Through education and advocacy, the American Sustainable Business Council seeks to influence the creation of public policy that acknowledges the large and growing universe of sustainable and socially responsible businesses and social enterprises.
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Amicus
Non Profit AffiliatesAmicus is a national solar buying cooperative. SMCo is a member of this remarkable association of 50+ independently owned solar companies that have joined forces to provide their customers with industry-best pricing for products and services. Aggregated buying power gives members the ability to match pricing with large national companies in today’s ultra-competitive market – hence the co-op slogan “stronger together.” We also share with and learn from each other.
WebsiteB Corp
Non Profit AffiliatesCertified B Corporations (B stands for Benefit) amplify the voice of sustainable business and for-profit social enterprise through the power of the unifying B Corporation brand. Members meet transparent and comprehensive standards of social and environmental performance. SMCo is a certified B-Corp, and one of the highest scoring of the 2400 B-corps worldwide.
WebsiteBuilding Energy Bottom Lines
Non Profit AffiliatesBuilding Energy Bottom Lines (Bottom Lines for short) is a NESEA new initiative created by John Abrams and our friends Jamie Wolf and Paul Eldrenkamp. Launched in 2014, these networks of Northeast architecture, building, design/build, engineering and renewable energy businesses learn from each other about Triple Bottom Line business practices. Growing each year, there are now 5 networks and 50 member businesses.
WebsiteBuilding Green
Non Profit AffiliatesNobody does it better. Publishers of Environmental Building News and other information resources for practitioners of sustainable design, Building Green is an independent company committed to providing accurate, unbiased, and timely information to help building-industry professionals and policy makers improve environmental performance and reduce the adverse impacts of buildings.
WebsiteClean Energy Credit Union
Non Profit AffiliatesWe were one of the founding members of this national credit union that finances solar, energy efficiency, and electric vehicles.
WebsiteCohousing US
Non Profit AffiliatesBuilding a better society one neighborhood at a time. The Cohousing Association of the United States (Coho/US) promotes the awareness and development of cohousing, and provides sustenance to existing cohousing communities in the United States.
WebsiteICA Group
Non Profit AffiliatesFor 25 years the ICA Group has been helping companies with employee ownership transitions and business development advice. They helped us with our restructuring in 1987, and we have been closely aligned with them ever since.
WebsiteInternational Living Future Institute
Non Profit AffiliatesThe International Living Future Institute (ILFI) runs the Living Building Challenge, which is the world’s most rigorous green building standard.
The work done by ILFI has moved the architecture world further along the path to a truly regenerative approach to building and has pushed the building product industry toward greater transparency and healthier options. We embrace the principles they represent and learn from the work they do.
WebsiteIsland Grown Initiative
Non Profit AffiliatesThis organization is leading the Vineyard's local food revival with energy and vitality. SMCo has been a strong supporter since their beginning and we have been working with them as they develop an agricultural hub for Martha's Vineyard at Thimble Farm.
WebsiteIsland Housing Trust
Non Profit AffiliatesThe Island Housing Trust supports a diverse and vital community on the island of Martha's Vineyard by creating and sustaining permanently affordable homes. Over the past decade, they've been providing hope and opportunity to hundreds of island families seeking a dignified solution to their affordable housing needs. John Abrams was a founding board member, Matt Coffey currently serves on their development committee, and SMCo often collaborates with IHT to design and build high performance affordable housing.
WebsiteMartha's Vineyard Vision Fellowship
Non Profit AffiliatesThe Martha's Vineyard Vision Fellowship is dedicated to encouraging a healthy and vibrant Vineyard future by investing in promising individuals who demonstrate a commitment to the Island and to the ideals of sustainability. SMCo has ben closely aligned with the Vision Fellowship since its inception.
WebsiteMV Builder's Association
Non Profit AffiliatesWe were part of the formation of this association of architects, builders, and building industry professionals and our Production Manager, Newell Isbell-Shinn, serves as the current president.
WebsiteNESEA
Non Profit AffiliatesThe Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) is the nation's leading regional membership organization promoting sustainable energy solutions. For more than forty years, NESEA has supported and inspired a growing network of professionals and sustainable energy advocates committed to responsible energy use. We have been part of NESEA since the early days and SMCo has benefited remarkably from the web of relationships that have derived from our association with NESEA. John Abrams is a former board member and Rob Meyers is a current board member.
WebsiteSEBANE
Non Profit AffiliatesSolar Energy Business Association of New England (SEBANE) is a group of solar energy companies based, or doing business, in New England. Their membership includes companies from all sectors of the PV industry. SEBANE promotes the use of solar energy, and the development of the solar industry in New England.
WebsiteSEIA
Non Profit AffiliatesEstablished in 1974, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is the national trade association of the US solar energy industry. Through advocacy and education, SEIA is building a strong solar industry to power America.
WebsiteTimber Framer's Guild
Non Profit AffiliatesThe Timber Framer's Guild of North America (TFG/NA) is a non profit organization dedicated to promoting the benefits, beauty, and practicality of a timber frame. They serve as a center of timber frame information and design for the professional and the general public. An extraordinary group of people doing extraordinary work.
WebsiteUS Federation of Worker Coops
Non Profit AffiliatesFounded in 2004, the United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives is a national grassroots membership organization of, and for, worker cooperatives, democratic workplaces, and organizations that support the growth and development of worker cooperatives. The worker owned cooperative (like SMCo) is becoming a more and more viable entity of choice and this organization leads the way.
WebsiteVermont Employee Ownership Center
Non Profit AffiliatesOne of only a few statewide employee ownership centers in the country, this organization
is partly responsible for the flowering of so many employee owned companies in the great state of Vermont. SMCo has been closely associated with VEOC for many years.
Vineyard Conservation Society
Non Profit AffiliatesFor 50 years VCS has been at the forefront of land and resource conservation on the Vineyard. Marc Rosenbaum currently serves on the VCS board.
WebsiteVineyard Power
Non Profit AffiliatesThe Vineyard's community owned energy co-op expects to provide a large fraction of the Vineyard's electricity through on-shore solar and off-shore wind. SMCo is Vineyard Power's on-shore solar preferred provider and we work in close collaboration with this vital organization.
WebsiteYestermorrow Design Build School
Non Profit AffiliatesThis Vermont design/build school teaches the skills and crafts of sustainable design and building. For many years John Abrams taught a popular two-day course here called The Art of Small Business.
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