Clark County Green Business
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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. Explore our articles for the latest news and tips to make your business more sustainable.
Clark County Green Business
1M ago
Many businesses are becoming more aware of their environmental impact and are looking for ways to minimize or offset it. Smaller businesses might find it more challenging to reduce their environmental footprint when much of it may be outside of their control. Often, a small business's environmental impact is found either in the supply chain upstrea ..read more
Clark County Green Business
1M ago
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 emission. Read on to learn more about alternatives ..read more
Clark County Green Business
4M ago
Metal cans, plastic bottles, glass bottles and jars, paper and cardboard are all common items and packaging that we know we can toss in either our curbside recycling cart or glass bin at home. While commercial recycling service in Clark County accepts the same types of materials that residential recycling does, the items in a business waste stream ..read more
Clark County Green Business
4M ago
As a business committed to sustainability, it can be easy to create goals to help mitigate your environmental impact, but it is often challenging to measure the impact of those efforts through emissions accounting. That's where comprehensive training opportunities can help. In this blog post, we'll explore the various training resources available t ..read more
Clark County Green Business
5M ago
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 Prevention Week Partner, click here. Food waste creates 58 ..read more
Clark County Green Business
6M ago
Why market your business's sustainability? In the past, most businesses and corporations were primarily motivated to reduce their environmental impact due to regulatory standards. Consumer behavior did little to influence or drive market changes as there was a lack of transparency and awareness around the environmental impact of products purc ..read more
Clark County Green Business
6M ago
With Earth Month just around the corner, there's a buzz surrounding the topic of food waste prevention as a strategy to foster sustainability within our community. Clark County's Solid Waste Education and Outreach programs are partnering with the national campaign for Food Waste Prevention Week (April 1-7), and we encourage you to become a partner ..read more
Clark County Green Business
8M ago
This month, we're excited to share more resources for you and your business to engage with and learn about sustainable business practices. In preparation for National Pride in Food Service Week (Feb. 5-9), we wanted to focus our trainings this month on food service sustainability. Read on to learn more! Introduction to Sustainable Practices in Food ..read more
Clark County Green Business
8M ago
For big businesses to small, we are always on the lookout to find more resources to share with our Green Businesses for their sustainability training initiatives. Sustainability trainings provide tools and a knowledge base to build on for creating and working towards sustainability initiatives. Trainings are also an opportunity to develop sustainab ..read more
Clark County Green Business
8M ago
It's time to apply for or nominate a Clark County Green Business for a Green Business of the Year Award! This is an opportunity to celebrate the sustainability successes of our Clark County Green Businesses, and we encourage any small or large Green Business or government/non-profit organization to apply! Previous winners include C-Tran, who won th ..read more