BE Green South Sound Community Resources

10 Steps to Green Your Business

Information and Resources

Step 1: Envision Success and Plan Accordingly

Planning and strategy are crucial aspects of any sustainability plan. If you want to go green, be smart about it. Use strategy and planning to your advantage. It will make your efforts and successes sustainable. Below you will find several resources to help you begin planning.

Natural Step

This framework asks leaders to backcast or image themselves successfully achieving goals in the future.

http://www.naturalstep.org/

Puget Sound Regional Council Vision 2040

VISION 2040 advances a series of implementation actions to help achieve the Regional Growth Strategy and the multicounty planning policies.

Green for All

A collection of resource guides for entrepreneurs to formulate a work plan that incorporates green practices

EPA Climate Leaders program

EPA Sustainability Program

Sustainable City Network

Municipal Research and Services Center of WA Green Communities

Step 2: Establish a Green Team

Educate your staff

http://www.neefusa.org/BusinessEnv/white_paper_feb2010.pdf

http://www.earthshare.org/greening-business.html?gclid=CNHT_dPX1KYCFQcKbAodkk3MIA

Step 3: Take Stock

Carbon Footprint & Life Cycle Calculations

Global Reporting Institute

TacomaACTS Carbon Calculator (Specific to Pierce County)

The Social Counts of Carbon

Purchasing

ECO-Eval: The North American Green Purchasing Initiative’s Self-Assessment Tool (Eco-Eval) is designed to help professional purchasers evaluate their organization's environmental purchasing initiatives and identify opportunities for improvement.

Practice Green Health: Environmentally Preferable Purchasing

American Center for Life Cycle Assessment

Water

Department of Ecology’s Water Use calculator

Puget Sound Partnership: Stormwater Resources

Community Performance Indicators and Metrics

One Planet Living

Local Governments for Sustainability

State Dept. of Ecology - Facing Climate Change

LEED for Neighborhood Design

Sustainable Business Initiative Task Force, Eugene OR

PPRC environmental measurement resources