Small Business Network
About
The Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts is a Cambridge nonprofit that brings business and community leaders together to build economies that are local, green and fair. It connects locally owned, independent, environmentally and socially conscious businesses for networking and mutual benefit, and it works to show customers, other businesses and government agencies why buying from local independents matters. The network describes itself as part of a national movement to strengthen local economies.
Laury Hammel founded the organization in 1988 as the New England Business Association for Social Responsibility, which it calls the nation’s first business trade association devoted to using business for social, environmental and economic change. Today its programs include a Local Food Program, a Solar Energy Program and the Cambridge-Somerville Black Business Network. Members can join a B2B networking group and get one-on-one consultations and small-group discussions with leading local entrepreneurs.
What to Know
- SBN presents Sustainable Business of the Year Awards.
- It organized a Black-owned business marketplace pop-up in Harvard Square for Black History Month 2026.
- Free financial education workshops for small businesses have been offered with Cambridge Savings Bank and Cambridge Local First.
- Its leadership is majority BIPOC and/or women as part of its stated diversity approach.
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