Conserve resources, create a healthier work environment for employees, and enhance your recycling and composting programs. Clark County Green Business program offers:
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.”.
For eight decades, Clark College has provided the residents of Southwest Washington and beyond with affordable, high-quality academic and technical education. It has served as a regional hub for learning and development through educational programs, cultu
Indoor rock climbing facility offering memberships, classes and programs.
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.
Columbia Credit Union is a community-minded financial cooperative that’s been serving the residents and businesses of the greater Vancouver and Portland areas since 1952.