For Immediate Release
BG Environmental, Inc. Gains National Recognition
Local Women Business Named and Ranked 415 among Nation’s Top 500 Women Owned Business List
Barrington, NH – January 10, 2008 In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading multicultural internet site, recently named BG Environmental, Inc. as one of the Top 500 Women owned businesses in the United States (Div500)”.
BG Environmental, Inc. was awarded and ranked in the following categories for the State of New Hampshire
Number 11 – Top Small Business in New Hampshire – 2007
Number 7 – Top Woman Owned Business in New Hampshire - 2007
Number 10 – Top Diversity Owned Businesses in New Hampshire – 2007
The Div500 and Div100 awards are the 8th annual listing of the Nation’s top 500 women-owned businesses and the top 100 businesses in New Hampshire. The companies listed on the Div500 represent the Nation’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a women-owned business is small or insignificant. Div500 members are sought after by major corporations wishing to increase spending with women owned companies.
The Impact of Women Owned Business, Small Business and Diversity Business
“Women Businesses, Small Businesses, Diversity Businesses and consumers are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders in American business.”
Affected by recent economic and demographic trends and changes, Fortune 1000 corporations throughout the country have recognized that buying products and services from women owned companies positively impacts their business. Diversity-owned businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy.
Carmen Castillo, President of Superior Design International, Inc., Florida commented: “These groups of companies represent the organizational spirit that drives our economy and even more. It offers insights into a vastness of cultures and an exchange of ideas that are so valuable in helping me to understand how to reach the needs of today's consumers”.
The Div500
The Div500 is a classification that represents the top 500 women-owned businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural and women-owned businesses use the list. The Div500 is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.
The Div100
The Div100 is a classification that represents the top 100 small businesses in the state of New Hampshire, in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural and women-owned businesses use the list. The Div100 is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.
BG Environmental, Inc. will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s “8th Annual Multicultural Business Conference”, taking place April 23 - 25, 2008 at Disney’s Boardwalk Resort in Orlando, Florida.
About BG Environmental, Inc.
BG ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. was incorporated under the laws of the State of New Hampshire as a full service Environmental Contractor in 1995, dealing with all types of underground and aboveground petroleum storage tanks, hazardous and non-hazardous waste consolidation, disposal, recycling and all types of hazardous and non-hazardous waste site clean-ups.
About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, with over 35,000 members DiversityBusiness.com is the largest organization of diversity-owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and colleges and universities. Members use the sites technology to find and track new business opportunities. It also produces the country’s largest conference on diversity education and training for major corporations and small business. Its research on top businesses appears in Fortune, Forbes, Business Week and numerous magazines and media publications. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT. CCA was founded in 1980 by CEO Kenton Clarke.
For additional information, please contact:
Gail Knowlton
BG Environmental, Inc.
603-335-2224