Highlights From The 100 Best Green Workplaces Luncheon


Jason E. Kaplan

We celebrated companies and nonprofits in our 2019 100 Best list during an awards luncheon at the Nines Hotel in Portland.

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Congratulations to the companies and nonprofits that made it into this year’s 100 Best Green Workplaces in Oregon list.

Here are the highlights from Thursday’s awards ceremony:

Photos by Jason E. Kaplan

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Olga Aulet-Leon, sustainability champion at Daimler Trucks North America, gave a keynote speech about how the truck maker approaches sustainability in the workplace.   

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Cannabis cultivator Yerba Buena receives an award for coming in No. 7 in the 100 Best Green Workplaces in Oregon list. 

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Online education provider American College of Healthcare Sciences came in No. 3 position in the list. 

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The top award went to Research into Action, now known as Opinion Dynamics. This is the tenth year running that the research firm has been a top 10 Best Green Workplace in Oregon.  

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The top 10 award winners are:

1: Research Into Action

2: Coconut Bliss

3: American College of Healthcare Sciences

4: Energy 350

5: Green Drop garage

6: RHT Energy

7: Yerba Buena

8: AJ’s Auto Repair

9: The City Repair Project

10: Vernier Software & Technology

The full 2019 100 Best Green Workplaces in Oregon list is here