Vermont Sierra Club Accepting Nominations for Transit Equity Awards
As we start a new year, we’re excited to recognize the contributions of Vermonters to transit equity. Transit Equity Day, which is on Thursday, February 4th, is a collaborative effort of several organizations and unions to promote public transit, walking, biking, carpooling and electric vehicles as a strategy to combat climate change. The Vermont Sierra […]
Finalists Named for $50,000 VSECU Member-Directed Giving Program
Five Vermont nonprofits selected out of nearly 50 candidates to receive We Care 2 funds MONTPELIER, VT – VSECU, a member-owned cooperative and not for profit credit union for all Vermonters, has selected the five nonprofits to receive funding through its annual member-directed giving program, We Care 2. The 2021 We Care 2 program received 48 […]
Vermont Mutual distributes $1 million to COVID-19 relief efforts
Vermont Business Magazine – Vermont Mutual Insurance Group, a Vermont-based Property & Casualty insurer operating from Montpelier, has completed the distribution of $1 million to 45 Vermont nonprofit organizations to help with COVID-19 relief efforts. As the impact of COVID-19 on the Green Mountain state quickly became evident in early spring of 2020, Vermont Mutual responded […]
Local Creative Agency Lands World’s Biggest Client—The Planet. Taking on all 8.7 million forms of life in existence.
Burlington, VT, January 21, 2021 – As the calendar flipped from December to January, long-time local advertising agency KSV celebrated the new year with a fresh look and a doubled-down commitment to fighting for a more sustainable existence through powerful creative solutions, rich with purpose and charged by partnership. As the pandemic began its first […]
Trabulsy, Billings Join Professional Financial Associates
COLCHESTER, VT, January 19, 2020 – Professional Financial Associates, LLC (PFA) in Colchester is pleased to announce the addition of financial representatives Abraham Trabulsy and Kylie Billings to its team. Abe Trabulsy is a recent graduate of the Grossman School of Business at the University of Vermont. During his four years at UVM, Abraham was […]
Announcing VBSR’s Small Business Resiliency Fund Grantees
VBSR is pleased to announce the grantees for the VBSR Small Business Resiliency Fund. A committee of VBSR partners selected four VBSR member businesses to receive both a $10,000 grant award and referrals to VBSR partner organizations offering financial and technical assistance. Businesses were selected based upon financial viability, need, and triple-bottom-line excellence. Congratulations to the grantees! […]
HELM granted a JUST 2.0 label by the International Living Future Institute
HELM is pleased to announce that we have been granted a JUST 2.0 label by the International Living Future Institute. This voluntary disclosure tool requires reporting on a range of social justice and equity indicators, providing a framework for assessing an organization’s impact on employees, stakeholders, and communities. You can find out more about the JUST […]
City Market Donates Proceeds from 23rd Annual Tree Sale
Co-op donates over $14,600 to COTS and $6,925 to the Intervale Center Burlington, VT – Last month, City Market offered its 23rd Annual COTS Tree Sale to benefit Vermont’s Committee on Temporary Shelter. City Market once again sold fresh balsams from Moffatt’s Tree Farm in Craftsbury, Vermont, this year expanding the sale to both store locations […]
NHBSR Workplace Racial Equity Learning Challenge
Presented by New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility with support from the Diversity Workforce Coalition The NH Workplace Racial Equity Learning Challenge provides individuals and teams in the New Hampshire workforce community a way to: Learn about the history and dynamics of how racism manifests at the individual, interpersonal, organization, and systemic levels. Gain insights into NH history and […]
VBSR Welcomes Lawson’s Finest Liquids as a New Champion Member
We are thrilled to welcome Waitsfield ,Vermont world-class craft brewery, Lawson’s Finest Liquids as a new Champion Member. Lawson’s Finest not only aims for the highest quality standards in their beer production but achieves this goal by leading with their values and by building genuine personal interactions. Lawson’s Finest embodies what it means to use […]