NW Environmental Business Council

What NW Environmental Business Council does

Northwest Environmental Business Council (NEBC), DBA NEBC, is an Oregon-based nonprofit trade association founded in 1996 to represent environmental businesses and professionals in the Pacific Northwest. It serves environmental consulting and engineering firms, contractors, laboratories, environmental law practices, technology and product providers, insurers, project developers, financiers, architects, and related business-support professionals; government agencies are a secondary stakeholder segment. Its core activities are member representation, industry advocacy, knowledge dissemination, best-practice exchange, networking, and business development, and it is headquartered in Lake Oswego under a board-governed structure.\n\nNEBC offers membership, conferences, webinars, networking events, an industry-news service, a member directory, and job and resume services, alongside the Resiliency Challenge and Northwest Environmental Education Foundation. Its delivery infrastructure consists of a website, directory, job board, email communications, and event-registration pages; the available information identifies no API, SDK, proprietary platform, or AI/ML capability. Revenue is primarily membership dues, supplemented by event and webinar registration fees, sponsorships, and job-board services, with direct membership enrollment and event registration as the principal go-to-market channels. Published examples price the Ecology Meet & Greet at $65 for members and $75 for non-members and webinars at $30 for members and $40 for non-members; membership dues are not publicly disclosed.

Name

NW Environmental Business Council

Legal name

Northwest Environmental Business Council

Website

https://nebc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Northwest Environmental Business Council is an Oregon-based nonprofit trade association serving environmental businesses and professionals across the Pacific Northwest through membership, advocacy, conferences, networking, industry news, member directory, and job services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Industry Trade Association

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Committees, Working Groups & Expert Panels (BPADANAB)

Keywords

• Environmental trade association
• Industry membership services
• Environmental advocacy organization
• Professional networking events
• Industry conferences

Headquarters

HQ city

Lake Oswego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: NEBC operates as a non-profit trade association funded primarily through membership dues from environmental businesses including engineers, consultants, contractors, scientists, lawyers, product and technology providers, insurers, project developers, financiers, architects, and business support professionals.
2. Event Registration Fees: Revenue generated from conference registrations, webinar fees, and event sponsorship opportunities including golf tournaments and meet-and-greet networking events.
3. Job Board Services: Job listing and resume posting services for member organizations seeking environmental sector talent.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

NEBC is a non-profit trade association that convenes environmental businesses in the Pacific Northwest through membership services, annual conferences and events (such as Business & The Environment, Managing Stormwater, Oregon Brownfields, Northwest Bioenergy Summit, and Northwest Remediation), webinars, a job board, and advocacy for science-based regulation. Its primary deliverable is industry networking, knowledge dissemination, and policy advocacy for its member organizations across Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.

Product overview

NEBC is a non-profit trade association (not a software product company) offering membership services, conferences, events, and networking opportunities for environmental businesses in the Pacific Northwest. The organization hosts multiple annual conferences including Business & The Environment, Managing Stormwater events, Oregon Brownfields, Northwest Bioenergy Summit, and Northwest Remediation Conference. Additional services include a job board, member directory, industry news platform, NEBC Resiliency Challenge program, and the Northwest Environmental Education Foundation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NEBC Membership Membership in the Northwest Environmental Business Council providing access to networking, industry events, conferences, job listings, member profiles, and business directory services for environmental professionals in the Pacific Northwest.
• NEBC Conferences & Events Organized conferences and events including Business & The Environment, Environmental Symposium, Managing Stormwater in Oregon/Washington, Oregon Brownfields Conference, Oregon Infrastructure Summit, Northwest Bioenergy Summit, Northwest Remediation Conference, and Washington State Brownfields.
• NEBC Job Board

Quantifiable outcome

• 30 years of convening the environmental sector (celebrating milestone in 2026)

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• National Brownfields Association: Member-based organization focused on brownfields redevelopment, training, and an annual conference — directly comparable to NEBC's Oregon and Washington State Brownfields Conferences and overlapping heavily in member firms.
• Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA): Long-standing international nonprofit membership organization for environmental professionals, with conferences, technical committees, and specialty conferences — closely mirrors NEBC's event-driven, committee-based, advocacy-oriented model across air quality, waste, and environmental management topics.
• National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP): National membership association for environmental professionals that hosts an annual conference, provides training and certification, and advocates for science-based environmental practice — a national-scale analogue to NEBC's regional convening and advocacy model.
• Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI): Nonprofit organization that convenes policymakers, businesses, and environmental stakeholders through briefings, webinars, and educational programming — a comparable policy and education-focused convening model for environmental interests.

Emerging players

• Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE): Professional association for environmental and resource economists that convenes researchers and practitioners through conferences and working groups — overlaps with NEBC's committee-driven convening model for a specific environmental discipline.
• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC): Global professional society running scientific conferences and special-interest groups on environmental toxicology and chemistry — comparable to NEBC's forums/special-interest groups and conference structure, but focused on the scientific research community.

Broad incumbents

• American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA): Established national association for industrial/environmental hygiene professionals offering conferences, publications, and advocacy — analogous to NEBC's role as a multidisciplinary convener for environmental practitioners.
• Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA): Larger, established trade association for the solid waste and recycling industry that runs conferences, training, and certification programs — comparable to NEBC's industry-vertical conference approach and is one of the broader national bodies many NEBC member firms (e.g., Waste Management) also participate in.
• American Society of Civil Engineers — Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI): Technical institute within ASCE focused on environmental and water resources engineering, hosting specialty conferences and publications — comparable to NEBC's stormwater and infrastructure programming and likely overlaps in shared members.
• Environmental Council of the States (ECOS): National association of state environmental agency leaders that convenes regulators on policy and compliance issues — overlaps with NEBC's regulatory-advocacy function at a larger governmental scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/nebcorg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/northwest-environmental-business-council

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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