Certificate Demo

Be Seen as Being Green!

Your Green Certified Icon:

Makes an immediate impact, showing people you care
Links to your personal certificate which shows people exactly what you are doing to go green
Helps you stand out as a leader in ecological business practices
Creates a third-party branded reference point for your green business practices

How easy is it to create your own Green Certificate?
Follow the steps below!

Domain Name
This domain name is listed in your certificate Users will click this link and be taken to this web site Search Engines will reference this link in our directory Format: www.yourdomain.com
Web Site being certified:

Business Category
Select the category that most closely suits your business. This will determine where we list your business in our directory. This can also help us select questions more directly related to your business.
Business Category:

Business Information
This is the information associated with this domain. At this time, only the location information is made available to the public.
Company:
City:
State:

Green Certificate Evaluation

This section is actually the key to your certification
We want people to know what you're doing to be Ecologically Friendly (Green, Sustainable, choose your favorite term)
As you progress through each of the question sections, simply answer to the best of your ability. You can always come back and change your answers
Your answers will not be available to the public until you "Activate" your certificate using the "Activate" link above

Note: Only the questions you answer yes to will be displayed on your certificate. You can come back here at any time and change the answers to your questions.

Sample Questions

Essay Questions:
This is your opportunity to share what is unique about your business, actions that are not covered by a simple True/False or Multiple Choice question format

Multiple Choice:
These questions consist of 4 options. If you choose option 1, this question will not be displayed.

True/False Questions:
These are simple True/False Questions about your Sustainability. If you choose false, the question will not be displayed.

1. Is there anything special or unique about how you run your company that is sustainable or helps the environment?
Answer:

2. Our recycling program consists of:
(will not display)		We do not have a Recycling program at this time
		We provide recycling bins in our office
		We encourage recycling of all paper, post-it notes, envelopes, junk mail, newspaper, plastics, bottles, cans, electronic equipment and biodegradable (compostable) materials
		Cans and bottles
Additional Comments:

3. We purchase recycled products:
(will not display)		We do not use recycled products
		Paper of 100% post-consumer recycled stock
		Some post-consumer recycle paper stock
		Paper with at least 30% post-consumer recycle stock
Additional Comments:

4. Our lighting in our business is...
(will not display)		We do not have efficient lighting in our business at this time
		Some T-12 fluorescent lighting and some energy efficient lighting
		We have incorporated some efficient lighting in our business
		100% Compact Fluorescent Lighting (CFL) and LED lighting
Additional Comments:

5. Whenever possible, we buy locally
		True
(will not display)		False
Additional Comments:

6. We are proud to be a paperless office (all documents are stored on a computer)
		True
(will not display)		False
Additional Comments:

7. Our computers go into standby mode after 1 hour of nonuse.
		True
(will not display)		False

8. We do most customer business (registration, invoicing, contracts, etc.) over the phone, web site or through email.
		True
(will not display)		False
Additional Comments:

9. Our web site is designed with print friendly pages that only print the necessary information, not the unnecessary buttons and graphics.
		True
(will not display)		False
Additional Comments:

10. Our web site hosting company is green and eco-friendly
		True
(will not display)		False
Additional Comments: