Map the supply chain of at least 80% of your spend

Provide a living wage for all employees

Install energy efficient windows

Provide equitable pay and leadership opportunities for women

Institute a professional development policy

Upgrade fluorescent tube lights to LED

Complete a consumption and waste audit

Conduct quality checks on products and services

Plant native ground coverings

Provide regular formal employee reviews

Build a diverse executive leadership team

Plant native, regionally-friendly plants

Eliminate all single-use kitchenware

Properly dispose of all hazardous waste

Construct an on-site garden

Exceed federal and state regulations for your industry

Install a filtered water tap

Provide an annual public sustainability report

Have accessible green space

Establish a diversity, equity, and inclusion policy

Seal, weather-strip, and maintain all windows

Implement a supplier code of conduct policy

Assess your vendors’ procurement practices

Arrange workspace for natural sunlight

Eliminate VOCs

Place plants throughout the office

Develop an office thermostat policy

Ensure employees take breaks

Implement a human health and safety policy

Adhere to labor laws and practices

Implement an employee code of conduct policy

Disclose business practices and financial statements to stakeholders

Replace light bulbs with LEDs

Install window coverings

Purchase recycled toner cartridges

Use paperless billing

Evaluate stakeholder satisfaction through feedback systems

Eliminate unnecessary internal paper usage

Recycle used toner cartridges

Develop a paper reduction policy

Open windows in place of air conditioning

Use reusable cleaning products

Unplug appliances when not in use

Print and copy double-sided

Eliminate all physical marketing materials

Use a shared printer

Implement a sensitive information protection policy

Establish a shareholder rights policy

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