It’s quite simple really. We feel energized and gratified by the type of work we get to do. We’re not just communicators—it’s so much deeper than that. Employing each of our unique talents, we are storytellers and movement builders. We are change agents, reframers and advocates. And continually proud of the impact we make. Learn more about what drives us in our staff-written blogs.
February 24th, 2023
With this blog post we are announcing and publishing our third Certified B-Corp and Oregon Benefit Company Annual Report. Coates Kokes is proud of its continued growth in B Corp activities, with the highlight being our renewed certification late last year. The bar keeps getting higher, and that’s as it should be.
June 8th, 2020
As a white person I can never really know what it’s like to be Black in America. After a seemingly endless streak of wrongful deaths from state-sanctioned violence. After listening to all the rhetoric about the American dream only to find closed doors and rigged systems at every turn. And after navigating daily doses of micro-aggressions and the weight that comes with them.
October 16th, 2019
With this blog post we are announcing and publishing our first Certified B-Corp and Oregon Benefit Company Annual Report. You can read it here.
February 14th, 2019
The snow we received last week, especially that first hit last Tuesday, gave me the opportunity to see pure joy on display. There’s just nothing like a snow day in the eyes of a school child. Making my way to work I came across one neighborhood kid after another skipping into hill sledding, snowman making and just the general WOW of the setting. I remember those days in their shoes.
May 17th, 2018
After two and a half years of working on our B Corp application, certification has finally become a reality. As we celebrate this milestone, I’m reflecting back on the journey we have taken.
May 6th, 2016
My son Cameron came home last night for a visit from college. Catching up with him reminded me of our trip about a month back for spring break. The two of us and my wife Madeline headed to Utah and hit the slopes. In these last years of our kids growing up and leaving the…