The Quality of Association and Reputation

The Green Alliance maintains a high caliber of business people whose relationships stress accountability to the customer and the best possible green products or services available. Because the Alliance is engaging in Co-Branding, your business benefits from the reputation and association of other local green partners. Green Alliance businesses offer a superior standard of sustainable products and services at competitive prices.

While we hope to grow the Green Alliance to include some 100+ businesses and 10,000+ community members, we will start with a small and manageable number of local companies. The seacoast Green Alliance is local in spirit, and so in an effort to honor that strength, we discourage membership of the largest national chains.

Business Partner Benefits

The Green Alliance consists of an exceptional group of local green businesses. With the Green Alliance's business to business networking and partnerships you'll:

• Generate New Business with consumer membership, website exposure, press coverage, and newsletter promotions
• Get Qualified Referrals
• Expand Your Knowledge of the Green Marketplace
• Align With Respected and Successful Sustainable Businesses
• Build Community & Local Press Relations
• Green Branding by a Respected Third Party
• Receive Support in Further Greening Your Business
• Reduce Your Impact on the Environment While Increasing Your Profits
• Develop Relationships With Other Green Businesses - Monthly B2B Meetings
• Benefit From Cross-Promotions of Other GA Companies
• Established monthly e-newsletter on local business and the environment tells your story to 10,000 green-leaning subscribers
• Access Employee Base of Local Participating Corporate Partners
• Dedicated and experienced PR professionals promote your business in innovative and effective ways
• Enjoy strength in numbers for joint advertising buys, shared exhibit costs and bartering possibilities
• Gain tangible clout in the community as an environmental leader with our full Sustainability Evaluation and Report Card

The Economic Advantage

For less than the price of a small direct mail campaign or a few print ads, members get a twelve-month investment in a constant flow of contacts, prospective customers and information which is inherently more productive than any other means of generating new business. The GA website, newsletter and community presence is a constant source of promotion for your business and a way for Seacoast consumers and “Green Card” holders to know what makes you sustainable.

Yearly membership

All memberships are annual, and they're based the number of employees in your business.

We have heard your requests for a BP dues payment plan, and we now offer monthly payment plans for all BP dues categories:

• 1-3 employees: $1,200 or $125/month
• 3-7 employees: $1,500 or $150/month
• 8-20 employees: $1,800 or $175/month
• 21-99 employees: $2,000 or $195/month
• 100-499 employees: $2,400 or $225/month
• 500+ employees: $3,200 or $300/month

Bonus: Receive 5% off your annual membership dues for each Business Partner you bring in to the GA.

Corporate Business Partners(for larger companies or those who don't sell directly to the public)

• Annual investment starting at $2,000
• Sustainable branding – New England’s only Green Business Union
• Exclusive 60 question Sustainability Evaluation and Green Report Card
• GA’s tailored “Green Story” promotes your company’s sustainability
• Local Press exposure
• Web Exposure at www.greenalliance.biz
• Community presence & relations – Building green connections
• Sharply discounted“Green Co-Op” memberships for all employees
• Build working relations with local green business leaders!
• Support and expertise in further greening your operations from Environmental Advisory Board
• Newsletter exposure to 10,000 local green consumers & potential employees
• Additional newsletter & website sponsorships available – coupon & discounted banners

Ready to become a Business Partner?

If you're a sustainable entrepreneur and think the GA is a good fit for your business please call GA Directror Sarah Brown at (603)817-4694 to schedule an appointment.

Please fill out the Partnership Application Form and email it to sarah@greenalliance.biz.

A Note to Potential Corporate Partners:

Joining the Green Alliance is a chance for your Seacoast manufacturer or corporation to ally itself with local green business leaders. The Green Alliance will connect your company with the community it lives and operates in -- ensuring that the things that your company is doing for sustainability are broadcast to the local media, residents, employees and customers. It is also an external, qualified branding tool that you can use to verify and make transparent, the important steps your company is taking to protect the environment. Display and promote your GA membership proudly on your website and in company materials: a stamp of authenticity of the green strides you are taking – a mark that will help you stand out from your competitors. The Green Alliance also provides support in further greening your operations –our staff and a seven member Environmental Advisory Board, is there to guide you. Corporate partnership in the Green Alliance shows that you take sustainability seriously and want the community, employees and your purchasers to do the same.

To learn more, contact Project Director, Sarah Brown at 603-817-4694 or sarah@greenalliance.biz .