North Sails Nevada was one of five businesses in Douglas County to be certified sustainable by GreenACTnv.
GreenACTnv member Katherine Winans reported that seven of the 30 certified businesses in the state are in Carson Valley.
“GreenACTnv is privileged to be part of the Nevada Green Business Network and their certification program,” Katherine Winans said. “Hopefully more businesses will see the bottom-line benefit of going through the certification process. There’s also the benefit of a close look at your operations for ways to improve your impact on the business and the community.”
Valley businesses include Baker Hughes Bently, Continuum Packaging, Comstock Farm, D’terra Law, North Sales, VitalBeeBuds and Winans.
The businesses certified through the end of calendar year 2021, saved 276,355 pounds of carbon emissions, the equivalent of planting 429 acres of urban trees, according to Western Nevada College and greenUP! Wednesday on behalf of the Nevada Green Business Network.
This resulted in total aggregated cost savings for businesses to date of $109,165.
There are 70 other businesses in the process of becoming green certified for the state.
The program utilizes the GreenBizTracker database to collect outcomes that measure the impact certified businesses are having toward resource conservation, pollution prevention and environmental protection goals. Through education, networking and collaboration, the Nevada Green Business Program and Network will assist in finding new ways for businesses to be more efficient, healthy and attract new customers.
“Western Nevada College is an honored member of Nevada’s Green Business Network expanding partnerships through the network and certified businesses,” said WNC Director of Professional and Applied Technology Dr. Georgia White. “NVGBN’s impactful role in Nevada’s workforce ecosystem provides recognition of businesses, employees and stakeholders allowing significant contributions to healthy, vibrant future for Nevada.”
The website, www.greenactnv.org, houses a webinar on the program and how to get started.
The environmental outcomes can be found in the Impact Report that was just released https://nvgreenbusiness.org/2021-impact-report/
