GBB Points
Accomplishments
Commitments
Total Points Earned
Initiative |
Category |
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Use high-efficiency plumbing fixtures, like high efficiency toilets (HETs) and urinals (HEUs) |
Water Use |
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Use a tankless or otherwise highly efficient hot water heater |
Energy & Emissions |
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Replace water-intensive grass with regionally native, climate resilient ground coverings |
Water Use |
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Have a composting program for your business food waste |
Consumption & Waste |
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50-74% of your workdays are remote |
Transportation |
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Install a smart irrigation controller that uses weather or soil moisture data to irrigate appropriately |
Water Use |
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Implement a comprehensive recycling program including education, proper sinage, and monitoring |
Consumption & Waste |
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Optimize your on-premise servers and business systems by ensuring the hardware is up-to-date and energy efficient |
Energy & Emissions |
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Create a pathway program for local youths to intern and eventually become employed at your company |
Community & Society |
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Create an executive leadership team with women, minorities, and people from underrepresented communities in top leadership roles |
Workplace & Culture |
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Plant native, regionally-friendly plants to minimize water use and impact on local habitat |
Water Use |
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Meet if not exceed Federal and State regulations for your industry |
Governance |
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Schedule regular maintenance on company vehicles to ensure each vehicle is operating as efficiently as possible to reduce emissions |
Transportation |
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Install light switch occupancy sensors in proper locations to automatically turn off lighting when no one is present |
Energy & Emissions |
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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 |
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Provide a benefits package that meets the needs of employees, and is well-defined, accessible and transparent to all workers |
Workplace & Culture |
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Provide a living wage for all employees, at all levels of the organization including both full time and part time workers |
Workplace & Culture |
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Create a detailed risk management plan for projects and programs |
Governance |
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Choose a pest control service that minimizes the use of toxic pesticides |
Consumption & Waste |
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Prioritize working with business partners, service providers, etc. that are women-led, minority-owned and local small businesses |
Community & Society |
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Define, institute, and clearly communicate a policy to prioritize employee diversity, equity, and inclusion |
Workplace & Culture |
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Arrange the workspace to take advantage of areas with natural sunlight |
Energy & Emissions |
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Ensure all windows are double pane, low-E, and energy efficient |
Energy & Emissions |
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Use a drip irrigation system for watering landscaping |
Water Use |
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Philanthropically donate a percentage of your revenue or profits and/or company time to an environmental cause |
Community & Society |
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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 |
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Purchase ENERGY STAR qualified or similarly highly efficient appliances |
Energy & Emissions |
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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 |
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Provide equitable opportunities to ensure women have equal access to employment, leadership roles, and pay |
Workplace & Culture |
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Provide fair and appropriate breaks for workers based on hours worked and enforce a strict policy that they must take them |
Workplace & Culture |
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Ensure all windows in your home are double pane, low-E, and energy efficient |
Work from Home |
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Create and implement a human health and safety policy |
Governance |
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Adhere to labor, child labor, forced labor, and reasonable working hour laws and practices |
Governance |
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Disclose any risks to the environment or the public created by your company’s products or operations timely and publicly |
Governance |
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Properly dispose of all hazardous waste materials including batteries, paint and chemicals, lightbulbs, aerosol cans, and electronics |
Consumption & Waste |
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Properly dispose of all household hazardous waste materials including batteries, paint and chemicals, lightbulbs, aerosol cans, and electronics |
Work from Home |
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Conduct a comprehensive water usage assessment/audit to pinpoint specific areas of water usage and waste |
Water Use |
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Install water flow rate controls (aerators) on faucets |
Water Use |
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Ensure all windows and doors are properly installed, functioning, maintained, and weather-stripped, etc. |
Energy & Emissions |
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Encourage employee carpools |
Transportation |
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Significantly limit the amount of physical marketing materials you produce |
Consumption & Waste |
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Replace regular light bulbs with LED bulbs |
Energy & Emissions |
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Undergo regular and complete check-ups and maintenance of your HVAC or A/C system |
Energy & Emissions |
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Establish a paperless billing program for your customers |
Consumption & Waste |
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Have accessible green space somewhere onsite or in close proximity to grounds |
Workplace & Culture |
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Use an eco-friendly home pest control service that minimizes the use of toxic pesticides |
Work from Home |
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Conduct multiple quality checks on your products and/or services before distributing to consumers to ensure highest possible quality |
