Group of Virginia based businesses, nonprofits launch initiative to combat climate change The Community Climate Collaborative holds event to launch new Green Business Alliance. (Source: wvir) By Daniel Grimes | May 5, 2021 at 5:50 PM EDT - Updated May 5 at 5:50 PM CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) -A group of Virginia based companies and nonprofits are teaming up to launch a new program to address climate change. Governor Ralph Northam stopped by Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital on Wednesday, May 5, to help launch the initiative. The governor and the Community Climate Collaborative announced the launch of the newly formed Green Business Alliance. It’s a new group with an ambitious agenda.