Provide a comprehensive benefits package

Use a highly efficient home hot water heater

Have a four-day work week

Offer electric and hybrid vehicle incentives

Transition to 50% or more remote work

Provide equitable pay and leadership opportunities for women

Implement a comprehensive recycling program

Conduct quality checks on products and services

Conduct regular maintenance on vehicles

Choose a building with easy public transit access

Use a hybrid personal vehicle

Compost home food waste

Purchase local, in-season produce

Eliminate all single-use kitchenware

Properly dispose of all hazardous waste

Donate a percentage of profits to an environmental cause

Purchase certified highly efficient appliances

Screen partners’ social and environmental responsibility

Install a programmable home thermostat

Use certified energy efficient home office equipment

Recycle household waste

Exceed federal and state regulations for your industry

Install a filtered water tap

Have accessible green space

Use smart power strips

Sponsor an annual local sustainability event

Purchase 100% recycled or FSC-certified paper

Arrange workspace for natural sunlight

Select used or recycled office equipment and furniture

Hold at least one volunteer day a year

Place plants throughout the office

Ship with bio-based, recycled, or FSC-certified boxes and bags

Regularly replace home HVAC filters

Maintain and weather-strip home windows

Landscape with native plants

Install highly efficient faucets and showerheads

Drive less than 75 miles a week

Use bio-based cleaning products

Use concentrated cleaning solutions

Eliminate single-use kitchenware

Eliminate single-use water bottles

Use reusable bags

Use an eco-friendly home pest control service

Properly dispose of all household hazardous waste

Switch entirely to rechargeable batteries

Replace light bulbs with LEDs

Install window coverings

Lower water heater temperature to 120F(49C)

Purchase recycled toner cartridges

Eliminate physical marketing materials

Use non-toxic, bio-based cleaning products

Use paperless billing

Implement an employee feedback system

Use natural light for 75% of the day

Add home window coverings

Use reusable cleaning products

Place an employee on a sustainability event committee

Eliminate unnecessary internal paper usage

Commit to receiving and acting on customer feedback

Install LED bulbs throughout home work space

Optimize home office for natural light

Unplug non-essential appliances

Donate used clothing and furniture

Create a community engagement team

Purchase 50-100% recycled content trash liners

Recycle used toner cartridges

Develop a paper reduction policy

Unplug appliances when not in use

Print and copy double-sided

Eliminate all physical marketing materials

Use recycled office supplies

Communicate pricing and services transparently

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