About TheGreenOffice.com
TheGreenOffice.com is a one-stop online retailer featuring over 34,000 green and conventional office products and a comprehensive range of sustainability services designed to make office greening easy and cost effective. They take the research out of responsible shopping by labeling and ranking our catalog by greenness, allowing you to balance price, performance, and sustainability. Here you'll find discounts up to 75% off list as well as contract pricing and free e-procurement tools for corporate customers. Most of their products are delivered next-day and FREE of charge by a team of professionals with a passion for customer service.
Enlightened self-interest dictates that we not only model the best practices of sustainable business but address issues of social injustice and ecological imbalance at their root. The standards and legal framework adopted by B Corporations constitute a foundation upon which to build the new green economy.
Fundamentally, business exists to improve lives while sustaining the planet. Here we challenge manufacturers to do their part and empower you to do yours. Their ultimate vision: your values at work. By that they mean an office environment run on green products and driven by green practice. Every day, they empower consumers to align values with action by providing easy and affordable access to office greening essentials. In every sphere of operation they strive to model sustainable business by maximizing the social, ecological, and financial performance of our company - what is known as the triple-bottom-line.
The Change We Seek®
Our goal is to challenge industry and workplaces alike to do it greener. In our relatively short history we have taken leadership positions on a variety of workplace sustainability matters, including:
• The first company to offer a full selection of dark green, green, and conventional products under one virtual roof
• The first company to label and rank a 34,000+ product catalog by greenness
• The first one-stop-solution to remove all items containing PVC / vinyl
• The first to company to develop a comprehensive Office Footprint CalculatorTM
• A member of he first cohort of certified San Francisco Bay Area Green Businesses
• One of the first (if not the first) California corporation to amend its articles of incorporation to include sustainability principles
Founding B Corporation
TheGreenOffice.com
- Industry: Office Supplies
- Product/Services: Online Retail, Sustainability Consulting, Carbon Offsetting, Other Green Office Products & Services
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- http://www.thegreenoffice.com
Summary:
Certified: December 2007| Points Earned | % Points Available | |
|---|---|---|
| Environment » | 15.4 | 80% |
| Employees » | 31.9 | 62% |
| Community » | 15.4 | 25% |
| Consumers » | 11.5 | 24% |
| Leadership » | 19.2 | 100% |
| Composite B Score | 93.4 | 58% |
- >80 out of 200 is eligible for certification
- >60% points available = Area of excellence
Highlights:
2008 B Impact ReportEnvironment: >75% of office supplies come from recycled materials, >50% of carbon inventory offset, >50% of energy comes from renewable sources, Annual carbon inventory review , 5 tons of CO2 offset
Employees: 100% of employees reimbursed for continued education, All employees paid a living wage, 100% of individual health insurance premiums covered, 3 weeks vacation , >50% of employees own stock
Consumers: 100% of products/service provide environmental benefit
