GreenHeart Global

About GreenHeart Global

GreenHeart Global conceives, designs, manufactures, and markets products to meet the growing demand for goods that are less harmful to the environment. Our highly-designed products incorporate recycled, recyclable, rapidly renewable and/or bio-based materials, and replace toxic and non-sustainable materials with organic or natural alternatives, including inks, dyes, and adhesives. We constantly work to close the loop on materials to ensure our products stay inside the materials system and are highly valued and easily recycled.

GreenHeart Global takes its environmental mission seriously and we are determined to substantiate our claims of being committed to the environment by obtaining credible certification and joining legitimate organizations. B Corporation is emerging as one such organization by offering rigorous certification to businesses claiming to be green.

At GreenHeart Global we bring meaning to commodities. Our products are designed to be held, to be used, to be functional and to be valued. We work to mainstream ecological systems and philosophies by emphasizing unique and award winning design. We bring extensive material, production and recovery systems research and analysis to every product we produce. We strive to bring ecologically sound products to the mass market by providing elegant design and proven functionality.

The Change We Seek®

Everything we do affects nature’s balance: what we make, what we use, what we dispose. At GreenHeart Global, our mission is to offer intelligently designed, environmentally conceived products. We pledge to find the best possible solution to solve some of industry’s most vexing environmental problems.

• We expect our solutions and designs to change with material and production innovation and as recycling infrastructures expand. GreenHeart Global is committed to evolution and improvement, as we learn more and develop better ways of doing things. Most of all we’re optimistic about the future and believe industry can and must provide leadership in conserving natural resources and taking responsibility for closing the loop on products.

• Our mission will be accomplished through rigorous research of environmental dilemmas, impacts of commerce, and new innovations. Our products will be compatible with current market processes, replacing environmentally harmful products with less harmful ones, through design and materials selections that first and foremost consider the impact on the environment.

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Summary:

Certified: December 2008
  Points Earned % Points Available
Accountability » 19.6 78%
Employees » 15.2 48%
Consumers » 37.9 60%
Community » 6.7 10%
Environment » 8.4 66%
Composite B Score 87.8 52%
  • >80 out of 200 is eligible for certification
  • >60% points available = Area of excellence

Highlights:

2008 B Impact Report

Environment: >75% recycled office supplies; policies to minimize corporate travel; environment factored in design process; method of production preserves environment

Employees: +6 weeks paid maternity leave; employees usually included in strategic management decisions

Community: employees allowed time off for community service

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