Source 100% of power from on-site renewable energy

Become a completely remote company

Require all suppliers/vendors meet your environmental commitments

Provide a living wage for all employees

Power home with on-site renewable energy

Provide 20 weeks paid family leave

Install a smart irrigation system

Have a four-day work week

Install high-efficiency plumbing fixtures

Install energy efficient windows

Evaluate your organization’s social footprint

Establish an employment pathway program for local youths

Provide 12 weeks paid family leave

Install energy efficient home windows

Compost food waste

Implement a green procurement policy

Prioritize working with minority-owned and local businesses

Provide equitable pay and leadership opportunities for women

Institute a professional development policy

Upgrade fluorescent tube lights to LED

Use a highly efficient hot water heater

Complete a consumption and waste audit

Upgrade and optimize on-premise servers

Implement a comprehensive recycling program

Install rainwater catchment systems

Opt-in to renewable energy

Install a programmable thermostat

Choose a building with easy public transit access

Plant native ground coverings

Provide regular formal employee reviews

Build a diverse executive leadership team

Use a drip irrigation system

Plant native, regionally-friendly plants

Implement a “no meetings” day

Eliminate all single-use kitchenware

Conduct an energy audit

Properly dispose of all hazardous waste

Use a drip irrigation system

Offset unavoidable travel emissions

Donate a percentage of profits to an environmental cause

Construct an on-site garden

Purchase certified highly efficient appliances

Administer company-wide sustainability training

Screen partners’ social and environmental responsibility

Provide a social or environmental product or service

Buy certified energy efficient office equipment

Conduct a home energy audit

Install a programmable home thermostat

Use certified energy efficient home office equipment

Recycle household waste

Install a filtered water tap

Regularly replace HVAC filters

Prioritize local, organic, and fair trade food

Provide an annual public sustainability report

Have accessible green space

Establish a diversity, equity, and inclusion policy

Provide a third party for conflict resolution

Seal, weather-strip, and maintain all windows

Use chlorine-free and FSC-certified paper products

Evaluate employee satisfaction

Use smart power strips

Collect rainwater for home garden irrigation

Conduct a water usage audit

Install faucet flow rate controls

Sponsor an annual local sustainability event

Purchase 100% recycled or FSC-certified paper

Arrange workspace for natural sunlight

Use a non-toxic pest control service

Designate preferred carpool and EV parking spaces

Select used or recycled office equipment and furniture

Hold at least one volunteer day a year

Eliminate VOCs

Install light switch occupancy sensors

Place plants throughout the office

Use a sustainable web hosting service

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

Implement a sustainability process for meetings and events

Develop an office thermostat policy

Ensure employees take breaks

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

Purchase 50-100% recycled home paper products

Switch entirely to rechargeable batteries

Replace light bulbs with LEDs

Install window coverings

Lower water heater temperature to 120F(49C)

Encourage employee carpools

Purchase recycled toner cartridges

Eliminate physical marketing materials

Use non-toxic, bio-based cleaning products

Schedule regular HVAC & A/C maintenance

Optimize exterior and roof colors for climate

Use paperless billing

Evaluate stakeholder satisfaction through feedback systems

Use concentrated cleaning products

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

Repurpose unused office items

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

Purchase 50-100% recycled content trash liners

Recycle used toner cartridges

Develop a paper reduction policy

Open windows in place of air conditioning

Switch entirely to rechargeable batteries

Use reusable cleaning products

Unplug appliances when not in use

Print and copy double-sided

Eliminate all physical marketing materials

Use recycled office supplies

Designate your office as a smoke-free working environment with outside smoking areas 25 feet away from building entry areas and common walkways

Use ceiling fans in place of air conditioning

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