Accelerate Your Green Journey
GreenStep Certified
Certification and support for your climate action journey
What is GreenStep Certified?
- An environmentally-focused certification for all types of businesses and organizations
- Encourages and drives awareness and understanding of actions that lead to:
- Energy efficiency
- Water conservation
- Waste reduction and diversion
- Biodiversity and ecosystem restoration
- Carbon reduction and climate action
- Provides an assessment and verification of environmentally sustainable practices that drive decarbonization
Assessment Categories
Green Management Practices
Low Impact and Low Carbon Transportation
Buildings and Energy Conservation
Waste Reduction and Pollution Prevention
Water Conservation and Pollution Prevention
Local Purchasing and Community Support
Carbon Offsets, RECs, and Regeneration
Social and Cultural Sustainability
Steps to Certification
Complete the online application and assessment checklist
Submit the assessment checklist and schedule an assessmentnt
Receive an assessment with required and recommended actions
Implement the required actions
Acheive certification and recieve a customized action plan
Benefits to Participating
- Marketing tools: Certification logo, certificate, and tips on how to market and share achievements
- Marketing and promotion through GreenStep and partner channels
- Resources, toolkits, and ongoing support
- Access to the GreenStep online Member Portal community