Sustainability
Andy Keller

Founder and President, ChicoBag™
CSU Chico
Business Administration (1997)
Business Administration (1997)
- A leading advocate for plastic ban legislation.
- ChicoBag™ was founded in 2005 and is an industry leader in the compact reusable bag movement.
- In 2009, the 30-person company had over $5.3 million in sales.
- ChicoBag™ are sold at more than 3,500 retailers, including Whole Foods, REI, Raley's and GreenFeet.
- ChicoBag™ have been featured in more than 60 publications, including Real Simple, Sunset, Fortune and InStyle.
- ChicoBag™ also specializes in fundraising, activism/educational resources, and creating custom printed bags.
- The BagMonster™ costume is comprised of more than 500 plastic bags (what the average American used in one year) and the BagMonster™ blog chronicles the reusable bag movement.
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