Provide a living wage for all employees

Provide a comprehensive benefits package

Install high-efficiency plumbing fixtures

Install energy efficient windows

Implement a water use and conservation plan

Provide equitable pay and leadership opportunities for women

Institute a professional development policy

Upgrade fluorescent tube lights to LED

Use a highly efficient hot water heater

Complete a consumption and waste audit

Implement a comprehensive recycling program

Conduct quality checks on products and services

Limit impermeable outdoor surfaces

Install automatic faucets

Install a programmable thermostat

Choose a building with easy public transit access

Provide regular formal employee reviews

Build a diverse executive leadership team

Create a detailed risk management plan

Plant native, regionally-friendly plants

Conduct an energy audit

Properly dispose of all hazardous waste

Offset unavoidable travel emissions

Purchase certified highly efficient appliances

Administer company-wide sustainability training

Screen partners’ social and environmental responsibility

Provide a social or environmental product or service

Exceed federal and state regulations for your industry

Regularly replace HVAC filters

Provide an annual public sustainability report

Have accessible green space

Establish a diversity, equity, and inclusion policy

Seal, weather-strip, and maintain all windows

Purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)

Measure carbon footprint

Require leaders to be trained in ESG policies

Implement a supplier code of conduct policy

Conduct a water usage audit

Install faucet flow rate controls

Purchase 100% recycled or FSC-certified paper

Select used or recycled office equipment and furniture

Hold at least one volunteer day a year

Install light switch occupancy sensors

Develop an office thermostat policy

Conduct exit interviews

Ensure employees take breaks

Have a diverse board

Implement a human health and safety policy

Adhere to labor laws and practices

Implement an employee code of conduct policy

Implement a whistleblowing policy

Implement discrimination and harassment policy

Disclose business practices and financial statements to stakeholders

Use 100% bio-based trash liners

Replace light bulbs with LEDs

Encourage employee carpools

Purchase recycled toner cartridges

Eliminate physical marketing materials

Optimize exterior and roof colors for climate

Use paperless billing

Use concentrated cleaning products

Implement an employee feedback system

Conduct regular cyber security checks

Recycle used toner cartridges

Develop a paper reduction policy

Use reusable cleaning products

Unplug appliances when not in use

Eliminate all physical marketing materials

Use a shared printer

Implement a conflict of interest policy

Establish a clear governance structure

Train employees on cyber and data security procedures

Designate your office as a smoke-free working environment with outside smoking areas 25 feet away from building entry areas and common walkways

Use ceiling fans in place of air conditioning

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