Rent or purchase a building that is close to public transportation stops and bike paths
Track and measure your company’s impact on the environment along your supply chain
Create a fund/scholarship for local youth to pursue higher education
Create a pathway program for local youths to intern and eventually become employed at your company
Create an executive leadership team with women, minorities, and people from underrepresented communities in top leadership roles
Provide a product or service, as part of your company’s core strategy, that delivers a social or environmental benefit and/or focuses on an underserved part of the community.
Provide a benefits package that meets the needs of employees, and is well-defined, accessible and transparent to all workers
Provide a living wage for all employees, at all levels of the organization including both full time and part time workers
Incorporate biophilic design by installing green walls in the office environment
Purchase all office paper products made from 50-100% recycled materials
Arrange the workspace to take advantage of areas with natural sunlight
Philanthropically donate a percentage of your revenue or profits and/or company time to an environmental cause
Reserve at least one day a year when your company volunteers for local environmental or community projects (e.g., Habitat for Humanity, Earth Day, Save a Tree)
Provide an annual public report or update on your company’s environmental and social responsibility efforts, initiatives, and improvements
Install bike racks outside of the office or choose a building with ample bike racks on-site to support the amount of employees
Provide equitable opportunities to ensure women have equal access to employment, leadership roles, and pay
Provide fair and appropriate breaks for workers based on hours worked and enforce a strict policy that they must take them
Institute a policy for providing training, certification, and professional development opportunities to employees
Adhere to labor, child labor, forced labor, and reasonable working hour laws and practices
Keep corporate accounting accurate and up-to-date, enabling operation decisions to be made about investing, hiring, and project management
Properly dispose of all hazardous waste materials including batteries, paint and chemicals, lightbulbs, aerosol cans, and electronics
Install a filtered water tap or water bottle refill station that provide high-quality drinking water
Become an annual sponsor, making a substantial contribution to a meaningful event promoting sustainability in your area
Establish a paperless billing program for your customers
Have accessible green space somewhere onsite or in close proximity to grounds
Regularly evaluate employee satisfaction through interviews, surveys, or calculation of employee net promoter score
Choose paperless billing with vendors, business partners, and suppliers when possible
Eliminate unnecessary paper usage as much as possible including forms, contracts, meeting agendas and materials, proofs, and drafts
Administer company-wide employee training on sustainability efforts both at work and at home
Conduct exit interviews to gain insights on company culture and operations and make improvements based on feedback
Give opportunity for all employees to provide feedback of any kind and feel secure and empowered to do so
Locate home office in room with ample windows to take advantage of daylighting
Place a company employee on the organizing committee for a sustainability event
Become an active member, either by serving on the board, donating or volunteering time for an organization that continually works to improve the environment
Recycle or sell your used toner cartridges
Purchase recycled or remanufactured toner cartridges
Develop a paper reduction policy that clearly defines when and how items should be printed
Use air-filtering plants throughout the office
Print and copy double-sided only
Make your business’ sustainability efforts a central part of your message by filling out and linking to your GBB Public Profile and publishing your sustainability commitment on your website
Choose bio-based, reused, recycled, recyclable, or FSC certified boxes and bags for shipping
Reuse, sell, or donate used or unneeded furniture, equipment, and office supplies
Use virtual meeting platforms to replace travel when possible
Communicate your social responsibility initiatives with customers and other stakeholders in a way that clearly defines your company values, policies, objectives and actual performance
Evaluate customer and community satisfaction with your company through calculating your net promoter score (NPS)
Provide regular formal review, linked to a comprehensive development plan, with clear and constructive feedback to all employees
Create and implement a policy for protecting sensitive information
Conduct regular cyber/data security checks
Include a specific commitment to a positive social and environmental impact in your corporate mission statement
Create and implement an employee code of conduct
Create and enforce a policy for preventing and addressing discrimination and harassment
Train employees on your cyber/data security policies and what to do in case of a potential breach
Assist at least one other business in learning about sustainability, social responsibility, and environmental business efforts and encourage them to join GBB
Organize a sustainability committee to lead your organization’s sustainability program
Complete the GBB getting started steps
Develop a sustainability mission statement for your business and define your company’s core commitments
Populate your company’s sustainability accomplishments in your profile
Announce your commitment to GBB to all employees
Relax the office dress code to allow for attire that doesn’t require dry cleaning