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CSRShareDay sustainability Ryan Harvey
Apr. 09, 2019 | sustainability news

Join the Oregon Convention Center for a global conversation about sustainability and social responsibility in April

#CSRshareDay is a day that recognizes and celebrates Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and offers the event industry an opportunity to share ideas on how to achieve its sustainability goals. Professionals from around the world who are passionate about sustainability join together on social media for 24 hourly conversations. The annual campaign, which began in 2015, is organized by UK-based Positive Impact Events.

Earth Hour World Wildlife Fund sustainability
Mar. 19, 2019 | sustainability news

Oregon Convention Center to “switch off” in solidarity with global Earth Hour campaign

Earth Hour is a global World Wildlife Fund (WWF) campaign that aims to bring attention to the effects of climate change and spark conversations about the dangerous decline in global biodiversity. People are asked to take a stand for a sustainable low carbon future by switching off lights at homes and businesses for one hour each year.

LEED U.S. Green Building Council Metro Craig Stroud Matthew Uchtman Ryan Harvey sustainability
Mar. 08, 2019 | sustainability news

Oregon Convention Center achieves LEED Platinum recertification

The Oregon Convention Center has been recertified as a LEED® Platinum building by the U.S. Green Building Council — the highest of the USGBC’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards and an internationally recognized benchmark for sustainable building practices. OCC is one of only two convention centers in the United States to hold that distinction and continues a Portland tradition of achieving the highest levels of sustainable practice.

sustainability waste diversion LEED Craig Stroud Ryan Harvey
Oct. 24, 2018 | sustainability news

Oregon Convention Center on course to be the most sustainable convention center in the world

From Metro News

With hundreds of events and more than a half a million guests each year, the Oregon Convention Center’s sustainability is blazing the trail towards the most sustainable convention center in the world. Guests of the recent Rose City Comic Con might even say it’s the most sustainable in the galaxy.

Lights Out Portland Portland Audubon Society LED lighting energy efficiency Metro
Sep. 21, 2018 | sustainability news

Oregon Convention Center joins community effort to raise awareness about the impact of light pollution on migrating birds

The Oregon Convention Center (OCC) is once again participating in the third annual Lights Out Portland 2018 event on September 21, 2018.

Salmon-Safe sustainability OCC Rain Garden Matt Uchtman Dan Kent
Sep. 07, 2018 | sustainability news

Oregon Convention Center recognized for clean water strategy

Healthy watersheds advocate Salmon-Safe has recognized the Oregon Convention Center with Salmon-Safe recertification for its commitment to reducing polluted runoff to the Willamette River.

A Portland-based nonprofit, Salmon-Safe works with public and private landowners to promote reduced water use, onsite stormwater treatment, and protection of water quality. Properties like the Oregon Convention Center are certified as Salmon-Safe for extensive efforts to halt runoff from entering streams and impacting imperiled salmon.

sustainability LEED waste diversion zero waste food donations Ryan Harvey
May 16, 2018 | sustainability news

The path to sustainability is paved with great partnerships

The Oregon Convention Center (OCC) is well on its way to becoming the most sustainable event venue in the nation. In 2004, we became the first convention center in the world to earn a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, as an existing building, from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).

CSRShareDay CSR sustainability Positive Impact Events Ryan Harvey Matt Pizzuti
Apr. 30, 2018 | sustainability news

Oregon Convention Center shares its sustainability story with the world

The Oregon Convention Center (OCC) sponsored a unique Twitter campaign called #CSRshareDay on Monday, April 23, and this year’s campaign reached an estimated 1,500,000 people.

#CSRshareDay is a 24-hour event, falling on or around Earth Day each year, where sustainability champions from around the world gather online to discuss and share the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) actions they’ve taken to make their businesses and communities more sustainable.

CSRShareDay Positive Impact Events sustainability Corporate Social Responsibility Ryan Harvey
Apr. 03, 2018 | sustainability news

Join the Oregon Convention Center for a global sustainability discussion during #CSRshareDay on April 23rd

#CSRshareDay is a 24-hour Twitter campaign where sustainability champions from around the world gather online to discuss and share the Corporate Social Responsibility actions and methods they have implemented to make their businesses and communities more sustainable.

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Sustainability at Work City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability certification sustainability Ryan Harvey
Dec. 11, 2017 | sustainability news

Oregon Convention Center awarded Gold certification under Portland's Sustainability at Work program

Oregon Convention Center (OCC) was recently awarded the City of Portland's Sustainability at Work certification. Offered by the city's Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, the program has helped thousands of Portland businesses advance green initiatives in the workplace since 2007. OCC is the first Metro venue to achieve the certification.

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