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Tonkon Torp Attorneys Launch Sustainability BlogPORTLAND, Ore. --(Business Wire)-- Tonkon Torp LLP has launched a legal blog focused on sustainability. It will cover issues critical to businesses that aim to create a sustainable future for their organizations, their communities and the environment. Located at www.sustainabilitylawblog.com, the blog features posts from attorneys in the firm's interdisciplinary sustainability practice group. Topics range from climate change and renewable energy issues to commentary on green building requirements, tax credits for sustainable forestry practices, and regulatory and public policy issues regarding the environment and sustainable business practices. Visitors may subscribe to receive the latest posts by email or RSS feed. "The blog is an opportunity for our lawyers to add value and perspective to the discussion about the rapidly emerging business environment and consumer demand for sustainable products and services," said David Copley Forman, partner and co-chair of the firm's sustainability practice group. "While the blogosphere is growing daily, we've found few sites focused primarily on legal issues that business owners should consider when launching or operating sustainable organizations." Tonkon Torp's sustainability practice group helps companies site, acquire, finance and obtain permitting of biofuel and renewable energy facilities; solve issues related to managing sustainable forestry and forest product enterprises; develop green buildings; and launch or expand businesses that create or sell sustainable products and services. The firm also provides advocacy and lobbying on regulatory and public policy issues related to sustainability. "Our aim with the blog is to communicate key issues and provide thoughtful analysis of decisions that can affect the way organizations approach sustainability," said Max M. Miller, Jr., partner and other co-chair of the sustainability practice group. Miller also chairs the firm's internal committee to develop and monitor sustainable business practices within Tonkon Torp. The Firm Tonkon Torp LLP is a leading business and litigation law firm serving public companies, substantial private enterprises, entrepreneurial businesses and individuals throughout the Northwest. For more information, please visit www.tonkon.com. |
