Ranking: 60

Industry: Commercial Real Estate

Mission: Dedicated to funding commercial real estate through Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing. Their strategy makes clean energy a smart financial decision for commercial property owners and developers. Saving over 1 million MWh of energy through their projects and supporting over 2,400 clean energy jobs. 

What quote best exemplifies your company?

“Next Generation Business Building.”

How is your product or service having a positive social and/or environmental impact?

Greenworks Lending is the nation’s largest provider of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing. C-PACE makes it possible for commercial property owners to obtain low-cost, long-term financing for energy efficiency, water-conservation, and renewable energy projects. The program starts with a state-level government policy that classifies clean energy upgrades as a public benefit. These upgrades can be financed with no money down and then repaid as a benefit assessment on the property tax bill over a term that matches the useful life of improvements and/or new construction infrastructure. With the humble goal of changing the world building by building, Greenworks Lending was founded in 2015 with the firm conviction that C-PACE financing could rapidly scale clean energy in commercial buildings around the country, resulting in benefits for local businesses, energy security, and the environment. The results of our impact can be seen here.

What is your company’s vision for the future?

MultiGreen Properties is a real estate operating company dedicated to the construction of sustainable and technology-enabled multifamily properties through tax-advantaged structures. MultiGreen Properties was co-founded in 2019 by Green Mesa Capital, a single family office, and i(x) investments, a permanently capitalized company, providing a historic opportunity to create economic growth and catalytic social impact in supply-constrained markets. MultiGreen Properties aspires to be a Top 25 Owner of newly constructed multifamily units by 2030, and to be recognized as a global leader in sustainable entry-level housing.

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Ranking: 90

Industry: Environmental Services

Mission: Waste management consultants that provide, install, and service waste and recycling reduction equipment. They go beyond providing receptacles by personalizing their approach to each business they serve, helping them to reduce, recycle, and eliminate waste altogether. Their recommendations ultimately result in cost reductions and “Green-Green Solutions”. 

What quote best exemplifies your company?

“We focus on profits second and serving customers first. We’ve always believed if you serve the customer, the profits will follow.”

What is your company’s vision for the future?

By 2050, Advanced will guide businesses and individuals in understanding how and why we create waste, designing and sharing solutions along the way to eliminate waste, in favor of diversion, reuse, and recycling.

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Ranking: 31

Industry: Beverages

Mission: A beverage company that introduces reusability with a new hybrid, combining purified water in a reusable bottle. They are forging a path to end single-use plastics with their easy to refill, 100% recyclable, BPA-free aluminum bottle and convenient, affordable water. Diverting the use of millions of plastic bottles to change how the world consumes water. 

What 3 words best describe your company culture?

Passionate, Driven, Optimistic

What quote best exemplifies your company?

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” — Peter Drucker

How is your product or service having a positive social and/or environmental impact?

The bottled water industry is recognized as the single largest contributor to the single-use plastic crisis. Whereas many companies have tried to institute sustainable solutions for bottled water, each solution seems to carry problems of its own. Water canteens like Hydro Flasks are refillable, but they have a steep price tag that not everyone can afford. Other solutions like Boxed or Canned Water are all single-use; a half-baked solution to this global crisis.

PathWater is the first and only solution that tackles all of the above. They come pre-filled with purified drinking water, making them a great on-the-go savior for someone looking for bottled water in-store. They’re made to be refilled for years to come, and they’re affordable — less than $3 — making sustainability an option for everyone.

Although PathWater’s core mission revolves around sustainability, the team is not one to shy away from taking a stand on a variety of other societal issues. PathWater frequently initiates campaigns to benefit spheres including public health and environmental preservation.

What is your company’s vision for the future?

Experts say that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. Here at PathWater, we aim to rewrite that narrative and prove that we CAN have a future that is independent of single-use plastic. At the end of the day, our mission really boils down to incentivizing sustainability: helping people recognize the simplicity of making a positive impact. We are working to phase out single-use plastic bottles everywhere we can — airports, corporate campuses, retailers, restaurants, etc.

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Ranking: 74

Industry: Real Estate Development

Mission: An urban home builder combating the negative impacts of climate change and resource scarcity via in-city homebuilding. They build sustainable and resilient communities from the inside out, focusing on transforming the market to consider resource efficiency when homes are bought and sold. Their projects have mitigated over 32 million metric tons of Greenhouse Gases to date. 

What 3 words best describe your company culture?

Authentic, Purposeful, Courageous

What quote best exemplifies your company?

