We all know that there are certain bad actors on the international stage with whom U.S. companies should not do business, but how do you properly determine that your foreign buyer is not one of
MITC Canada Desk Director Jeff Bennett and US Commercial Service Maine Export Director Jeffrey Porter led the Maine Trade Mission to Toronto last month. The mission with five Maine companies participating represented the first US
Of all the things contributing to climate change, the methane produced from cow burps may not seem like a high priority, but Deborah Bronk, PhD, President and CEO of the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Internationally acclaimed glaciologist, climate scientist, and polar explorer, Paul Mayewski says that climate change will present businesses with both challenges and opportunities. All companies should be factoring climate change into their business plans now. Mayewski, who is
Jeff Porter, Maine US Export Assistance Center Director of the US Commercial Service, can spend hours happily talking about what he does, but he can also communicate his role in one simple sentence. “The only
For Luke Holden, Founder and CEO of Luke’s Lobster Seafood Company, sustainability is part of his heritage and the only way he knows how to run a business. “My grandfather was a lobsterman, my father
When General Motors recently announced it would only sell zero-emission cars and trucks by 2035, Jay Friedlander, a professor of sustainable business at the College of the Atlantic who consults with businesses all over the
A 48-hour brainstorming competition hosted by Maine and six North Atlantic countries is offering cash and business development opportunities for big ideas related to rural recovery. “Think Rural, Think Digital, Think Ahead!” will be held
Maine’s lobster industry sees the boost as a positive sign in a year of declining international trade caused primarily by the coronavirus pandemic. While the coronavirus pandemic tanked U.S. lobster exports overall in 2020, international
For many businesses, the pivot to e-commerce during the pandemic has been a big lift. The question for the future is whether they’ll continue to maintain their new e-commerce presence. “It’s a little hard to