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Committed Since:
851

GBB Points

0

Accomplishments

0

Commitments

851

Total Points Earned

All Initiatives
Prerequisites
5 points
Community & Society
114 points
Workplace & Culture
134 points
Transportation
163 points
Consumption & Waste
223 points
Water Use
33 points
Energy & Emissions
108 points
Governance
71 points

All Initiatives

These initiatives encompass a comprehensive range of sustainability strategies implemented to reduce environmental impact and promote social responsibility. They address key areas such as energy efficiency, waste reduction, water conservation, sustainable transportation, fostering an equitable workplace, and supporting community well-being. Each initiative is designed to tackle specific environmental, social, or economic challenges, helping organizations achieve their sustainability goals while contributing to a more sustainable future. Initiatives are listed by completion date, each contributing to the overall score and GBB certification level.

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