“To resolve the dichotomy of the civilized [world] and the wild [environment], we must first resolve to be whole.” ― Gary Snyder

How is your product or service having a positive social and/or environmental impact?

Green Canopy was born out of a deep desire to address climate change. Yet, over the last decade, our theory of change has evolved to embrace a systems approach to change; we understand everything is connected. As urban infill developers, we recognize the critical role we play in shaping the urban environment. Our work is focused on making a positive impact by reducing urban sprawl, decreasing vehicle miles traveled, increasing neighborhood resilience and inclusivity, creating healthy, sustainable and affordable homes, and protecting our surrounding wildlands. The evolution of Green Canopy is captured best within our mission statement, we build homes, relationships, and businesses that help regenerate communities and environments.

What is your company’s vision for the future?

Our vision is to revolutionize the construction industry to drive down the cost to build, while providing sustainable, healthy, and affordable living spaces. We believe this will provide an economic boost to our economy, while also meeting the challenges of the housing crisis and future sustainability requirements. Furthermore, we believe in a future where Net Zero Energy homes are the norm, that these homes are affordable, our wildlands are preserved, our communities are vibrant and resilient, and impact investors earn profits.

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Ranking: 111

Industry: Publishing

Mission: An activist, solutions-oriented publishing company specializing in books that contribute in fundamental ways to building an ecologically sustainable and just society. They print on 100% post-consumer recycled paper, operate a carbon neutral facility, and print exclusively in North America. Have published over 600 books to build a new society.

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Ranking: 89

Industry: Textiles

Mission: A clothing collection and recycling company with a mission to keep clothes out of landfills. They collect textiles and clothes for reuse, recycling and upcycling to help local communities, nonprofits, and the planet. In the past year, they collected 25 million pounds of clothes, diverting 320 million pounds of carbon emissions.

What quote best exemplifies your company?

“Clothes Aren’t Trash.”

How is your product or service having a positive social and/or environmental impact?

Keeping more than 20 million pounds of clothing out of the trash each year. Supporting hundreds of small businesses and charities along the way!

What is your company’s vision for the future?

We look forward to a future where used clothing is the first place people shop.

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Ranking: 103

Industry: Dog Products

Mission: A pet supply manufacturer specializing in the creation and design of safe, responsibly made, and eco-friendly pet beds and toys. They turn plastic bottles into PlanetFill® polyfiber and have saved 10 million bottles from landfills to date. Digital reach of over 2 million animal lovers and retailers in 40 countries. 

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Ranking: 7

Industry: Food Production

Mission: An ice cream manufacturer that uses high-quality ingredients from family farmers who do not treat their cows with synthetic hormones. They have additionally established a foundation that supports grassroots businesses that help their communities. Seeking to meet human needs and eliminate injustices while producing nearly 1 million pints of ice cream per day. 

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Ranking: 88

Industry: Personal Care

Mission: A provider of all-natural beauty and personal care products offered in sustainable packaging on a per-item or subscription basis. Their products come in aluminum bottles that can be sent back and refilled time after time, offering an alternative to single-use containers. Have so far kept over 100,000 plastic bottles out of landfills. 

What 3 words best describe your company culture?

Sustainable, Empowering, Collaborative

What quote best exemplifies your company?

“Progress, not perfection. We are constantly learning and working to improve our products, our packaging, our customer experience, and our company.”

How is your product or service having a positive social and/or environmental impact?

Plaine Products is on a mission to eliminate single-use plastic from the bathroom. Offering a line of toxin-free personal care products, Plaine Products come in aluminum bottles that can be sent back and refilled time after time. The first of its kind and founded in 2017, Plaine Products has already diverted more than 200,000 plastic bottles from landfills. Based in Cincinnati, OH, all of the products are vegan, non-GMO, cruelty-free, biodegradable, color-safe and free of parabens, sulfates and toxins, good for the body and the planet. Founded by two sisters, Plaine Products is proud to be reducing waste and helping stop the spread of single-use plastics.

What is your company’s vision for the future?

At Plaine Products we are leading the way towards a new circular economy where producers take responsibility for their packaging and the safety of their ingredients, where there is less waste and pollution, and the true cost of the products is not passed on to the next generation.

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Ranking: 92

Industry: Music Licensing/Production

Mission: A music agency representing a highly curated roster of diverse and rare artists, bands, record labels and vintage recordings for music licensing. They scour the planet to deliver the perfect song for any project, and foster community on the home front. Give back 10% of all sales to community organizations.

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