Governance |
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Choose paperless billing with vendors, business partners, and suppliers when possible |
Consumption & Waste |
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Eliminate unnecessary paper usage as much as possible including forms, contracts, meeting agendas and materials, proofs, and drafts |
Consumption & Waste |
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Give opportunity for all employees to provide feedback of any kind and feel secure and empowered to do so |
Workplace & Culture |
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Purchase home paper towels and toilet paper made from 50-100% recycled materials |
Work from Home |
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Locate home office in room with ample windows to take advantage of daylighting |
Work from Home |
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Recycle or sell your used toner cartridges |
Consumption & Waste |
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Purchase recycled or remanufactured toner cartridges |
Consumption & Waste |
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Develop a paper reduction policy that clearly defines when and how items should be printed |
Consumption & Waste |
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Change your HVAC or A/C filters every six months or more frequently as is recommended by filter type |
Energy & Emissions |
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Regularly test your irrigation system to ensure proper configuration, optimized watering schedule, and eliminate overwatering and waste |
Water Use |
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Reduce junk mail by removing your organization’s name from national direct marketing databases |
Consumption & Waste |
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Use reusable cleaning products such as towels and sponges, eliminating paper towels |
Consumption & Waste |
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Print and copy double-sided only |
Consumption & Waste |
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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 |
Community & Society |
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Reuse, sell, or donate used or unneeded furniture, equipment, and office supplies |
Consumption & Waste |
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Use virtual meeting platforms to replace travel when possible |
Transportation |
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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 |
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Evaluate customer and community satisfaction with your company through calculating your net promoter score (NPS) |
Community & Society |
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Add shades/window covering to reduce heat gain |
Energy & Emissions |
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Provide regular formal review, linked to a comprehensive development plan, with clear and constructive feedback to all employees |
Workplace & Culture |
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Provide a trusted, impartial and empowered 3rd party for the remediation of significant conflicts arising between employees and the business/business leaders |
Workplace & Culture |
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Add shades/window covering throughout your home to reduce heat gain |
Work from Home |
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Change your home HVAC or A/C filters every 90 days-6 months maximum as is recommended by your filter thickness and type |
Work from Home |
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Reduce vampire loads by unplugging non-essential electrical appliances when not in use |
Work from Home |
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Stop purchasing single-use plastic waterbottles. Install a water filter if necessary |
Work from Home |
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Use a shared or centralized printer |
Consumption & Waste |
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Establish a clear governance and decision-making structure, including the composition of the board of directors, board committees, executives, and shareholders |
Governance |
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Create and implement a policy for protecting sensitive information |
Governance |
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Conduct regular cyber/data security checks |
Governance |
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Include a specific commitment to a positive social and environmental impact in your corporate mission statement |
Governance |
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Accept and evaluate employee’s feedback about violations of your corporate ethics and conduct policy |
Governance |
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Create and implement an employee code of conduct |
Governance |
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Create and enforce a policy for preventing and addressing discrimination and harassment |
Governance |
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Designate an employee as community engagement leader or create a community engagement team |
Community & Society |
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Minimize air conditioning usage through natural ventilation by opening windows |
Energy & Emissions |
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Train employees on your cyber/data security policies and what to do in case of a potential breach |
Governance |
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Designate your office as a smoke-free working environment with outside smoking areas 25 feet away from building entry areas and common walkways |
Workplace & Culture |
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Use ceiling fans in place of air conditioning when possible |
Energy & Emissions |
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Reduce “vampire loads” by unplugging appliances when not in use |
Energy & Emissions |
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Commit to inviting, receiving and acting upon customer and community feedback in a welcoming and constructive way at all times. |
Community & Society |
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Use ceiling fans and windows in place of air conditioning |
Work from Home |
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Communicate pricing and services transparently, authentically, and consistently to all customers |
Governance |
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Organize a sustainability committee to lead your organization’s sustainability program |
Prerequisites |
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Complete the GBB getting started steps |
Prerequisites |
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Develop a sustainability mission statement for your business and define your company’s core commitments |
Prerequisites |
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Populate your company’s sustainability accomplishments in your profile |
Prerequisites |
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Announce your commitment to GBB to all employees |
Prerequisites |
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Relax the office dress code to allow for attire that doesn’t require dry cleaning |
Workplace & Culture |