Biz Spotlights

Legacy Salmon Creek ER

Pollution and climate change impact health in diverse and negative ways, and healthcare providers have taken notice. In the Portland metro area, Legacy Health sees this connection and has been working for years to reduce their impact and raise awareness about environmental health. In Clark County, the Legacy Health Salmon Creek Medical Center was G...

Many businesses in Clark County are either considering or starting up collection programs for food scraps. But why compost food scraps? Across the river, PDX has a history of composting and waste prevention that demonstrates the long-term financial and environmental benefits. PDX has been composting since 2003, when it started divert...

Did you know that Vancouver, WA has the world's first Certified B Corporation grocer? New Seasons Market, a west-coast based grocery chain from Portland, OR gained B Corporation Certification in 2013. B Corps is an international certification for businesses that reach thorough standards of "social and environmental performance, transparency and acc...

​Clark College has been educating in our community since 1933, and in more recent history, they have been leaders for large-scale sustainability. In 2014, Clark College was certified as a Green Business, but their sustainable practices began long before then. Composting, conducting waste audits, and conserving resources have been business-as-u...

Community, sustainability, and beer; what could be better? When it comes to the greater good, Trusty Brewing Company has a little bit of everything going on. Usually a brewery's biggest impact is the amount of water they use, but Trusty is unique. They were able to reduce their water intake by reusing cooling water to clean the brewing equipment. "...