SBN and BRA launch Sustainable Business Leader Program

On April 23 at Boston City Hall, Mayor Tom Menino hosted the official launch of the new Sustainable Business Leader Program (SBLP), a partnership between the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Boston (SBN) and the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA). SBLP is funded in part by a $50,000, two-year grant from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

“SBLP is leading the way to help small and mid-sized businesses to become more economically and environmentally sustainable,” SBLP Director Jennifer Boudrie says. “SBLP offers technical assistance to help businesses evaluate current practices in energy and water conservation, pollution prevention, transportation, waste reduction, and sustainability management.

"Based on recommendations, each business can adopt an action plan and have access to resources to become more sustainable. SBLP will monitor the implementation of the plan during the year and at the end of the program will prepare a report with best practices to help many more businesses."

The SBLP website is www.SustainableBusinessLeader.org.

SBLP is part of the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Boston, a 501(c)3 organization, which is also the umbrella for “Local First” campaigns that support local businesses in our communities.

Shown posing with an enlargement of the $50,000 DEP check are, left to right: Galen Nelson of the BRA; Mayor Menino; Peggy Harlow of the DEP; SBN Board Member Susan Labandibar of Tech Networks of Boston; and SBLP Director Jennifer Boudrie.