Press Release (October 8, 2019 ) Best of The Green Economy: Philadelphia and San Francisco Businesses Win the Final People & Planet Award.

Press Release (September 26, 2019 ) T-Mobile Still In the Lead and Poised to Reach Its 100 Percent Commitment By 2021 Deadline; Green America’s “Hang Up On Fossil Fuels” Campaign Spurs AT&T and Sprint to Move Faster on Clean Energy.
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Green America in the News (October 6, 2019 ) Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg grabbed headlines in the U.S. last month when she traveled to the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit in a sailboat and then accused adults of having stolen her generation’s hopes and dreams…
corporate responsibility, finance, climate change, get a better bank, socially responsible investing
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Green Business Member Profile (October 2, 2019 ) Artifex Financial Group specializes in creating custom ESG portfolios that adhere to your specific preferences. Our results have proven that you can do well by doing good. Contact us today for a free review.
Artifex Financial Group, financial planner, sustainable investing, tax preparer, business consulting, retirement planning

Green Business Member Profile (October 2, 2019 ) Chris specializes in Sustainable Investing (Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) and Impact Investing.) If you are unfamiliar with this approach, he would be glad to discuss it with you.
Conte Wealth Advisors, financial planner, SRI, ESG, Florida

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Green Business Certification Assessment (October 1, 2019 ) Our major areas of social and environmental impact are worker and environmental justice. We work hard and prioritize putting people first by how we treat them, providing them a living wage, and offering more than usual benefits (and more whenever…

Green Business Certification Assessment (September 26, 2019 ) Minimizing waste, streamlining supply to reduce shipping impact of raw materials, sustainable-, ethical-, and environmentally- conscious raw materials & supplies sourcing. Carbon-footprint reduction.

Green Business Certification Assessment (September 24, 2019 ) We provide a natural, sustainable, and safer home textile option for your everyday use. Our 100% organic cotton and hemp products pay homage to our environment and enhance the lives of customers. We believe, what you put on your body is just as…

Green Business Certification Assessment (September 20, 2019 ) Smog Armor Paint Benefits: 1. Non-toxic 2. Zero-VOCs 3. Made in USA 4. Materials sourced in USA 5. no animal cruelty 6. The paint eliminates surrounding air pollution including CO2, VOCs, and NOX 7. Uses 100% recycled paint cans 8. Have a recycle…

BlogNews (October 1, 2019 ) The Green Business Network at Green America is proud to stand with green businesses for Latinx heritage month as an expanding and driving force in the green economy.
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BlogNews (September 26, 2019 ) This summer, Green America joined a coalitional letter to five regional banks urging them to conduct human rights due diligence in relation to their financing of prisons and immigrant detention centers.
detention centers, SRI, socially responsible investing, prisons

BlogNews (September 23, 2019 ) The Ivory Coast and Ghana announced that they will raise the price of cocoa by $400 per ton, but more needs to be done to stop child labor.
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BlogNews (September 12, 2019 ) By Ayate Temsamani, Climate Fellow The Impact of Telecoms The US telecom industry uses vast amounts of energy, with the major four companies collectively using over 30 million megawatt hours (MWH) of electric power every year—enough energy to…
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Victories (September 23, 2019 ) Sprint announced its first major commitment to clean energy with a virtual power purchasing agreement with Duke Renewables for a 182 MW wind farm.  The deal will result in Sprint using 30% renewable energy. In Green America's Clean Energy…

Victories (September 23, 2019 ) AT&T announced new contracts for solar and wind energy that will bring its total clean energy purchases to over 1.5 Gigawatts.  Last year the company announced 820 MW of clean energy, so the new announcement nearly doubles AT&T's…
clean energy

Victories (September 19, 2019 ) After years of pressure by Green America, Amazon announced it will get to 80% renewables by 2024 and 100% by 2030. Our demands have always been: Commit to 100% renewable energy by 2020 and end the construction of any new data centers…
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Personal story (September 11, 2019 ) Anheuser-Busch initiative aims to help farmers transition to organic, boost organic industry By Ken Roseboro, The Organic and Non-GMO Report   Anheuser-Busch Company’s “Contract for Change” will provide long-term contracts to farmers, pay…
Anheuser-Busch, farmers, crops, agriculture