Tilde Harris at GreenBiz.com points us to the 10 Green NGOs Businesses Should Know About. Most of the list should be familiar to anyone working on corporate responsibility and sustainability/environmental issues, but a couple were new to me.

Her broad argument is right on – businesses must engage with the appropriate NGOs to make real progress. If you aren’t, you aren’t serious. It’s that simple.

It makes sense from a business standpoint – these groups have a lot of expertise – and from a reputational/risk mitigation standpoint – association adds credibility and stems rock-throwing from the sidelines.

As Harris puts it: “Many now view NGO-business partnerships as the rule, rather than the exception.”

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