2025 Green Business Application (NW) Step 1 of 8 12% For all applicants: Please submit a new application regardless if you are new or returning.Business/Organization InformationPlease tell us about your business or organization. While primarily for administrative use, some fields will be visible in our Green Business directory.Business/Organization Name(Required)Visible in Green Business directory.Is your organization a non-profit?(Required) Yes No Address(Required) Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Employees(Required)Please Select:1 - 5 (Small)6 - 50 (Medium)50+ (Large)Municipal BusinessPhone:(Required)Visible in Green Business directory.Web Address:(Required)Visible in Green Business directory. Please include 'http://' or 'https://'. Business Email Address(Required)You may input your personal email address if it is the same.Additional Information for Green Business DirectoryPlease tell us about your business or organization. While primarily for administrative use, some fields will be visible in our Green Business directory. Still required for Sustaining Members.Business/Organization Description (For Directory)(Required)Business/Organization Logo (For Directory)Please upload your logo (publicly visible once green business designations approved). Preferred dimensions are 300 x 300px.Accepted file types: jpg, png, Max. file size: 64 MB.Contact Name(Required) First Last Email Address(Required)Are you a Sustaining Member?(Required)Businesses and organizations who have successfully completed the application in the year prior and received recognition as a Thurston Green Business may opt to skip this year's application. Previous application will be reviewed by administration before being approved. No, I will submit an application for review (this is for new Thurston Green Applications and renewing Thurston Green businesses who wish to compete for the small, medium or large Thurston Green Business of the Year awards Yes, I am a Sustaining Member and wish to skip the application Preamble QuestionsDo You Wish To Apply?(Required) Yes, Proceed With Application No, Skip This Designation Do you have any pictures and / or information about any Green Business projects / activities? Yes No Please upload any photos of your Green Business projects or activities here.File sizes are limited to 10MB each. Allowed file types are .jpg, .gif, .tiff, .png, .pdf Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: jpg, gif, tiff, png, pdf, Max. file size: 10 MB, Max. files: 10. Please describe the Green Business projects / activities in the box below.Green Business PracticesAny answers selected that have a ^ will have additional, related information below the answer box.Buying & Selling Green Questions(Required)Please check the questions which apply to your business or organization. Our business has a written policy or mission statement to support locally owned and operated businesses, organizations, and/or farms. Our business has a written policy or mission statement to help address sustainability. Our business gives preferential procurement to locally owned vendors for equipment, office supplies, raw materials, components, food, beverages, etc. Our business supports locally owned service businesses, such as accountants, web designers, lawyers, landscapers, growers, etc. Our business participates in a program to increase awareness about locally-owned businesses in Thurston County. Our business refers clients to “Thurston Green Businesses" * Our business makes something, sells something, or provides a service that improves the health of our community by enabling customers to reduce their environmental footprint. Our business has identified specific projects to undertake or policies to implement in the coming year to lower our environmental footprint. This includes anything related to green business practices, energy efficiency, transportation and commute trip reduction, waste reduction and recycling, composting, water conservation, sustainable product life-cycle, and social performance indicators. Our business uses reusable dishes in the break room to reduce the use of single-use plastics. Our business turns off lights in areas that are not in use. Our business calculate its carbon footprint and discusses it with employees. Our business utilizes a third-party tool to measure and track environmental and social impacts and publicly discloses results. ** N/A *Visit the Shop Green page to see a complete list.**The following is a list of third-party certification options: • CDP: Carbon Disclosure Project • GRI: Global Reporting Initiative • SASB: Sustainability Accounting Standards Board • TCFD: Task Force on Climate • B Corp: B Corp (benefit corporation) Standards. If you selected N/A because the answers provided differ from yours, please provide more information below.Where have you been the most successful in your green business practices? What have been the biggest challenges?Buying & Selling Green ScoreUpload Documents (Buying & Selling Green)Use this step to upload any posters, flyers, memos or photographs that help to support your application in this area. Doing so greatly helps the review team better understand the depth of your efforts. We will evaluate the information you provide and add points to your application as appropriate. Any documents you provide may be used for future promotion of the Thurston Green Business Program or used as (best practices) for other applicants to consider unless you request otherwise. Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: jpg, doc, docx, pdf, Max. file size: 64 MB. Tell Us More (Buying & Selling Green)Please tell us more about what your business has done in this area of sustainability. To receive an award for your efforts we strongly encourage you to provide supplemental details. You may also use this section to describe anything you feel is relevant to this section that you didn't get an opportunity to tell us about. We will evaluate the information you provide and add points to your application as appropriate. Energy Efficiency DesignationAny answers selected that have a ^ will have additional, related information below the answer box.Do You Wish To Apply?(Required) Yes, Proceed With Application No, Skip This Designation Energy Efficiency Questions(Required)Please check the questions which apply to your business or organization. Our business has accessed energy efficiency programs and/or services from Puget Sound Energy, other government programs. Our business has installed energy efficient windows, equipment or appliances. Our business reduces its overall need for electricity by installing motion sensors for lighting, programable thermostats, that manages or monitors power consumption.** To reduce our carbon footprint our business has enrolled in PSE’s Green Power or Green Direct program. ** Our business generates a portion of the electricity we use on-site using solar PV, wind, fuel cell or other renewable energy generating system. N/A *If you’re a Puget Sound Energy customer you may be able to get help paying for lighting upgrades through their rebate programs for lighting. If you’re not a Puget Sound Energy customer contact your energy provider to inquire about rebate opportunities.**If you’re a Puget Sound Energy Customer you can opt to purchase Green Power and offset some of all of your electricity usage.)If you selected N/A because the answers provided differ from yours, please provide more information below.What have been your biggest successes in energy efficiency? What have been the biggest challenges?Energy Efficiency ScoreUpload Documents (Energy Efficiency)Use this step to upload any posters, flyers, memos or photographs that help to support your application in this area. Doing so greatly helps the review team better understand the depth of your efforts. We will evaluate the information you provide and add points to your application as appropriate. Any documents you provide may be used for future promotion of the Thurston Green Business Program or used as (best practices) for other applicants to consider unless you request otherwise. Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: jpg, doc, docx, pdf, Max. file size: 64 MB. Tell Us More (Energy Efficiency)Please tell us more about what your business has done in this area of sustainability. To receive an award for your efforts we strongly encourage you to provide supplemental details. You may also use this section to describe anything you feel is relevant to this section that you didn't get an opportunity to tell us about. We will evaluate the information you provide and add points to your application as appropriate. Transportation & Commute Trip Reduction DesignationAny answers selected that have a ^ will have additional, related information below the answer box.Do You Wish To Apply?(Required) Yes, Proceed With Application No, Skip This Designation Transportation & Commute Trip Reduction Questions(Required)Please check the questions which apply to your business or organization. Our business’s transportation fleet includes electric, hybrid, and/or high fuel efficiency vehicles. Ten percent or more of our employees use a commute alternative to get to and from work at least one day per week. Commute alternatives include carpooling, vanpooling, riding the bus, cycling, walking, telecommuting, or working a compressed schedule.* We offer programs to subsidize employees’ vanpool fares.** We provide a financial incentive for employees each time they use an alternative to driving alone to and from work. We allow our employees’ to telecommute, work a compressed schedule, and/or we allow flexibility in our employees work schedules to enable them to catch a bus, a vanpool or carpool. We provide preferential parking for vanpools, carpools, and electric vehicles, and we provide bicycle racks for employees who cycle to work. We have a charging station for staff who drive electric vehicles. We encourage employees to participate in Wheel Options and/or the Thurston County Bicycle Community Challenge.*** N/A *See Ride Share Online and Intercity Transit’s Vanpool program, System Map, or Trip Planner for more information.**Examples include full or partial payment for monthly bus passes or vanpool fares.***Links Wheel Options Thurston County Bicycle Commuter ProgramIf you selected N/A because the answers provided differ from yours, please provide more information below.Where have you been the most successful in encouraging alternative modes of transportation and reducing commute times? What have been the biggest challenges?Transportation & Commute Trip Reduction ScoreUpload Documents (Transportation & Commute Trip Reduction) Use this step to upload any posters, flyers, memos or photographs that help to support your application in this area. Doing so greatly helps the review team better understand the depth of your efforts. We will evaluate the information you provide and add points to your application as appropriate. Any documents you provide may be used for future promotion of the Thurston Green Business Program or used as (best practices) for other applicants to consider unless you request otherwise. Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: jpg, doc, docx, pdf, Max. file size: 64 MB. Tell Us More (Transportation & Commute Trip Reduction)Please tell us more about what your business has done in this area of sustainability. To receive an award for your efforts we strongly encourage you to provide supplemental details. You may also use this section to describe anything you feel is relevant to this section that you didn't get an opportunity to tell us about. We will evaluate the information you provide and add points to your application as appropriate. Waste Reduction & Recycling & CompostingAny answers selected that have a ^ will have additional, related information below the answer box.Do You Wish To Apply?(Required) Yes, Proceed With Application No, Skip This Designation Waste Reduction & Recycling Questions(Required)Please check the questions which apply to your business or organization. Our business recycles.* Our business composts organic wastes. ** Our business has participated in a waste assessment in the last three years to identify areas of improvement in reducing our garbage, and improving recycling, and composting. Our business has an office green team or waste prevention team to identify ways we can manage our waste streams better. Our business purchases office products such as copy paper, pens, toilet tissue, etc. made out of recycled content. Our business provides an incentive for employees or customers to bring their own reusable containers. Our business has permanent dishware in kitchen or breakroom versus disposable. Our business has made efforts to reduce or eliminate our use of single-use plastics. N/A Please list the types of items you recycle.*Only answer this question if you checked the corresponding * in the previous sectionPlease list the types of items you compost.**Only answer this question if you checked the corresponding ** in the previous sectionIf you selected N/A because the answers provided differ from yours, please provide more information below.Where have you been the most successful in waste reduction and recycling? What have been the biggest challenges?Waste Reduction & Recycling ScoreUpload Documents (Waste Reduction & Recycling) Use this step to upload any posters, flyers, memos or photographs that help to support your application in this area. Doing so greatly helps the review team better understand the depth of your efforts. We will evaluate the information you provide and add points to your application as appropriate. Any documents you provide may be used for future promotion of the Thurston Green Business Program or used as (best practices) for other applicants to consider unless you request otherwise. Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: jpg, doc, docx, pdf, Max. file size: 64 MB. Tell Us More (Waste Reduction & Recycling)Please tell us more about what your business has done in this area of sustainability. To receive an award for your efforts we strongly encourage you to provide supplemental details. You may also use this section to describe anything you feel is relevant to this section that you didn't get an opportunity to tell us about. We will evaluate the information you provide and add points to your application as appropriate. Water Conservation DesignationAny answers selected that have a ^ will have additional, related information below the answer box.Do You Wish To Apply?(Required) Yes, Proceed With Application No, Skip This Designation Water Conservation Questions(Required)Please check the questions which apply to your business or organization. Our business reviews water bills regularly to check for leaks, spikes, or other anomalies, and when we identify water waste we take prompt action to address it. Our business requires company vehicles be washed only at car wash facilities that recycle their water. We have installed high-efficiency faucets and/or aerators throughout our business, as well as high-efficiency toilets and urinals.* We’ve replaced or retrofitted other appliances or equipment to conserve water. ** Our business has taken steps to reduce or minimize outdoor water consumption.*** Our business prevents rainwater from coming in contact with sources of pollution entering the stormwater system as run off by keeping garbage, recycle, oil and compost container lids closed. We have a spill kit and spill response plan onsite and train our staff to quickly contain and clean up leaks and spills to avoid polluting our waterways. N/A *For more information contact LOTT or your local water utility.^^LOTT’s WaterSmart program provides rebates that cover up to 75% of the cost of a wide range of water-saving retrofits for industrial, commercial, or institutional customers. Contact LOTT for more information. For businesses outside of LOTT’s service area, contact your local water utility to inquire about similar conservation incentives they may offer. ***Examples include planting a water-efficient landscape, modernizing your irrigation system, and requesting an irrigation assessment from a landscape professional or your local water utility. For more information contact your local water utility.If you selected N/A because the answers provided differ from yours, please provide more information below.Where have you been the most successful with water conservation and efficiency? What have been the biggest challenges?Water Conservation ScoreUpload Documents (Water Conservation) Use this step to upload any posters, flyers, memos or photographs that help to support your application in this area. Doing so greatly helps the review team better understand the depth of your efforts. We will evaluate the information you provide and add points to your application as appropriate. Any documents you provide may be used for future promotion of the Thurston Green Business Program or used as (best practices) for other applicants to consider unless you request otherwise. Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: jpg, doc, docx, pdf, Max. file size: 64 MB. Tell Us More (Water Conservation)Please tell us more about what your business has done in this area of sustainability. To receive an award for your efforts we strongly encourage you to provide supplemental details. You may also use this section to describe anything you feel is relevant to this section that you didn't get an opportunity to tell us about. We will evaluate the information you provide and add points to your application as appropriate. Sustainable Product Life-CycleThis section is for Manufacturers only.If you are not a manufacturer, please select "No, Skip this Designation."Do You Wish To Apply?(Required) Yes, Proceed With Application No, Skip This Designation Sustainable Product Life-Cycle Questions(Required)Please check the questions which apply to your business or organization. Supply: When sourcing raw materials, ingredients, or components for our product our business gives preference to suppliers who grow, harvest, process, or manufacture in a sustainable way. Distribution: Our business tries to lessen our environmental impact in the way we bring our products to market. Consider, for example, how your products are stored, packaged, and delivered. Use: Our product(s) improve(s) environmental sustainability/resiliency by facilitating the efficient use of natural resources or encouraging other sustainable/beneficial habits and activities. Disposal: We design our product with end-of-life in mind. We purchase products with recycled content in them and that can be recycled after using. N/A or Other If you selected N/A because the answers provided differ from yours, please provide more information below.Sustainable Product Life-CycleUpload Documents (Sustainable Product Life-Cycle)Use this step to upload any posters, flyers, memos or photographs that help to support your application in this area. Doing so greatly helps the review team better understand the depth of your efforts. We will evaluate the information you provide and add points to your application as appropriate. Any documents you provide may be used for future promotion of the Thurston Green Business Program or used as (best practices) for other applicants to consider unless you request otherwise. Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: jpg, doc, docx, pdf, Max. file size: 64 MB. Tell Us More (Sustainable Product Life-Cycle)Please tell us more about what your business has done in this area of sustainability. To receive an award for your efforts we strongly encourage you to provide supplemental details. You may also use this section to describe anything you feel is relevant to this section that you didn't get an opportunity to tell us about. We will evaluate the information you provide and add points to your application as appropriate. Social Performance IndicatorsDo You Wish To Apply?(Required) Yes, Proceed With Application No, Skip This Designation Social Performance Indicators(Required)Please check the questions which apply to your business or organization. Our business upholds sustainable labor practices such as paying a legal minimum wage and offering affordable health care to our employees. Our business upholds human rights including non-discrimination, racial equity, gender equality, freedom of association, indigenous rights, freedom from child labor, and freedom from forced or compulsory labor. Our business has an established policy that upholds human rights. Our business provides continuing training and educational opportunities around sustainable business and labor practices for our employees. N/A If you selected N/A because the answers provided differ from yours, please provide more information below.Social Performance IndicatorsUpload Documents (Social Performance Indicators)Does your workplace encourage staff to participate in Green Business practices? Use this step to upload any office posters, flyers, memos or photographs that help to support your workplace's application in this area and would help our review team better understand the depth of your efforts. The review committee may apply extra points to your application for documents you provide. Any documents you provide may be used for future promotion of the Thurston Green Business Program or used as (best practices) for other applicants to consider. Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: jpg, doc, docx, pdf, Max. file size: 64 MB. Tell Us More (Social Performance Indicators)Please tell us anything you feel is relevant to this section that you didn't get an opportunity to tell us about. We will evaluate the information you provide and add the appropriate points to your application. Natasha Ashenhurst2025-03-04T14:11:55-08:00 Share This Story, Choose Your Platform! FacebookXRedditLinkedInTumblrPinterestVkEmail
