BERC’s Services

• Free and Confidential environmental and non-environmental compliance consultations to businesses including possibilities for minimizing or avoiding adverse impacts of environmental regulation
  
  
• Business Advocate services such as ombudsman/facilitation activities and acting as a liaison with regulatory agencies to advocate within government for effective environmental regulation
  
  
• Educational outreach to businesses through the creation of technical fact sheets, guidance documents, seminars and workshops
  
  
• Promotion of Pollution Prevention (P2) practices at businesses
  
  
• Coordination of an annual Sacramento Sustainable Business Awards Events
  
  
• Administration of programs that benefit the environment while also improving quality of life such as the Brownfields and Sacramento Sustainable Business Programs

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Want to make your community a better place?

Think local government could use creative input to solve civic challenges?

Join Code for Sacramento and Greenwise Joint Venture for “Hack for Sac,” an event affiliated with the National Day of Civic Hacking organized by the White House to bring together citizens, software developers, and entrepreneurs to collaboratively create, build, and invent new solutions to solve challenges relevant to our neighborhoods and our cities.

 

Hack for Sac

6:30 p.m., Friday, May 31 to 8 p.m., Saturday, June 1

FREE

Hacker Lab, 1715 I Street, Sacramento

View the schedule and register at http://hackforsac.eventbrite.com

Breakfast and lunch provided on June 1.

Note: Participants can take breaks, go home to sleep, and participate for as long as you are able! Come and go as you please.

 

Questions?

If you have questions about the National Day of Civic Hacking, Code for Sacramento, and Greenwise’s involvement with this event, contact Liz Salmi, Greenwise Community Engagement Manager, at liz@GreenwiseJV.org.

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Do You Know a Deserving Business or Non-profit Organization?

The 2013 Sacramento Area Sustainable Business Awards

September 17th

Sheraton Grand - ​1230 J Street · 13th and J Street

 

The Sacramento Area Sustainable Business Program promotes businesses that adopt environmentally friendly practices, prevent pollution, and conserve resources. The Annual Awards honors the top performers in the program who have implemented outstanding achievements in Energy Conservation, Water Conservation, Pollution Prevention, Solid Waste Reduction, Green Building and Transportation/Air Quality.

 

2013 Sustainable Business Awards Nomination Form