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.
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:
Green Business Spotlight
HoSt Bio Energy Systems is one of our newest certified Green Businesses! We're excited to have them joining our network of businesses working to operate efficiently, reduce their environmental impact, and offer employees a healthy workplace. Read on to learn more about their hard work! Can you describe the overall sustainability messaging of HoSt Bio Energy Systems? "Our company's tag line is 'Empowering Sustainability Ambitions.' HoSt has been around since the early 90's turning waste into energy, or "Renewable Natural Gas." Cow manure, other ...
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Green Biz Spotlight: Clark College
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-usual at Clark College for years, but their most recent improvement is a project for energy efficiency. Over the last few years, all outdoor lighting was upgraded to high-efficiency LED, and indoor lighting is currently being phased to LED. Projects like these occur across the college because of cooperation between Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), Facilities Services and the Environmental Integrity Council.
To share environmental knowledge with students, employees and the community, the EHS team writes regular Sustainability Bulletins. The bulletins pull from their experiences in maintaining Clark College's "green" status, and cover everything and anything related to sustainability.
To back this obvious commitment to the environment, the college has included the core value of "Environmental Integrity" in their strategic plan. This formal step is what makes Clark College stand out as environmental stewards, and is why they are a great example of a Green Business.
WELCOME TO THE PENGUIN NATION
Welcome to the Penguin Nation, Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. Founded in 1933, Clark College is the oldest institution of higher education in Southwest Washington, providing the residents of Southwest Washington and beyond with affordable, high-quality academic and technical education.
Latest News
April 03, 2024
Clark County proclaimed April 1-7 as Food Waste Prevention Week! Our Solid Waste Education and Outreach teams at Clark County are one of over 600 organizations working around the globe to stop food waste from ending up in the landfill. If your business is interested in becoming a Food Waste Preventi...
Green Biz Events
May Morning Blend
05-01-2024 8:30 am
–10:00 am
Free
Are you tired of throwing money away (literally) when you buy single-use serving ware for customers and employees? Would you like to reduce waste, lessen your impact on the environment, and decrease the amount of garbage you produce?
Join us May 1st for a special Clark County Green Business Morning Blend event where we will discuss HOW to ditch the disposables and embrace reusables. We will be joined by guest speakers from two companies that are changing the way businesses think about reuse— Bold Reuse and Okapi Reusables. We will also have information available from the Clark County Food Safety team for those food service businesses that are interested in learning about getting a plan approved to safely refill consumer-owned containers.
This event will be held at Fourth Plain Community Commons, 3101 E 4th Plain Blvd Ste.101, Vancouver, WA 98661. Free parking is available in stalls that are NOT marked “residents.”.
Green Businesses
Physical Therapy Services, Massage Therapy Services, Speech Therapy Services, Chiropractic Services (coming soon), PT related retail services
Washougal, Washington
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Frito-Lay manufactures, markets, and distributes a variety of snack foods, corn chips and potato chips regionally.
Vancouver, Washington
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Hopworks creates exceptional beer and food with sustainable business practices that protect our planet and support our community. We use organic malts and a combination of locally-sourced, organic, and Salmon Safe hops.
Vancouver, WA
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Jo Foody Catering is a community-minded business that provides catering services in the Portland-Vancouver area. Jo Foody Catering offers creative off-premise catering services, event concessions, and a sustainable school lunch program. You can find Foody
Vancouver, Washington
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Solid waste regional planning and programs are a cooperative effort of Battle Ground, Camas, Clark County, La Center, Ridgefield, Vancouver, Washougal, and Yacolt.
Solid waste regional planning and programs are a cooperative effort of Battle Ground, Camas, Clark County, La Center, Ridgefield, Vancouver, Washougal, and Yacolt.
