ActivSupport Sponsors Collective Roots Through the 1% For The Planet Network

ActivSupport is one of the many US firms that have joined the 1% For The Planet network, an alliance of companies committed to leveraging their resources to create a healthier planet.

1% For The Planet was launched in 2001 by Yvon Chouinard, environmental activist and founder of outdoor clothing company Patagonia, Inc., and Craig Matthews, owner of Blue Ribbon Flies. Members donate at least 1% of their annual sales to environmental organizations worldwide. The alliance aims to prove that taking environmental responsibility is good for business.

Michel Leconte, Founder and CEO of ActivSupport, Inc., says that "ActivSupport has been serving the IT needs of small businesses, non-profit organizations and governmental agencies for 10 years now." ActiveSupport looks above the bottom line to create value and significant change in a world that is beseiged by poverty, war, and climate change, and have found a pro-active answer by joining 1% For The Planet.

ActivSupport was founded in October 1997 in California around the concept of simplifying Internet technologies for medium sized businesses. ActivSupport is a privately held corporation headquartered in San Bruno, CA with nationwide points of presence. ActivSupport is a network consulting firm headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, with nationwide points of presence including Los Angeles and New York. ActivSupport is the flexible IT partner of hundreds of organizations delivering innovative technical consulting and IT outsourcing solutions for a wide variety of business challenges.

Nearly 500 companies have already joined 1% For The Planet, whose members have generated more than $12 million in contributions to environmental causes to date.

Collective Roots welcomes the support of ActivSupport through this inspired network of business leaders.