Global Corporate Xpansion

solar panels at the green tech park, based on sales from Unami Solar LLC, which is located in New Jersey, and which are the original homelands of the Delaware Nation.

Another project set to locate at the green park involves
the manufacturing of valves for waterless toilets. “The
technology that is out there right now is antiquated,”
Holton says of waterless toilets, which have been around
for a long time. “This new, high-tech toilet saves water
and energy and fits our green initiative.”
Holton says other activities for the green park include
working with an LED bulb company, to manufacture the
bulbs and the fixtures that will use the bulbs. Another
effort involves turning the natural resource, red cedar,
which are a problem in the state, and using the wood for

FOR COMPLETE DETAILS ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS FEATURED IN THIS ARTICLE, VISIT:

Delaware Nation www.delawarenation.com Greater Omaha (Neb.) Chamber www.omahachamber.org Midtown Crossing at Turner Park (Omaha, Neb.) www.midtowncrossing.com

biomass activities and construction materials, as well as using the oil in a number of green products.

The Delaware Nation and organizations across the country are actively implementing and exploring ways to carry out sustainability efforts to benefit their communities and attract companies and talent that share the same perspectives.

And businesses are increasingly implementing sustainability in their processes because they understand the costs savings involved, that customers want to see more of these activities, as well as the fact that these efforts capture business relationships. “I can’t be emphatic enough about sustainability,” says Vanguard Packaging’s Mathes. “It is simply the right thing to do.” ;