Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia
We are building a just, green, and thriving economy in the region.
Our Vision
We envision a future where businesses are investors in the quality of life for all citizens. We challenge and support the business community to build profitable enterprises that serve community needs, share wealth, and protect the environment.
Make It Beautiful: Asarum LandDesign Group’s Sarah Endriss In Her Own Words
People, planet, profit, and beauty. (Ok, we broke away from the constraint of alliteration because neither prettiness nor pulchritude sufficed.) "Asarum is committed to Triple Bottom Line + 1— Beauty. Beauty is something to behold— its moves you, lights you up, and...
Can local-first procurement help oust Philadelphia from its position as poorest major city in the U.S.?
I know change doesn’t happen overnight, but witnessing Philadelphia be relinquished from its title of poorest major city in the U.S. cannot happen soon enough. One major strategy to do so is to advance our local independent business community – the backbone of a...
From Scratch: The Cosmic Catering Story
While organic, free range, natural, and even local, are now common labels to see in the supermarket or on menus, this was not the story twenty years ago. When Chef Peg Botto, Owner of Cosmic Catering and Cafe, wanted to source responsibly raised poultry for her...
2019 Annual Members Meeting
Join us in celebrating our work together and the road before us as we continue to build a just, green, and thriving local economy. SBN’s 2019 Annual Members Meeting will be held at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in the Tuttleman Gallery and Annenberg Gallery on...
GSI Partners Quarterly Meeting: January 2018
Join SBN’s GSI Partners on Wednesday, January 23 at Temple University Center City. On the agenda are GSI Partners programmatic updates and structured time for engaging and conversing with your peers. 8:00 AM – Doors Open 8:30 AM – Agenda Begins 10:30 AM – End Free to...
SBN Roundtable with Mayor Jim Kenney
The Entrepreneurs’ Roundtable is an intentionally intimate monthly members-only issue-based breakfast conversation created to connect local independent businesses, elected officials and other key decision makers in the city, region, and state. SBN is excited to...
What We Do
Government Relations
We are the region’s only advocacy and membership organization for businesses committed to improving their environmental and social impact as well as their profitability.
Events
We bring together like-minded business owners to celebrate the localism movement and impact economy at our Annual Members Meeting, Holiday Party, and signature events, SustainaBall and Excellence in GSI Awards Ceremony.
Initiatives
We amplify the impact of a triple bottom line economy (people, planet, profit) by empowering local businesses to ignite systemic change in specific industries and the region’s economy. This is our mission in practice.
Programs
We connect members with each other, as well as decision makers, to exchange learnings and best practices, and share solutions for how policies and processes could better support businesses to grow and thrive.
Membership
We are a community of local independent businesses that demonstrates the degree to which businesses can build profitable enterprises while serving community needs, sharing wealth, and protecting the environment.
About Membership
We are a diverse group of local independent businesses in the Greater Philadelphia region joined by a common perspective that success is measured on the triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit.
“We have been a member for 7 years. SBN is reaching out to us on so many levels--for policy input, business opportunities, funding suggestions--and every event feels unique and important.”
Allegra Derengowski, Birchtree Catering
We are a community of local independent businesses that demonstrates the degree to which businesses can build profitable enterprises while serving community needs, sharing wealth, and protecting the environment.
Member Connections
We share the myriad ways members collaborate with each other to grow their business and overcome obstacles.
“When we attend SBN events, we always find good conversation and worthwhile relationships. Being a member has been beneficial. We connected several years ago with a member who carries our products at their cafe.”
Rebecca Goldschmidt, The Random Tea Room
We are a community of local independent businesses that demonstrates the degree to which businesses can build profitable enterprises while serving community needs, sharing wealth, and protecting the environment.
Member Stories
We promote the strengths of a local economy and the triple bottom line by highlighting members’ stories of impact, impetus, and inspiration.
“When I first joined as a new business I found a network of business-owners who thought similarly and wanted to do work with the community and with the world beyond just profit. SBN was the answer I had been looking for.”
Peicha Chang, Vault + Vine
