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    Clark County
    Green Business Program

    Clark County Green Business program offers resources and onsite assistance to support your business goals to operate efficiently, reduce your environmental impact, and offer employees a healthy workplace. We recognize and celebrate environmental excellence with Green Business certification.

Green Your Business

Conserve resources, create a healthier work environment for employees, and enhance your recycling and composting programs. Clark County Green Business program offers:

Evaluations to identify opportunities to increase efficiencies and reduce waste
Assistance with recycling and composting programs
Recycling trainings and presentations for employees

Get Certified

Join the growing list of certified Green Businesses. Earning Green Business certification demonstrates to your customers and employees that your business is committed to the environment and to your community.

Recognition as a Green Business
Self-assessment tool
Business-focused networking events, tours and workshops

About Green Biz

The Clark County Green Business Program recognizes businesses for environmental excellence through onsite assistance and verification of green business practices. The program provides an environmental assessment, resources, and assistance to businesses seeking a structured approach to implementing green initiatives and measuring results.

Our businesses demonstrate that going green is not only good for the environment, it is also good for business's bottom line, improving employee morale, increasing operational efficiency and maintaining a positive public image.

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2022 Green Business Award Winners

Each year, businesses and community members are presented with awards for their efforts to reduce their environmental footprint and make continuous improvements toward a sustainable future. Our 2022 Clark County Green Business Awards winners:

PeaceHealth Southwest    Wallis Engineering    Columbia Springs  

Green Business Spotlight

The Clark County Green Business team sat down with Eric Florip and Tim Shellenberger from C-TRAN to discuss their sustainability initiatives and how C-TRAN plans to celebrate Ride Transit Month, a monthlong celebration of transit that occurs every June. Read on to learn more! Can you describe the overall sustainability messaging of C-TRAN? "Sustainability is the core of what we do as a transit agency. We're proud to provide a service that helps individuals and communities improve their environmental impact. At C-TRAN, we have also worked to imp...

Latest News

July 15, 2024
Businesses have both direct and indirect impacts on the environment. Much of a business's environmental impact can be measured in terms of resulting greenhouse gas, or GHG, emissions. In this article we are going to cover the topic of employee commuting, which is considered an indirect type of GHG e...

Green Biz Events

08-07-2024 9:00 am10:30 am
Free

Join us for our August Morning Blend on 8/7 at 9am at the beautiful Mackenzie office to learn more about how sustainability can be incorporated into architecture, interiors, engineering and planning. Hear from Mackenzie staff about how they approach sustainability both in their day-to-day operations as a business and in their projects through best practices and through third party certifications (i.e. LEED, Green Globes).  

Please meet at Mackenzie's Vancouver office at 101 E 6th St STE 200, Vancouver, WA 98660 on 8/7 at 9am for coffee and pastries followed by networking, and en engaging tour and presentation by the Mackenzie folks. The Umpqua Bank parking garage next door is available with city parking permits on the upper levels and pay-to-park option on the lower level. Street parking is also available through Parking Kitty. 

Green Businesses

RYONET CORPORATION

Ryonet® was conceived in 2004 and is a leader and innovator in the screen printing industry. The well-being and success of every screen printer is central to what we do. Starting from the eco-conscious products we sell to presses built to last.

Vancouver, Washington
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Source Climbing Center

Indoor rock climbing facility offering memberships, classes and programs.

Vancouver, WA
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Pacific Cascade Corporation

One of the largest parking supply companies in North America, Pacific Cascade provides products and solutions for all levels of Parking and Traffic Enforcement needs.

Vancouver, Washington
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High End Market Place

Cannabis Dispensary Rec+Med Marijuana Must be 21+ Years of age to consume. 18+ Years of age with a Washington State Medical Card.

Vancouver, Washington
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