Member Blog: Social Justice & Equity in a Covid-19 World
By Alexandra Polla, Sustainable Innovation MBA graduate, The University of Vermont Status Quo In the pre-COVID-19 world, mass consumption was the way of life for most consumers while companies continuously turned a blind eye to the compounding climate and social inequity crisis they had a hand in. For generations, it was believed that profit powered the […]
Vermont Works for Women Announces New Gender Equity Advancement Roundtable
January 11, 2022 – WINOOSKI, VT – Vermont Works for Women (VWW) announced the launch of a new program for Vermont employers and educational institutions: Gender Equity Advancement Roundtable (GEAR). GEAR coalesces businesses, nonprofits, and advocates to learn about best practices and policies for supporting women in the workplace and to collectively advance gender equity […]
After nearly 40 years, Annette’s Preschool changes its name to First Roots – Wild Roots. Becomes the first early education program in Vermont to set a living wage benchmark of $17.50/hr as its minimum starting salary to all staff.
(HINESBURG, VT- January 2022) After nearly 40 years, Annette’s Preschool serving Chittenden and Addison families changes its name to First Roots – Wild Roots. Becomes the first early education program in Vermont to set a living wage benchmark of $17.50/hr as its minimum starting salary to all staff. After more than three decades as Annette’s […]
2021 “State of Vermont’s Children: Year in Review” Report – Building Bright Futures
The State of Vermont’s Children: Year in Review provides an objective, data-driven assessment of the state of young child and family well-being in Vermont, as well as progress on selected indicators and outcomes for the early care, health, and education system, and recommendations on how best to improve child and family well-being. The wealth of information […]
Crisis Management—Plan to Thrive, The Inside Story of How One Company Did It Right – Northeast Delta Dental President & CEO, Tom Raffio
CONCORD, N.H.: Northeast Delta Dental President & CEO, Tom Raffio, recently released Prepare for Crisis—Plan to Thrive, The Inside Story of How One Company Did It Right, a book he co-authored with Diane Schmalensee, President of Schmalensee Partners. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, all of Northeast Delta Dental’s management decisions were made with the safety and health of […]
Holiday Fundraiser to Provide More Than 20,000 Meals While Supporting Interest in Local Clean Energy
WATERBURY, VT — Every year during the holiday season, SunCommon hosts an annual Holiday Giving campaign to shine light on important issues in our local communities. While the company’s core mission is addressing climate change through the installation of commercial and residential solar, this annual campaign uses the business as a force for good beyond […]
Article featuring VBSR member Outpatch discusses how tourism impacts local communities
Can tourists be doing more to ensure their travel dollars actually end up benefiting the communities that host them? It’s no secret that Vermont’s economy benefits greatly from and is arguably dependent on tourism. Besides obvious links to the ski and outdoor industry, which so many tourists come to Vermont to enjoy, an incredible multitude […]
Grid Fruit Founders Focus on Refrigeration to Help Cool the Planet
Brattleboro startup provides tools for grocers to optimize energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. By Kelly Nottermann, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Passionate about climate change and sustainability, Jesse Thornburg and Javad Mohammadi met in Pennsylvania through their respective research on ways to reduce energy demand on the power grid—the key, they felt, to reducing […]
Upper Valley Residents Celebrate Completion of two Local Community Solar Projects
White River Junction, Vermont Dec 13, 2021 – Twenty-five Vermont residential customers and two local Impact Investors are the proud co-owners of two new 150 kilowatt solar projects in Norwich, VT. The 25 local homeowners will have lower electric bills by receiving the net metering credits from the projects as offsets on their Green Mountain […]
Birdseye Announces Release of New Monograph
Richmond, VT: Birdseye, an architecture and building company in Richmond, VT, has announced the release of a new Masterpiece Series monograph: Bank Barn / Birdseye. This 200-page architecture coffee table book showcases their design sketches, architectural renderings, construction drawings, scale models, construction progress, and completed photography of this award-winning Woodstock residence. “Bank Barn showcases the […]
