Eco-consulting firm looks to plant seeds of growth
The challenge: How to expand without losing control. The plan: Gradually expand east or south. The payoff: Riding the green wave
Special to The Globe and Mail
June 16, 2008 at 1:00 PM EDT
When energy giant B.C. Hydro was casting for help in shrinking its carbon footprint, it landed on a tiny Vancouver environmental consulting outfit called Green Workplace.
So, too, did eco-friendly retailer Lululemon Athletica.
The founders of Green Workplace, Nicholas Lamm, 30, and Shamus Finnegan, 32, are committed environmentalists with academic and sweat-equity credentials: Mr. Lamm is an environmental scientist while Mr. Finnegan is a philosophy major with a background in tree planting.
Their Green Workplace concept grew out of a federally funded program in 2001. When funding ended in 2006, Mr. Lamm and Mr. Finnegan incorporated and carried on consulting on a fee-for-services basis, specializing in environmental assessments and employee training and education.
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