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Major Progress in the Fight to Hang Up on Fossil Fuels

BlogNews ( ) In 2017, we launched Hang Up on Fossil Fuels, a campaign urging major telecommunications companies to rapidly increase their use of renewables to power networks. Back then, the industry was using almost no clean energy and few companies had any…
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Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month

BlogNews ( ) 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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Big Banks to Stop Future Financing of Prisons & Immigrant Detention Centers

BlogNews ( ) 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.
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A Step Towards Combatting Child Labor in Cocoa

BlogNews ( ) 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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Clean Up Wireless & Create Green Jobs

BlogNews ( ) 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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Press Release

2 Outstanding Environmentally Responsible Companies Honored in Closing Round of Prestigious Green Business Award

Press Release ( ) Best of The Green Economy: Philadelphia and San Francisco Businesses Win the Final People & Planet Award.
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Green America Applauds T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint for Major New Advances on Renewable Energy

Press Release ( ) 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

8 Ways To Make Your Money Greener

Green America in the News ( ) 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…
Forbes - https://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2019/10/06/8-ways-to-make-your-money-green…

Green Business Member Profile

Artifex Financial Group

Green Business Member Profile ( ) 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.
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Conte Wealth Advisors

Green Business Member Profile ( ) 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.
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Green Business Certification Assessment

Two Bettys Green Cleaning Service

Green Business Certification Assessment ( ) 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…
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Herban Beautanicals

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

Green Business Certification Assessment ( ) 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…
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Smog Armor LLC

Green Business Certification Assessment ( ) 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…
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Socially Responsible Investing Retirement Guide

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Victories

Sprint makes first major commitment to clean energy

Victories ( ) 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…
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AT&T Reaches 1.5 Gigawatts of Clean Energy

Victories ( ) 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…
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Amazon commits to 80% and 100% renewable energy

Victories ( ) 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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