International Living Future Institute Forges Partnership with 3BL Media

NORTHAMPTON, Mass., August 24, 2015 /3BL Media/ - 3BL Media, a corporate communications platform exclusively dedicated to the distribution of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability news and content, announced today a partnership with the International Living Future Institute, a global leader in the green building and sustainability movement.

The affiliation will provide visitors to seven of the International Future Living Institute’s online sites a real-time feed of news about sustainable buildings and related topics from many of the world’s leading organizations that use 3BL Media’s CSR and sustainability content distribution platform. The Institute will also begin using 3BL Media to share news about the Living Building Challenge and other programs and initiatives.

“This partnership with the International Living Future Institute fulfills 3BL Media’s mission to provide visibility for our client’s sustainability and corporate citizenship achievements on highly credible online sites with matching values and quality content,” said Dave Armon, CMO at 3BL Media. “The Institute’s work has redefined the green building movement, substantially raising the bar for true sustainability,” and the audiences engaging with the institute’s web content are truly influential.”

3BL Media has forged similar partnerships with hundreds of mainstream and sustainability sites, including the Global Reporting Initiative, ACCP, Net Impact, Ceres, the Corporate Responsibility Association, Ethisphere and Realized Worth. 

Beginning Sept. 8, 3BL Media client content will begin feeding living-future.org with additional visibility on the Institute’s website, including the Living Building Challenge, Net Zero Energy Building Certification, Reveal, News, Education-Events and Trim Tab pages.

“We are committed to sharing stories about restorative design principles in buildings and communities to the broader sustainability community globally,” said Eric Corey Freed, the Institute’s Vice President of Global Outreach. “This partnership with 3BL Media provides us a powerful communications platform to distribute our content while also bringing us a steady stream of news for our online media properties from corporations, NGOs and thought leaders.”
 

About The International Living Future Institute
International Living Future Institute is an environmental NGO committed to catalyzing the transformation toward communities that are socially just, culturally rich and ecologically restorative. Composed of leading green building experts and thought-leaders, the Institute is premised on the belief that providing a compelling vision for the future is a fundamental requirement for reconciling humanity’s relationship with the natural world. It operates the Living Building Challenge, Cascadia Green Building Council, Ecotone Press and other critical leading-edge programs. A global network of more than 350 volunteers across nearly 30 countries drive the local adoption of restorative principles in their communities. The Living Building Challenge is the 2012 winner of the Buckminster Fuller Prize.

About 3BL Media
Based in Northampton, Mass., 3BL Media is a corporate communications platform exclusively for the distribution of corporate social responsibility and sustainability news and content. Founded in 2009, the company works with corporations and non-profits to distribute multi-format media assets through social, traditional and new media channels. 3BL Media has grown organically and through acquisition, operating a network of focused, authoritative sites including 3blmedia.com, justmeans.com, csrwire.com, ethicalperformance.com and socialearth.org. Content issued by 3BL Media clients also appears on hundreds of thousands of Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters terminals.

Contact:

Dave Armon 
CMO of 3BL Media
+1.802.535.0993, ext. 123
darmon@3blmedia.com;

Joanna Gangi
Communications and Editorial Director of the International Living Future Institute
+1.206.223.2028 x23
joanna.gangi@living-future.org,

Lisa Lilienthal
for the International Living Future Institute
+1.404.661-3679
lisalilienthal@earthlink.net