In3Online.com features networks of "sustainability people" working together, bringing positive social, environmental, and economic impacts to the marketplace. Spearheaded by strategist and investor Daniel N. Robin, we "raise the bar" and increase triple bottom line success -- socially, for the earth and with economic properity -- for "no harm capitalism" and provide helpful guideposts for those acting as change agents.

This website is a portal of affiliated sustainability websites, resources, and service options for leaders of sustainable businesses and non-profit organizations, consultants, government representatives, policy analsysts, economists, and others interested in "turning green to gold."

Mailing:
PO Box 263
Santa Cruz, CA 95061

Main:
831.761-0700
US Toll Free:
888-222-GREEN

 

Featured Affiliates

Sustainable Business Development & Finance:
	In3 Group specializes in de-risking, commercializing and financing renewable technology ventures and projects. Operating since 1996, In3 delivers project development and strategic business advisory, planning, project management, investor match-making and syndication, industry research and business intelligence, business case & competitive analysis, team development, education and coaching services. See In3 Capital Client History for more.
	Daniel Robin & Associates — International management consulting, training and coaching in social aspects of sustainability, leading change and tools for effective collaboration. Investment, alignment and commitment leads to healthy workplaces that enable people to do their best work. High-commitment work environments are about taking personal responsibility for results, delivering greater performance, job satisfaction and lasting advantage in the marketplace.
Renewables Investor Forum (RIF) — project finance (not venture capital) for renewable energy, materials, biofuels and related technologies. Based in San Francisco Bay Area but hosts events and entertains project finance and collaboration opportunities worldwide. RIF has sparked a spin-off called Impact Guarantee Fund (IGF) as a way to mobilize catalytic capital. Contact us for further information.
Other affiliates:
	The Sustainable Quality Awards started in 1996 and was open to all sectors (business, government, education and not-for-profit) in Santa Cruz County. A "sustainability recognition and awards program" that still operates to this day in the City of Santa Monica keeping the vision alive for a more sustainable Southern California..
	Commercial Sustainability Network of the California Central Coast (Monterey Bay Region) — networking and educational events attended by like-minded "green" and sustainable businesses, entrepreneurs, public benefit organizations and others. Members collaborated and shared ideas to facilitate and accelerate the sustainability mainstream practice and to commercialize business ventures with sustainability at their core.

The Triple Bottom Line of Sustainability and Impact Investing

No Harm Capitalism: Social & Environmental Impacts for Sustainable Good

2024 marks the triumphant return of a subversive idea, now with sustainable momentum: "care for the environment and people and a value stream will follow." Sustainable solutions to the climate crisis, for example, prove that you can make money while improving lives and restoring the environment (some call this "restorative, regenerative or circular commerce"), successful examples of new ventures and established companies embracing sustainability, without greenwashing or posturing, now dot the planet, including in surprising sectors like food production in the US. Farmers have begun using "no till" practices and regenerating topsoil mainly for the carbon credits.

But for some, to help achieve lofty goals like reversing climate change, eliminating poverty, or restoring habitat for now-endangered wildlife. More of these lofty but achievable goals are outlined by the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , ... progress happens!

A few case studies and examples:

Carbon Drawdown Solutions -- converting the liability of waste into assets, including award-winning products like biochar, a method that draws down (removes) carbon from the atmosphere and safely sequesters it in the soil, where it belongs.

WISE Solutions -- a green chemistry company making non-toxic solvents, biopesticides and biolubricants.

Investing in Sustainable Infrastructure and the UN SDGs is booming!

Green and sustainable products and services, ESG operational and communication strategies, are rapidly heading toward a "tipping point" of mainstream practice. Both well-established and newer organizations embracing sustainability can benefit from the experiences of other practitioners who have been modeling, learning and integrating "best practices" since the 1980's.

Even with inflation happening globally, the rise of a "green consumer ethic," shows our capital markets finding new opportunities in clean and renewable technologies, such as Batterey Electric Vehicles (BEVs), alternative building materials such as timber bamboo, not just recycling but upcycling materials from waste, as just a few examples. Certain practices of triple-bottom-line sustainability are finally becoming, well, sustainable. Some industries have been permanently disrupted, shaking out new leaders, while radical innovation has defined entirely new markets, especially in Europe and Japan; will the US economy convert to a greener, more sustainable, inclusive and just future? Time will tell.

This portal features a family of businesses and networks that help organizations further their social responsibility and environmental stewardship goals as well as to develop sound fiscal management and economic prosperity in organizations large and small.

Questions? Call 888-222-GREEN in the US (+1-831-761-0700 overseas) or
send email through one of the above organizations.