What is your organization's vision for sustainability? How will you incorporate sustainable practices into your business' strategic framework?

We will work with senior management to develop or update a sustainability strategy that ensures alignment with corporate strategy and direction. Developing the strategy includes a review of the vision and mission as well as a stakeholder assessment, to determine the key players impacted internally and externally. If developed and implemented correctly, the strategy will enable your organization to incorporate sustainability as a consideration in daily business operations and guide the prioritization process for future projects.

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Green Team Design & Support
Do you need to set up a Green Team? Do you currently have one but aren't sure how to use it most effectively? Does your Green Team need tools to help it continue its progress?

We will help you identify key stakeholders across the organization to lead the drive to a more sustainable future and provide them with the education, tools, and resources for success. Click Green Team Seminars for a description of the types of seminars we offer.

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Eco-Assessment for SB NOW 'Certifiably Green Business' Program
We will help you certify your business as a 'green' business.

We have partnered with SB NOW to help your business get certified. We will work with you to create a baseline profile of your organization’s existing practices and determine prioritized actions you can take to help you obtain certification via the Sustainable Business Network of Washington’s ‘Certifiably Green’ Business Program. For a downloadable description of the eco-assessment click .Eco Assessment. Note: if you would like an assessment without applying for certification, please see 'eco-risk evaluation' below.

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Eco-Risk Evaluation
Would you like to create a baseline of current sustainability efforts? Identify potential savings and actions you can take to minimize risk and exposure to potential legislation?

We will work with you to analyze current operations against an evolving regulatory framework for sustainability and identify opportunities to proactively minimize risk by aligning more closely to that framework.

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LEED Certification Support
Could your building be LEED certified? What would it take to get there?

We will help you determine if your building or space is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)-compliant and what is needed to obtain certification. We can also be part of your team and help you prepare and submit the documentation to obtain LEED certification for your building.

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Sustainability Planning
What are the tasks and milestones needed to accomplish your sustainability goals and who should be involved?

Develop sustainability goals and a plan to implement, achieve and track these goals. We will meet with you and key stakeholders in your organization to review your sustainability strategy and goals, identify top priorities and potential roadblocks, and create and implement a plan that ensures that these are successfully addressed.

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Green Employee Benefits
Including green living consultations as part of your benefits package or greening existing benefit improves employee retention, morale and productivity.

Provide your staff with the opportunity to learn about and implement going green in their work and personal lives and increase productivity and retention. We will sit down with your Human Resources representative(s) and determine the optimal level of support for your business. Packages vary from a specific number of consultations per month for the entire company to unlimited consultations for all employees.

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Performance Metrics
What metrics should you use to measure sustainability and tie it to the bottom line?

We will work with you to develop metrics that will monitor and quantify your progress, and enable you to successfully manage your initiative. Benchmarking enables your organization to identify practical indicators of sustainability and to measure these over time. It also facilitate decision-making because management can monitor progress and prioritize future actions based on quantifiable results.

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Training, Education & Messaging
Get everyone excited about going green! Change people's habits and their lives!

Let us help you engage staff and generate buzz about your ‘going green’ initiative, and communicate your successes internally and externally. An important, and often overlooked, step of implementing sustainability is change management. Namely, taking into account the different reactions that employees will have to the change, and the possibility that some may be resistant to it. Our approach addresses this and works to increase buy-in from individuals impacted by the change across the organization. It also ensures that your successes are communicated to key stakeholders.