American Sustainable Business Council
After co-founding Seventh Generation in the late-1980s, Hollender went on to co-found the American Sustainable Business Council, a “growing coalition of business networks committed to public policies that support a vibrant, just, and sustainable economy.” Today, more than 100,000 businesses and 200,000 entrepreneurs, owners, investors, managers and others have joined the council and Hollender remains involved with the ASBC on the Board of Directors.
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