The South Carolina Small Business Chamber launches SCBARS (South Carolina Businesses Acting on Rising Seas) Phase 2 today. The below story from Climate Central demonstrates the importance of small businesses being involved on this issue. Read more about SCBARS at SCBARS.org. The Front Lines of Climate Change: Charleston’s Struggle by Bobby Magill Climate Center January […]
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Today we formally launched our first project on our statewide donation crowdfunding portal, SCcrowdfund.com, that enables South Carolina small businesses and nonprofits to raise the capital they need to grow. Check out this exciting Greenville project. http://crowd-scsbc.missioncrowdfund.com/en/greenvillefilmhouse I encourage you to donate and help make this effort and our portal a success. Over the next
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California wants consumers to know that a chemical used in some kids products are known carcinogens. Toxic chemical diisononyl phthalate (DINP), manufactured by Exxon Mobil and other petrochemical companies, is being added to the California list of chemicals known to cause cancer, known as Proposition 65. The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
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For everybody buying presents for children this holiday season, beware of toxic chemicals in child products. The state of Washington has a law requiring manufacturers to disclose toxic chemicals in these child products sold in their state. 66 hazardous chemicals have been identified. Now if we could only get our South Carolina Legislature to care
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I arrived in DC late yesterday afternoon and will be here through Thursday for the American Sustainable Business Council’s Annual Business Summit. Last night I and the South Carolina Small Business Chamber were honored at a reception with the first Annual Award for Partner of the Year. UnConflicted is the small business advocacy blog of
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My friends at the Workgroup for Safe Markets have launched a new website that you might find interesting. Go to http://www.safemarkets.org/. The Workgroup for Safe Markets is a US-based collaborative of groups united by a common concern about hazardous chemicals in our homes, our bodies and our environment; and a common vision of a
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The U.S. Senate will be voting on legislation that will level the playing field for ALL retailers. The bi-partisan Marketplace Fairness Act will treat all transactions – whether online or in the store – equally and put money into state treasuries to invest in essential projects like infrastructure. Tell your Senators to pass the Marketplace
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The Huffington Post  | By Ryan Grenoble Posted: 03/20/2013 1:02 pm EDT  |  Updated: 03/21/2013 11:58 am EDT For people looking to put their finances in the black, a new report suggests they may be wise to look green. That’s according to a report released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that breaks down employment in
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The Hill’s Congress Blog By Frank Knapp, Jr. We have heard an ongoing cry from organizations claiming to represent all businesses that they oppose any government action on toxic chemicals in our products, warning of increased costs and job losses. Now, a new independent poll shows that when it comes to protecting workers and consumers
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The new September ADP National Employment Report is out today saying that 162,000 new private-sector jobs were created in the U.S. last month. And once again small businesses with less than 50 workers created the most new jobs—81,000. Since the beginning of this year new jobs from small businesses have accounted for around 50% of
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