Green Rating Solution Brainstorming

What Makes A Company Green ?

- Enforcing recycling and composting systems.
- Office Supplies - over 4 million disposable pens are thrown away every day. Reusable pens
- where you can refill the ink. Cheaper long term
- Local suppliers
- Eco - friendly envelopes / digital
- Re-evaluate what your business really needs
- Consider buying Energy star rated appliances when it’s time for an upgrade
- LED bulbs
- Motion sensors so that lights shut off when no one is there
- Consider Reusing things before making purchases.
- Do they use single use plastics ? Eliminating single use plastics within the establishment
- Replacing them with compostable items.
- Replacing non-recyclable items with recyclable items? (Cafeteria)
- Plastic Straws and Utensils
- Avoid suppliers that use unnecessary packaging
- Cans instead of plastic bottles in vending machines
- Drink Lids (McDonalds, Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Trendz, etc)
- Drink Stoppers? (The green ones at Starbucks that keep your drink hot)
- Candy Wrappers, Chip Bags and Candy Bags
- Styrofoam Take-Out Containers
- Stir Sticks
- Plastic Produce Bags
- Electricity consumption?
- Are the products that they use eco friendly?
- Are they using efficient heating/cooling systems?
- Water based cleaners over heavy metal cleaners (Meyer’s Clean Day Products)

Main Idea: Point system that allow us to measure how green their business is.