InterGen supports or maintains memberships in a number of institutions that share our values.

Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College

The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College provides leadership in establishing corporate citizenship as a business essential, so all companies act as economic and social assets to the communities they impact by integrating social interests with other core business objectives.

Through its research, executive education, consultation and convenings on issues of corporate citizenship, The Center is the leading organization helping corporations rethink their role in the community. Part of the Carroll School of Management, the 16-year old Center has 330 member companies, a full-time staff of 30, and has trained over 5,000 executives in its various courses.

For more information on The Center, please visit their web site at
http://www.bc.edu/corporatecitizenship.

Boston Cares

Boston Cares organizes and leads team-oriented volunteer opportunities and services in and around Boston that have a positive impact on individuals and communities. Boston Cares is the largest organization in New England of its kind with more than 16,000 Boston Cares volunteers contributing 49,000 hours to 165 non-profits in the Greater Boston area in 2007. Each month, Boston Cares manages more than 150 direct service volunteer projects which include planting community gardens, serving meals to the homeless and homebound, collecting and distributing clothing, shoes and school supplies to homeless and low-income children, cleaning parks, painting community centers, tutoring children, caring for sheltered animals and much, much more.

For more information about Boston Cares, please visit their website at: http://www.bostoncares.org.

World Environment Center

The WEC is an independent, not-for-profit environmental organization. Founded in 1974 with a grant from the United Nations Environment Programme, the Center advances sustainable development and social responsibility, encourages environmental leadership, and helps improve environmental, health and safety practices worldwide. The WEC manages three complimentary programs - the International Environment and Development Service, the International Environment Forum, and the WEC Gold Medal. WEC is a bridge for the exchange of information and expertise among industry, government, non-governmental organizations, and the community.

For more informationon on the WEC, please visit their website at http://www.wec.org

The Massachusetts Audubon Society

The Massachusetts Audubon Society is the largest conservation organization in New England, concentrating its efforts on protecting the nature of Massachusetts for people and wildlife. Mass Audubon protects more than 30,000 acres of conservation land, conducts educational programs for 250,000 children and adults annually, and advocates for sound environmental policies at the local, state, and federal levels. Established in 1896 and supported by 68,000 member households, Mass Audubon maintains 42 wildlife sanctuaries that are open to the public and serve as the base for its conservation, education, and advocacy work across the state of Massachusetts.

For more informationon on Mass Audubon, please visit their website at www.massaudubon.org

LASPAU

LASPAU, a non-profit organization based at Harvard University, has forty years of experience in designing and implementing academic and professional exchange programs to address the social, political, and economic challenges facing the Americas. LASPAU-administered programs sponsored by U.S. and Latin American government agencies, academic institutions, multilateral banks, foundations, and corporations have provided grants for study and research to over 16,000 individuals from throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Since 1992, LASPAU has implemented a number of programs supporting sustainable development. LASPAU's extensive network of alumni and institutions is a valuable resource for the development of innovative solutions to environmental problems such as those facing the U.S.-Mexico border region.

For more information on LASPAU, please visit their website at http://www.laspau.harvard.edu.

U.S. Green Building Council/LEED

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is leading a national consensus for producing a new generation of buildings that deliver high performance inside and out. Council members work together to develop LEED® products and resources & the Greenbuild annual International Conference and Expo, policy guidance, and educational and marketing tools that support the adoption of sustainable building. Members also forge strategic alliances with key industry and research organizations and federal, state and local government agencies to transform the built environment. As the leading organization representing the entire industry on environmental building matters, their unique perspective and collective power provides their members with enormous opportunity to effect change in the way buildings are designed, built and maintained.

For more informationon on USGBC, please visit their website at http://www.usgbc.org.