Eastern Bank Foundation Honors The Sustainable Business Network Of Massachusetts With Community Advocacy Award
June 09 2022 - 1:30PM
Business Wire
The business association works to create a more sustainable and
fair world with business as a vehicle for social, environmental and
economic change
Eastern Bank Foundation is pleased to announce the Sustainable
Business Network of Massachusetts (SBN) as a 2022 Community
Advocacy Award honoree for its work to cultivate a strong, local
business ecosystem that works for racial justice and equity, builds
the local economy and advances environmental solutions.
“The Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts is an
important community convener and connector, continually educating
customers, small businesses and others about the benefits of
supporting locally owned and independent businesses that care about
doing what’s right and smart to advance good in our communities and
the environment,” said Nancy Huntington Stager, President and CEO
of the Eastern Bank Foundation. “Its encouragement to Keep It
Local, Keep It Green, Keep It Fair strengthens local entrepreneurs
in many diverse communities, and in turn helps to create a
sustainable, fair economy in New England and beyond.”
Founded in 1988, SBN works to build a local economy that is
green and fair. By developing a network of local, independent,
environmentally and socially conscious businesses and supporting
Black and Brown-owned businesses, it creates a stronger, local
economy and a more vibrant community. Its efforts include
supporting BIPOC businesses with technical assistance, networking,
education and financing connections. Its Sustainable Business of
the Year Awards recognize businesses that incorporate local, green
and fair business practices, and an annual business conference
promotes racial equity and other topics with fellow SBN member
businesses such as the Black Economic Business Council of
Massachusetts (BECMA).
“For 34 years, the Sustainable Business Network has been at the
forefront of inspiring dramatic change in how modern day businesses
do business,” said Laury Hammel, Founder and Executive Director of
the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts. “The ideas of
corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the triple bottom line
(People, Planet, Profits) have taken on a whole new meaning and
raised the bar for businesses everywhere to truly create a diverse,
equitable economy for all.”
The celebration of Eastern’s Community Advocacy Award coincides
with the Eastern Bank Foundation’s commitment to economic inclusion
and mobility through its philanthropy, volunteerism and advocacy,
including to advance equity in the small business ecosystem.
Recognizing that entrepreneurs and business owners are building
blocks for the local economy, the Foundation seeks to fund
organizations that build ecosystems of support for business owners
in historically disadvantaged communities, including Black, Latinx,
Asian, women, LGBTQ+, Veterans and people with disabilities.
Read more about all of the 2022 Community Advocacy Award
honorees at:
https://www.easternbank.com/communityadvocacyawards
About Eastern Bank Foundation
Created in 1994, the Eastern Bank Foundation is the
philanthropic arm of Boston-based Eastern Bank. Through
philanthropy, employee volunteerism, advocacy and collaborations
with other businesses and community partners, Eastern Bank
Foundation responds to community needs and supports sustainable
solutions to our communities’ most vexing challenges across eastern
Massachusetts, southern and coastal New Hampshire, and Rhode
Island. To learn more, visit easternbank.com/foundation.
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