PeopleTalk magazine: What do green B.C. businesses look like?

ByHeather Conn

PeopleTalk Corp Social Opp

What does the new face of corporate social responsibility look like with green-minded organizations in British Columbia? Find out about the organic products, visionary leadership, and sustainability education of Vancouver’s Rocky Mountain Flatbread Company. Learn about the certified organic wines and conservation strategies of Kelowna’s Summerhill Pyramid Winery.

Read about the B.C. Institute of Technology’s dedication to stewardship and sustainable construction and their status as the greenest campuses in Canada. Discover what environmental practices have made the City of Dawson Creek a Green Cities Award winner. I mention all four organizations in my cover story “Corporate Social Opportunity” in the winter 2009 issue of PeopleTalk magazine. Click here to read this feature.

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