Going Green

United Way's Environmental Policy

United Way of the Columbia-Willamette has made a commitment to reduce our environmental impact as an organization. To this end, we have developed an internal Green Team with the help of Board Member and Far West Fibers President, Keith Ristau who heads our Sustainability Committee.

We have conducted an organization-wide "waste audit” to identify goals to help us reduce our environmental footprint and we have made great strides including improving the energy savings of our office building, reducing the use of natural gas, upgrading to energy star rated computers, utilizing green cleaning products, improving our office recycling program and more.

In recognition of our Green Team's work, the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability for the City of Portland has recognized United Way as an official "Recycle at Work Certified" organization.

We take the commitment to reducing our environmental impact seriously and we will continue to work hard to improve upon the operations of our organization to help do our part in creating a healthy, sustainable community.