Upgrade from older fluorescent T12, T8 and T5 lamps to LED alternatives

Replace water-intensive grass with regionally native, climate resilient ground coverings

Create an executive leadership team with women, minorities, and people from underrepresented communities in top leadership roles

Use washable electrostatic furnace and air conditioning filters

Plant native, regionally-friendly plants to minimize water use and impact on local habitat

Meet if not exceed Federal and State regulations for your industry

Eliminate all single-use paper, styrofoam or plastic cups, plates, and utensils in the kitchen area. Use reusable mugs, dishes, and silverware instead

Provide a living wage for all employees, at all levels of the organization including both full time and part time workers

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

Define, institute, and clearly communicate a policy to prioritize employee diversity, equity, and inclusion

Implement a supplier code of conduct policy

Assess your vendors’ procurement practices

Arrange the workspace to take advantage of areas with natural sunlight

Ensure all windows are double pane, low-E, and energy efficient

Construct a vegetable garden on roof, facility grounds, or a communtiy garden in close proximity to the office

Provide an annual public report or update on your company’s environmental and social responsibility efforts, initiatives, and improvements

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

Provide equitable opportunities to ensure women have equal access to employment, leadership roles, and pay

Provide fair and appropriate breaks for workers based on hours worked and enforce a strict policy that they must take them

Institute a policy for providing training, certification, and professional development opportunities to employees

Create and implement a human health and safety policy

Adhere to labor, child labor, forced labor, and reasonable working hour laws and practices

Properly dispose of all hazardous waste materials including batteries, paint and chemicals, lightbulbs, aerosol cans, and electronics

Install a filtered water tap or water bottle refill station that provide high-quality drinking water

Ensure all windows and doors are properly installed, functioning, maintained, and weather-stripped, etc.

Complete a consumption and waste audit to help identify and quantify the items your business acquires, uses, and discards

Replace regular light bulbs with LED bulbs

Ensure there are no harmful VOCs or chemical fumes in building furnishings, coverings, and walls including paint, curtains/blinds, carpet, flooring, and furniture

Establish a paperless billing program for your customers

Have accessible green space somewhere onsite or in close proximity to grounds

Conduct multiple quality checks on your products and/or services before distributing to consumers to ensure highest possible quality

Choose paperless billing with vendors, business partners, and suppliers when possible

Eliminate unnecessary paper usage as much as possible including forms, contracts, meeting agendas and materials, proofs, and drafts

Recycle or sell your used toner cartridges

Purchase recycled or remanufactured toner cartridges

Develop a paper reduction policy that clearly defines when and how items should be printed

Use reusable cleaning products such as towels and sponges, eliminating paper towels

Use air-filtering plants throughout the office

Print and copy double-sided only

Use virtual meeting platforms to replace travel when possible

Evaluate customer and community satisfaction with your company through calculating your net promoter score (NPS)

Eliminate all physical marketing materials

Add shades/window covering to reduce heat gain

Provide regular formal review, linked to a comprehensive development plan, with clear and constructive feedback to all employees

Use a shared printer

Create and implement a policy for protecting sensitive information

Create and implement an employee code of conduct

Establish and implement a shareholder rights policy

Regularly disclose business practices, operations, and financial statements to shareholders and stakeholders

Minimize air conditioning usage through natural ventilation by opening windows

Reduce “vampire loads” by unplugging appliances when not in use

Communicate pricing and services transparently, authentically, and consistently to all customers

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

Relax the office dress code to allow for attire that doesn’t require dry cleaning