Bridging The Gap’s Green Business Network is a network of environmental professionals and business people who all share a common goal: making sustainable business decisions that protect our natural resources AND make good business sense.
Basically, we’re a group of people who share a passion for all things sustainable in the workplace. For some of us, sustainability is our job. We’re sustainability coordinators, company green team leaders, environmental consultants or offer a green service or product. Others of us want to see our workplace become more sustainable or have a personal passion for going green.
Since 1999, the Green Business Network has educated, connected and inspired hundreds of metro area businesses to implement sustainable initiatives in the workplace.
Learn more about the Green Business Network, and how YOU can get involved!
An annual membership helps you capitalize on the experiences of your peers who are ready to help facilitate your journey toward responsible business decisions.
Join a group of Kansas City area businesses who share their environmental successes and challenges, exchange ideas, and encourage one another to make sound operational decisions that not only save resources but often save money. Events highlight sustainability efforts taking place in businesses across the region, and members receive free or reduced admission to events.
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Event: Getting Started – Setting Your Green Team Up For Success
Event: Bayer CropScience Tour
Event: Fall Social at Boulevard Brewery
The Green Business Network has more than 50 member organizations and individuals from all different sectors, large and small. Collectively, members bring years of experience in energy efficiency management, waste reduction and recycling, water conservation, green team leadership, native landscaping, green office cleaning, green purchasing and more for businesses.
Get to know your fellow network members with our member spotlight. This month, we're talking with Colleen Gerke, co-owner of Jowler Creek Vineyard and Winery. Located just north of KC in Platte City, it's Missouri's first green winery!
Read about Jowler Creek
Curious about what events we've already done? Go back and see the places we've visited and the topics we've covered through the Green Business Network's past program offerings.
The Green Business Network is excited to announce a special opportunity for businesses to attend the first day of Missouri Recycling Association’s (MORA) annual conference, which is taking place in Independence, Missouri, this year, at a significantly discounted rate! Missouri Recycling Association 2018 Annual Conference Tuesday, September 11 8 AM – 6:30 PM Stoney Creek Hotel … Continued
For businesses who don’t want to see their energy bills skyrocket with this summer’s high temperatures, now is the time to implement energy efficiency measures to lower your building’s energy use. Metropolitan Energy Center is launching its Energy Solutions Hub this month – a resource for small business owners, manufacturers, schools, municipalities and multi-family homes … Continued
Flexible Dates: Wed, June 20 – Sun, June 24 Green Event Volunteer Kansas City Convention Center 301 W 13th Street Kansas City, MO 64105 Volunteer alongside Bridging The Gap staff to help make the Unitarian Universalist Convention a Green Event! Special events, like concerts and conventions, generate on average one pound of waste per person … Continued
A Green Business Network Member Spotlight Jowler Creek Vineyard and Winery is our newest member to the Green Business Network! We recently chatted with Colleen Gerke, co-owner, to find out more about Missouri’s first green winery, what inspires her and what’s next for their sustainability efforts. Located just 30 minutes north of … Continued
Businesses in the Kansas City metro will now be able to collect and recycle their glass with a new commercial collection program from Ripple Glass. Ripple Glass, a local glass-recycling company, is rolling out a new program that will allow businesses in the area to recycle their glass with ease. Ripple Glass is currently … Continued
Johnson County, KS Department of Health & Environment
CLEAResult
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Retired, US EPA Region VII
ATC Associates
Olsson Associates
Blackstone Environmental
City of Kansas City, Missouri
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Hallmark Cards
Green Business Network Program Manager
