Each year, the staff at Natural Touch Landscaping performs seasonal upkeep at the Chippewa Valley Music Festival grounds in Cadott, Wis., for upcoming concerts. This year the landscape company's owners Julie and Lloyd Stunkel decided to build an "ultimate" campsite for the grounds that organizers and sponsors can give to a lucky fan for use during the concerts. VERSA-LOK Retaining Wall Systems provided hardscape products for the campsite, including Willow Creek paving stones and Ledgestone products

Other examples of the green industry giving back include:

To turn the tables on childhood obesity, Project EverGreen, a Cleveland-based non-profit organization, launched its "Healthy Turf. Healthy Kids."• Initiative, which is done in collaboration with the Sports Turf Managers Association and the Turfgrass Water Conservation Alliance. The initiative was created to restore and revitalize green spaces for kids to play, exercise and connect including sports fields and parks.

The Military Times recently named The Grounds Guys number eight on its Best for Vets: Franchises 2014-15 list, which evaluates financial incentives, brand performance and policies that cater to veterans and reservists.

Since buying a shuttered plant in in Auburn, Neb., a town of 3,400, Ariens has not only restored employment at the plant to about the historical peak level, they have contributed to the area in other ways including manufacturing and donating equipment for two disc golf courses and pledging $25,000 to complete the Nature Explore Classroom being built near the town square.

Atlas Copco, a leading provider of industrial productivity solutions, was again listed as one of the top companies in its industry in the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Index for 2014/2015. The index lists the world's leading sustainability-driven companies.