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NOLS Receives Torch Award for Business Ethics

National Outdoor Leadership School in Lander, Wyo., Is one of seven Colorado and Wyoming Businesses receiving the Mountain States Better Business Bureau’s prestigious Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics. The award was presented at an April 28 dinner at The Marriott  Hotel in Fort Collins, Colo.

Other recipients included WestMark Homes of Windsor, Colo.; Wells Fargo Greeley and Fort Collins, Colo., Odell Brewing Company, Inc., Fort Collins, Colo.;  Coal Creek Coffee Company, Laramie, Wyo.; Thunder Basin Coal Company near Wright, Wyo; and Eagle Bronze Foundry, Inc., Lander, Wyo.

Doing the right thing is simply good for business, said Pamela King, president/CEO of the Mountain States BBB, which covers 42 counties in northern Colorado and east and central Wyoming. “Businesses honored this year have had sound ethics in place since the beginning of their respective companies and today serve as role models on how to be the best you can be.”    

The awards, in their seventh year, honor companies that demonstrate exemplary management practices, uphold high standards in relationships with customers, suppliers and share holders, and show honesty and integrity in marketing and advertising.

National Outdoor Leadership School
Non-Profit
The National Outdoor Leadership School, founded in 1965 by legendary mountaineer Peter Petzoldt, annually offers courses worldwide to 10,000 students on five continents. The school teaches people how to lead along with acquiring outdoor skills. Courses offered include rock climbing, sea kayaking, canoeing, white-water rafting, skiing, caving and horse packing.

NOLS has 600 contract instructors, 400 based out of Lander. The school is a founding partner of the national Leave No trace program. In the last five years, it has committed to remaining in Lander and moved into a new $5 million administration building.

For more information, contact the Mountain States Better Business Bureau online at www. mountainstates.bbb.org, or phone the BBB at 970-484-1348, 970-686-7722 or 800-564-0371. It’s just good business!
    
About the Better Business Bureau
The Mountain States Better Business Bureau is dedicated to fostering fair and honest relationships between businesses and consumers, instilling consumer confidence and contributing to an ethical business environment, in both the traditional and online marketplaces. The first BBB was founded in 1912, and the network of BBBs and the Council of Better Business Bureaus have grown to become the most recognized advocates for promoting ethical business and advertising practices in the United States.

In 2004, the Mountain States BBB provided more than 280,000 instances of service to consumers and businesses. The BBBs Internet self-regulation program, BBBOnLine, helps consumers identify online merchants that meet BBB standards through its Reliability and Privacy "trustmark" programs and the BBB Code of Online Business Practices.