{"id":297563,"date":"2010-02-09T10:57:27","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T15:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenrightnow.com\/?p=8899"},"modified":"2010-02-09T10:57:27","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T15:57:27","slug":"green-business-bureau-helps-small-businesses-show-their-green-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/297563","title":{"rendered":"Green Business Bureau helps small businesses show their green side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From Green Right Now Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plenty of small to mid-size businesses are environmentally friendly, but organizing those efforts and conveying that commitment to a skeptical public can be another matter. One possible solution: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbb.org\/how-it-works\" >Green Business Certification<\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbb.org\" >Green Business Bureau<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Web site provides tools for management to evaluate, plan, implement and track green initiatives in almost every aspect of\u00a0a business. The site also offers suggestions for better efficiencies and cost saving \u2013 all from a green perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrequently, business owners realize they need to become involved in helping their environment as a way to save money, adhere to industry standards, or remain competitive, but aren\u2019t sure what steps need to be taken or what level of involvement they already have \u2013 and how costly those un-orchestrated efforts might be within the company,\u201d said Marcos Cordero, Green Business Bureau co-founder and CEO.<\/p>\n<p>The Green Business Bureau was formed by industry professionals with experience in small-and medium-sized businesses as well as large corporate daily operations, with a goal of helping both the environment and North American businesses. While acknowledging the value of programs to recognize green buildings (such as LEED) or green products, the Green Business Bureau endeavors to help businesses go green in an orderly, step-by-step way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmall businesses comprise 99% of all businesses in the United States, and account for 65% of all American consumption,\u201d Cordero said. \u201cWe know that by teaching these companies the importance and steps to take to go green, we make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font -family: 'Helvetica'\">Copyright \u00a9 2010 | Distributed by Noofangle Media<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Green Right Now Reports Plenty of small to mid-size businesses are environmentally friendly, but organizing those efforts and conveying that commitment to a skeptical public can be another matter. One possible solution: Green Business Certification from the Green Business Bureau. The Web site provides tools for management to evaluate, plan, implement and track green [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}