Viridus

Viridus

Infobox_Company
company_name = Viridus, Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 2007
location = Boston, Massachusetts
key_people = Furqan Nazeeri, President & CEO
Michael DiPietro, Co-Founder

industry = online community
homepage = [http://www.virid.us/ www.virid.us]

Viridus is a Massachusetts-based online professional network startup. It was originally founded in 2007 in Arlington, Massachusetts by Furqan Nazeeri, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Softbank Capital and Michael DiPietro, a former VP at an environmental, health and safety software company.

In April 2008, the company announced the beginning of a private beta [http://altgate.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/community-aroun.html Altgate: Go Green @ Work] ] .

Viridus is a mashup of the Latin root virid meaning "green" and us or community. It is pronounced veer-id-us.

Corporate and Environmental Sustainability

Bottom line corporate issues, such as water abatement and energy savings, are now intertwined with the world's most pressing environmental concerns, and corporations are increasingly recognizing the urgency of demonstrably and dramatically reducing their negative impact on the climate.

Corporate citizens now require access to a knowledge base of timely, relevant and practical information, tips and resources that help them solve their corporate and environmental sustainability issues.

Viridus believes that dialog and active collaboration amongst corporate citizens and stakeholders will be key to developing the necessary tools and knowledge base that help corporations solve their daily sustainability issues.

Viridus provides an online platform, together with tips and tools, for every corporate citizen to connect and collaborate in developing pathways towards a sustainable future.

The Viridus tagline is "everyone has a green collar job", meaning that everyone has an opportunity (and responsibility) to be environmentally responsible at work.

External links

* [http://www.virid.us/ Viridus Website]
* [http://www.crunchbase.com/company/viridus CrunchBase: Viridus Profile]

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