Green Chamber of Commerce

Application Process

Gibson, Light, Pimentel, VassauGreen MBA, Dominican University

An organization dedicated to fostering

the success of businesses committed to environmental and

social responsibility

Develop an application that

gives organizations

the opportunity to assess their green practices

and set goals for improvement

Sustainability is…

“Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

~Brundtland Commission, United Nations, 1987

Methodology GREEN Categories Governance: To integrate sustainability into

organizational goals and strategies

Responsibility: To be responsible for the impact of decisions and activities on society and the environment

Earth: To identify and manage environmental aspects of activities, products and services

Employees: To be responsible for employee well-being

Network: To contribute to the community and the society

Governance Mission and Vision

Statements, Reporting & Oversight of Green Initiatives

Responsibility Social and Environmental

Impact, Supply Chain, Shareholder Engagement & Social Justice

Earth Water Conservation, Energy

Conservation, Pollution Prevention & Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling

Employees Health and Well being,

Work-Life Balance, Diversity, Safety and Ergonomics, Training and Advancement & Employee Feedback and Communication

Networks Charitable Giving and

Volunteering, Community Education, Care of the Commons & Marketing and Information Sharing

Indicators:

Performance Levels

Level 1 = ComplianceCompliance with regulations and business norms

Level 2 = Compliance PlusTakes stock of impact of business operations on society and environment

Level 3 = SustainableImpact on environment and society is at least neutral

Level 4 = Sustainable PlusImplementation of measures that benefit environment or society

Level 5 = RestorativeCommitment to restore/regenerate natural and/or social capital

Rubrics Are: Agile measurement tools that can be applied to

a wide variety of business models

Subjective and context specific

Guidelines that can and should be modified by the organizations that use

The columns are the 5 performance levels

The rows give examples of what each performance level looks like in everyday business operations

Mission and Vision Statements RubricOrganization has a mission statement and a vision

statement

Organization has a separate green/sustainable initiative with its own vision and mission

statements

Organization's vision and mission statements include environmental or social responsibility language

Organization's vision and mission statements include both environmental and social responsibility

language

Organization's vision and mission statements include restorative language

Organization has begun to investigate its core purpose in the context of sustainability

Organization has strategies in place to shift its core purpose to include environmental and social responsibility

Mission statement includes environmental or social responsibility as part of the core purpose of the

organization

Mission statement includes environmental and social responsibility as part of the core purpose of the

organization

Mission Statement includes restorative goals as part of the core purpose of the

organization

Next Steps Assess application form for its ease of use

Assess relevance and spectrum of indictors

Create working rubrics

Create a renewal form

Pilot application