Clean is very excited to announce that we’ve joined the HubLA! The Hub is a collaborative working environment for environmentally and socially mission-driven businesses. This is just our first week here and already we’re meeting some wonderful people and enjoying the energetic workspace!
We’ve got a dedicated company office, but have also been able to work outside our four walls in the collaborative work area and meeting rooms.
If you find yourself downtown LA, ...
Continue Reading → ShareIn late 2012, Clean undertook an effort to calculate the carbon footprint of our office complex – a modern, open-concept building at 99 Pasadena Ave in South Pasadena.
Working in conjunction with building management, other tenants and maintenance workers, we gathered the data we needed on energy use, water use and waste management, to calculate the building’s carbon footprint. We ...
Continue Reading → ShareThis past Valentine’s Day I had the opportunity to speak to a group of students in the masters program at USC Annenberg’s school about Corporate Social Responsibility (I’m the one in the Annenberg ball cap!).
I shared some background information about Life Cycle Assessment and CSR reporting with the Global Reporting Initiative, and we discussed ...
Continue Reading → ShareJust before the new year, Clean CEO Seri McClendon was invited to provide expert commentary to the Los Angeles Business Journal for an article on Used Cardboard Boxes Inc (UCB).
As its name suggests, UCB purchases used cardboard boxes from companies (including McCormick & Co Inc), re-sells those suitable for reuse to other companies, and sends those unsuitable for reuse to recyclers.
A simple idea, but one ...
Continue Reading → ShareTwo studies by Dr. Bob Vos, Clean Agency’s VP of Research and Adjunct Professor of Research in the Spatial Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California, postulate that integrating Geographic Information System (GIS) tools with product-level carbon footprinting efforts could significantly improve the accuracy of carbon footprint calculations for fiber-based products.
The studies, co-written with Josh Newell from the University of Michigan, found that the ability ...
Second in a blog series about restaurants and sustainable food sourcing by Clean Agency’s Nancy Himmelfarb
Restaurant customers are increasingly asking for humanely sourced meats and other sustainable foods. But, restaurants operate on very slim profit margins. How can they respond to customers and still stay in business?
Restaurant owners generally assume that sustainable food (e.g., organic, local, fair trade) costs more than ...
A special guest blog by Clean Agency’s Nancy Himmelfarb
Restaurant food accounts for roughly a third of Americans’ calories (up from a quarter in the 1970s) and roughly a half of their food budgets (up from a third in the 1970s), according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. With restaurant food playing such an increasingly important role in Americans’ ...
Last week, Clean’s CEO Seri McClendon announced that Clean Agency has officially received Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) certification from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). WBENC is the nation’s largest third-party certifier of women-owned businesses in the United States, and a leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America’s corporations.
The certification process involves a rigorous examination of all financial, ...
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