Some businesses go above and beyond with recycling, and others go even further to reduce their carbon emissions. The Portland office of engineering and consulting firm Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch (M+NLB) is the first Portland business to receive the BEST Business Center’s new “Portland Climate Champion” recognition. To earn this honor, M+NLB staff completed the Portland Climate Champions application and demonstrated their carbon reduction efforts during an onsite verification visit with the BEST Business Center’s sustainability advisors.

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Sure, a business may think it’s green because it uses recycled paper and is located in Portland, but is it really? The only way to confidently claim green-ness is to measure carbon emissions.  There’s a unique opportunity to do that: Portland’s business can still claim remaining seats at Portland’s first-of-its-kind Carbon Footprint Workshop series for businesses, presented by the BEST Business Center and Smart Trips.

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