KOTELI Earn Green America's Silver Level Certified Business Seal.

SOMERVILLE, Mass. - May 15, 2013 - PRLog -- Koteli Inc. took the next step in making an already environmentally-focused business even more sustainable. With the help of Green America, Koteli became a Silver-Level Certified Green Business as part of Green America’s Green Business Network. Green America carefully examines and assesses this group of leading green businesses to determine which environmentally-focused efforts the business currently pursues, as well as goals and commitments the business can make for the future in terms of three main categories: Social Justice, Environmental Sustainability, and Corporate Accountability.

Koteli completed Green America’s assessment and was thrilled to find that the Green America Standards Board granted Koteli a Silver level certification as a Green Business.

Javier Zambrano, Vice-President of Koteli Inc., had this to say about the achievement: “Today we received Silver level certification from Green America – this is an important milestone in the growth of our company and we look forward to our continued commitment to helping the environment.”

Since it’s founding in 2012, Koteli has been dedicated to the production of reusable/recyclable all-purpose bags. However, the business has always been driven by a desire to improve and maintain the quality of the natural marine environments that the founders grew to love so much as avid deep-sea divers.

One of those divers, and Koteli’s co-founder, Ethan Narro: “Up to 80% of post-consumer plastic waste, much of which comes from disposable plastic bags that are commonly used in grocery stores and shopping malls, ends up washed into the ocean. These plastics, especially bags, which sea turtles and other marine animals mistake for jellyfish (a main component of their diets), prove poisonous and deadly. That’s why Koteli donates 10% of all online bag sales to the charity SEE-Turtles in order to help with their Billion Baby Turtles Campaign. This project, along with the use of soy-based inks and durable green materials in the production of our bags, represent our focus on creating what we like to call a ‘bag with a conscience.’”

Koteli is looking forward to completing more of Green America’s green business initiatives toward it’s goal of gaining the Gold level certification, which is reserved for a highly select group of brands that keep environmental accountability and social responsibility at their core.

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