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Whispering Pines Sportswear Status
Whispering Pines Sportswear
Textiles and Apparel
Committed Since:
465

GBB Points

5

Accomplishments

2

Commitments

465

Total Points Earned

All Initiatives
Prerequisites
5 points
Community & Society
22 points
Workplace & Culture
108 points
Transportation
123 points
Consumption & Waste
82 points
Water Use
16 points
Energy & Emissions
61 points
Work from Home
8 points
Governance
40 points

All Initiatives

These initiatives encompass a comprehensive range of sustainability strategies implemented to reduce environmental impact and promote social responsibility. They address key areas such as energy efficiency, waste reduction, water conservation, sustainable transportation, fostering an equitable workplace, and supporting community well-being. Each initiative is designed to tackle specific environmental, social, or economic challenges, helping organizations achieve their sustainability goals while contributing to a more sustainable future. Initiatives are listed by completion date, each contributing to the overall score and GBB certification level.

Initiative

Category

75-100% of company vehicles are electric

Transportation

25-74% of company vehicles are electric

Transportation

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

Energy & Emissions

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

Workplace & Culture

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

Provide a benefits package that meets the needs of employees, and is well-defined, accessible and transparent to all workers

Workplace & Culture

Have a four-day work week

Workplace & Culture

Use chlorine-free and FSC-certified paper products

Consumption & Waste

Purchase all office paper products made from 50-100% recycled materials

Consumption & Waste

Purchase ENERGY STAR qualified or similarly highly efficient appliances

Energy & Emissions

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

Workplace & Culture

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

Workplace & Culture

Create and implement a human health and safety policy

Governance

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

Governance

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

Consumption & Waste

Conduct a comprehensive water usage assessment/audit to pinpoint specific areas of water usage and waste

Water Use

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

Water Use

Replace regular light bulbs with LED bulbs

Energy & Emissions

Establish a paperless billing program for your customers

Consumption & Waste

Use concentrated cleaning products

Consumption & Waste

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

Workplace & Culture

Regularly evaluate employee satisfaction through interviews, surveys, or calculation of employee net promoter score

Workplace & Culture

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

Consumption & Waste

Give opportunity for all employees to provide feedback of any kind and feel secure and empowered to do so

Workplace & Culture

Replace all traditional bulbs with LED bulbs throughout your home work space

Work from Home

Recycle or sell your used toner cartridges

Consumption & Waste

Purchase recycled or remanufactured toner cartridges

Consumption & Waste

Reduce junk mail by removing your organization’s name from national direct marketing databases

Consumption & Waste

Choose bio-based, reused, recycled, recyclable, or FSC certified boxes and bags for shipping

Consumption & Waste

Reuse, sell, or donate used or unneeded furniture, equipment, and office supplies

Consumption & Waste

Use a shared printer

Consumption & Waste

Include a specific commitment to a positive social and environmental impact in your corporate mission statement

Governance

Accept and evaluate employee’s feedback about violations of your corporate ethics and conduct policy

Governance

Create and implement an employee code of conduct

Governance

Create and enforce a policy for preventing and addressing discrimination and harassment

Governance

Designate an employee as community engagement leader or create a community engagement team

Community & Society

Minimize air conditioning usage through natural ventilation by opening windows

Energy & Emissions

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

Energy & Emissions

Use ceiling fans and windows in place of air conditioning

Work from Home

Organize a sustainability committee to lead your organization’s sustainability program

Prerequisites

Complete the GBB getting started steps

Prerequisites

Develop a sustainability mission statement for your business and define your company’s core commitments

Prerequisites

Populate your company’s sustainability accomplishments in your profile

Prerequisites

Announce your commitment to GBB to all employees

Prerequisites

Use natural odor elimination

Workplace & Culture

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

Workplace & Culture