GBB Points
Accomplishments
Commitments
Total Points Earned
Initiative |
Category |
||
---|---|---|---|
Become a completely remote company, requiring no office space or regular transportation to/from work |
Transportation |
||
Upgrade from older fluorescent T12, T8 and T5 lamps to LED alternatives |
Energy & Emissions |
||
Rent or purchase a building that is close to public transportation stops and bike paths |
Transportation |
||
Implement a green procurement policy |
Consumption & Waste |
||
50-74% of your workdays are remote |
Transportation |
||
Implement a comprehensive recycling program including education, proper sinage, and monitoring |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Install faucets with controls that turn off automatically (motion sensors) |
Water Use |
||
Implement a sustainability process and standard for all meetings, conferences, and events |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Optimize your on-premise servers and business systems by ensuring the hardware is up-to-date and energy efficient |
Energy & Emissions |
||
Create a fund/scholarship for local youth to pursue higher education |
Community & Society |
||
Create a pathway program for local youths to intern and eventually become employed at your company |
Community & Society |
||
Create an executive leadership team with women, minorities, and people from underrepresented communities in top leadership roles |
Workplace & Culture |
||
Meet if not exceed Federal and State regulations for your industry |
Governance |
||
Eliminate all single-use paper, styrofoam or plastic cups, plates, and utensils in the kitchen area. Use reusable mugs, dishes, and silverware instead |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Schedule regular maintenance on company vehicles to ensure each vehicle is operating as efficiently as possible to reduce emissions |
Transportation |
||
Perform a yearly assessment of all suppliers/vendors’ environmental and social practices in comparison to your company’s commitments |
Governance |
||
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. |
Community & Society |
||
Provide a benefits package that meets the needs of employees, and is well-defined, accessible and transparent to all workers |
Workplace & Culture |
||
Provide a living wage for all employees, at all levels of the organization including both full time and part time workers |
Workplace & Culture |
||
Use chlorine-free and FSC-certified paper products |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Purchase all office paper products made from 50-100% recycled materials |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Arrange the workspace to take advantage of areas with natural sunlight |
Energy & Emissions |
||
Purchase or lease used or recycled office equipment and furniture |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Philanthropically donate a percentage of your revenue or profits and/or company time to an environmental cause |
Community & Society |
||
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) |
Community & Society |
||
Purchase ENERGY STAR qualified or similarly highly efficient appliances |
Energy & Emissions |
||
Develop an office thermostat policy that maintains internal air temperature within the recommended temperature range, and eliminates A/C and heating usage when the building is not occupied |
Energy & Emissions |
||
Provide equitable opportunities to ensure women have equal access to employment, leadership roles, and pay |
Workplace & Culture |
||
Provide fair and appropriate breaks for workers based on hours worked and enforce a strict policy that they must take them |
Workplace & Culture |
||
Institute a policy for providing training, certification, and professional development opportunities to employees |
Workplace & Culture |
||
Adhere to labor, child labor, forced labor, and reasonable working hour laws and practices |
Governance |
||
Properly dispose of all hazardous waste materials including batteries, paint and chemicals, lightbulbs, aerosol cans, and electronics |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Work with a food recovery service to donate surplus meals, stock and other edible food items to reduce waste. |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Install a filtered water tap or water bottle refill station that provide high-quality drinking water |
Water Use |
||
Become an annual sponsor, making a substantial contribution to a meaningful event promoting sustainability in your area |
Community & Society |
||
Significantly limit the amount of physical marketing materials you produce |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Use environmentally-friendly, non-toxic, bio-based cleaning products |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Replace regular light bulbs with LED bulbs |
Energy & Emissions |
||
Establish a paperless billing program for your customers |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Have accessible green space somewhere onsite or in close proximity to grounds |
Workplace & Culture |
||
Regularly evaluate employee satisfaction through interviews, surveys, or calculation of employee net promoter score |
Workplace & Culture |
||
Choose paperless billing with vendors, business partners, and suppliers when possible |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Eliminate unnecessary paper usage as much as possible including forms, contracts, meeting agendas and materials, proofs, and drafts |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Conduct exit interviews to gain insights on company culture and operations and make improvements based on feedback |
Workplace & Culture |
||
Give opportunity for all employees to provide feedback of any kind and feel secure and empowered to do so |
Workplace & Culture |
||
Place a company employee on the organizing committee for a sustainability event |
Community & Society |
||
Become an active member, either by serving on the board, donating or volunteering time for an organization that continually works to improve the environment |
Community & Society |
||
Recycle or sell your used toner cartridges |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Purchase recycled or remanufactured toner cartridges |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Reduce junk mail by removing your organization’s name from national direct marketing databases |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Use reusable cleaning products such as towels and sponges, eliminating paper towels |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Print and copy double-sided only |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Choose bio-based, reused, recycled, recyclable, or FSC certified boxes and bags for shipping |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Reuse, sell, or donate used or unneeded furniture, equipment, and office supplies |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Use virtual meeting platforms to replace travel when possible |
Transportation |
||
Communicate your social responsibility initiatives with customers and other stakeholders in a way that clearly defines your company values, policies, objectives and actual performance |
Community & Society |
||
Add shades/window covering to reduce heat gain |
Energy & Emissions |
||
Provide regular formal review, linked to a comprehensive development plan, with clear and constructive feedback to all employees |
Workplace & Culture |
||
Provide a trusted, impartial and empowered 3rd party for the remediation of significant conflicts arising between employees and the business/business leaders |
Workplace & Culture |
||
Uphold your company’s responsibility to shareholders through shareholder meetings |
Governance |
||
Conduct regular cyber/data security checks |
Governance |
||
Accept and evaluate employee’s feedback about violations of your corporate ethics and conduct policy |
Governance |
||
Create and implement an employee code of conduct |
Governance |
||
Train employees on your cyber/data security policies and what to do in case of a potential breach |
Governance |
||
Purchase trash liners made from 50-100% recycled materials |
Consumption & Waste |
||
Assist at least one other business in learning about sustainability, social responsibility, and environmental business efforts and encourage them to join GBB |
Community & Society |
||
Commit to inviting, receiving and acting upon customer and community feedback in a welcoming and constructive way at all times. |
Community & Society |
||
Implement a conflict of interest policy for your board of directors and senior management |
Governance |
||
Organize a sustainability committee to lead your organization’s sustainability program |
Prerequisites |
||
Complete the GBB getting started steps |
Prerequisites |
||
Develop a sustainability mission statement for your business and define your company’s core commitments |
Prerequisites |
||
Populate your company’s sustainability accomplishments in your profile |
Prerequisites |
||
Announce your commitment to GBB to all employees |
Prerequisites |
||
Use natural odor elimination |
Workplace & Culture |
||
Relax the office dress code to allow for attire that doesn’t require dry cleaning |
Workplace & Culture |