
The future of sustainability, as both a commercial and practical concept, depends largely on businesses’ abilities to work with each other. And if responses to a question about the field’s evolution…
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A short history of the term 'sustainability' in Oregon
As debate over use of the term “sustainability” picks up steam, it’s worthwhile to review how the term first became a part of Oregon business’ lexicon. The Portland Business Journal’s archives…
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Look who's hiring: Portland environmental consulting firms adding workers in droves
If recent jobs posting data means anything, projects for environmental consulting firms must be sprouting all over town. Twenty-one of the top 25 environmental consulting firms in the Portland Business…
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Sustainability isn't an industry
Sustainability isn't an industry, but rather a way to do business. The argument over the term 'sustainability' has been reignited this week in our focus on The Evolution of Sustainable Business (publishing…
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Lewis & Clark program helps students master, not practice, enviro law
Lewis & Clark Law School’s newest law degree program will target students looking to dabble further in the ecological arena. The school will begin a master’s program in which law students can delve…
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Nike seeks to ferret out non-green biz partners
Nike Inc. officials said Monday they’ve reached an agreement with a Swiss company that will help the local company procure more sustainable materials and chemistry types. Nike (NYSE: NKE) will work…
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Better Bean, better budget: PDX co. lands Sherbrooke support
A Portland-based bean products specialist has landed accolades from an investment firm known for dishing out cash to favored natural food companies. The Better Bean Company won an “early-stage” category…
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Why today's youth are not our future
At the 2013 Ashoka U Exchange in sunny San Diego, Eric Dawson, founder of Peace First, told a packed audience at the kickoff reception that youth are our present, not our future, and that to say anything…
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Making Change: Eric Friedenwald-Fishman on building public will
Editor’s note: Here’s another in our interview series called Making Change. The interviews by Mark Feldman explore the specifics of how change happens through conversations with a range of sustainability…
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EarthShare Oregon welcomes seven new member groups
A Portland-based nonprofit that encourages businesses to instill sustainability tenets in the workplace has increased its member group base for the first time in five years. EarthShare Oregon’s seven…
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Portland expands plastic bag ban over industry objections
Portland’s ban on plastic bags expanded to large retailers Friday in defiance of strong objections from the plastics industry. The ban has applied to large grocers since 2011 and is expanding today…
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Making Change: SERA's Lisa Petterson on LEED-ing the way
Editor's note: This is part of an interview series called Making Change. The interviews by Mark Feldman will explore the specifics of how change happens through conversations with a range of sustainability…
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A fond farewell, and SBO's next chapter
Today marks our founding editor's final day at the helm of Sustainable Business Oregon. Christina Williams joined the Portland Business Journal newsroom three years ago to create this publication you're…
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