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SBN Events

SBN hosts 6th Annual BALLE Conference

U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) (top) and Majora Carter (bottom), executive director of Sustainable South Bronx, were two of many the inspirational and informative keynote speakers during the 6th Annual BALLE Conference on June 5-7 at Boston University.

On June 5-7 at Boston University, the Sustainable Business Network hosted the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies' 6th Annual Conference. Nearly 500 people from throughout the U.S. and Canada attended this international event, which was this year's most powerful gathering of local business, government, and non-profit leaders working to build community wealth and well-being.

The theme was "Grow Deep: Business Leaders Building Strong Economies." Transforming our economy to more localized production and distribution by green and locally owned, independent businesses is key to addressing the challenges of climate change, peak oil and resource depletion.

For more information on the 2008 BALLE Conference, click here.

Boston Mayor Tom Menino hosts official launch of Sustainable Business Leader Program

Shown posing with an enlargement of the $50,000 DEP check are, left to right: Galen Nelson of the BRA; Mayor Menino; Peggy Harlow of the DEP; SBN Board Member Susan Labandibar of Tech Networks of Boston; and SBLP Director Jennifer Boudrie.

On April 23 at Boston City Hall, Mayor Tom Menino hosted the official launch of the new Sustainable Business Leader Program (SBLP), a partnership between the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Boston (SBN) and the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA). SBLP is funded in part by a $50,000, two-year grant from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

“SBLP is leading the way to help small and mid-sized businesses to become more economically and environmentally sustainable,” SBLP Director Jennifer Boudrie says. “SBLP offers technical assistance to help businesses evaluate current practices in energy and water conservation, pollution prevention, transportation, waste reduction, and sustainability management.

"Based on recommendations, each business can adopt an action plan and have access to resources to become more sustainable. SBLP will monitor the implementation of the plan during the year and at the end of the program will prepare a report with best practices to help many more businesses."

The SBLP website is www.SustainableBusinessLeader.org.

SBLP is part of the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Boston, a 501(c)3 organization, which is also the umbrella for “Local First” campaigns that support local businesses in our communities.

For more information, contact SBLP Coordinator Jennifer Boudrie at 617-271-1954 or Jen@SustainableBusinessLeader.org.

Welcome!

We're happy to say that the Sustainable Business Network continues to grow and thrive in several exciting ways!

*Our business membership is growing every month

*SBN has developed a partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Environment Protection (DEP) and the City of Boston to `green' twenty-seven local businesses. The Sustainable Business Leader Program has developed a state-of-the-art system and is now deep in the process of providing technical assistance that will help decrease the carbon footprint of the 27 participating businesses.

*We have three active Local First business networks in Cambridge, Worcester, and Somerville, with others in various stages of formation.

*SBN is working with one of our long-time SBN members, The Mathworks, to provide technical assistance in their company-wide project to become more energy efficient.

*We have two New Sector Fellows working in partnership with Tech Networks of Boston to create a state-of-the-art Green IT Initiative that will help companies make their IT work as energy efficient as possible.

*In partnership with Save That Stuff and Charles River Publishing, SBN has put together a Busy Businessman's Guide to Sustainability. This is an excellent guide to help make it easier for a business to become more sustainable.

*SBN has formed two Entrepreneur Roundtables that have played a major role in growing and strengthening participating businesses.

*We are putting together a series of workshops, conferences and events that will be the most interactive and dynamic SBN has ever offered.

As our programs and budget have grown, so has our vision. SBN aims to become a strong nonprofit social enterprise that operates much like a business. Now that SBN has seven staff members working to make SBN's mission a reality, operating like a business becomes paramount. In order to guide our expanding staff we've hired an SBN founder, Laury Hammel, as our new CEO. He's offered to do this as a part of The Longfellow Club's pro bono work.

Over the next few weeks and beyond we'll be updating our web site 2-3 times a week with all the exciting news that is unfolding. SBN is riding major waves of Local, Green, and Fair, and we're at the right place and the right time to be able to make a major impact on our communities and our earth. Stay tuned!

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