GRW

Current Sustainable Practices

Below are the initiatives GRW has completed on the Green Check scorecard.

Sustainability Management and the Green Team

• Develop a written Comprehensive Sustainability Plan.
• Designate a Sustainability Coordinator or Green Team responsible for managing sustainability initiatives.
• Provide time for quarterly sustainability updates in upper management meetings.

Awareness, Education, and Outreach

• Display sustainability information in a common area.
• Include a sustainability statement and training in new hire materials or at employee orientation.
• Promote sustainability accomplishments in external marketing materials.
• Attend a sustainability workshop, tour or event.

Energy Efficiency 

• Establish a power-down policy and checklist that includes items such as shutting off lights at night.
• Replace incandescent or CFL lights with LED lights 76-100% replacement.
• Establish a regular filter maintenance policy for your HVAC system.
• Have your HVAC system evaluated every 2 years by a certified service provider.
• Utilize power management features of operating system to turn off non-essential lights and equipment during non-business hours.
• Install programmable thermostats and use them to adjust temperature during unoccupied hours.

Waste Reduction and Recycling

• Implement a basic recycling program.
• Conduct a waste audit (within the past two years).
• Provide clearly marked recycling bins at work stations and/or in common areas. Recycling bins must be paired with a waste bin.
• Train and require janitorial service or staff responsible for cleaning to segregate waste and recyclable materials.
• Establish a policy for environmentally friendly printing such as two-sided printing, reusing copy paper, and electronic document sharing.
• Establish an electronic waste policy that diverts all e-waste away from the landfill.

Water Quality

• Establish a policy for proper hazardous waste and chemical disposal.
• Establish a policy for proper disposal of fats, oils, and grease, distribute to staff, and post in key areas.
• Post information in restrooms about proper disposal of flushable wipes and other items.
• Install outdoor ash trays to prevent cigarette litter, and make pocket ash trays available to staff who smoke.

Urban Forestry and Landscapes

• Participate in a community tree planting.

Sustainable Purchasing

• Establish a policy to purchase non-Styrofoam cups and plates for use at the workplace or at events.
• Establish a policy to purchase/lease EPA SmartWay Certified fuel-efficient vehicles.

Transportation Efficiency

• Establish and implement a no-idling policy.
• Adopt a telecommuting option and make it available to employees.

Innovation

• Members of the American Rainwater Association.
• Utilizes Shred-It for secure paper recycling.
• Has paperless meetings whenever possible.
• Utilizes bottle filling stations.