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TheGreenOffice.com is a one-stop online retailer featuring 38,000 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 their 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.

Year Established:

2006

Products and Services We Want to Sell:

• Office Supplies, Paper, Ink & Toner, Breakroom, Janitorial, Technology, Furniture, Carbon Offsets, Sustainability Consulting

Sustainability Issues

Description of Our Sustainability Program:

In every sphere of operation we strive to maximize the social, ecological, and financial performance of our company – what is known as the triple-bottom-line. We believe in this philosophy so deeply, in fact, that it was written into our articles of incorporation. Our goal is to green the office products industry and the workplaces it serves by promoting the most sustainable products and practices of our time. Though our company is most easily identified by its environmental aims, we are equally dedicated to social justice. From the communities we impact to the people manufacturing our products, we work to include all stakeholders in a decision making process that ensures equity, health, and personal safety.

In order to constantly improve our triple-bottom-line, we employ a robust Sustainability Management System (SMS). Our SMS starts and ends with our Green Team – employees of TheGreenOffice.com who are directly responsible for the strategic direction and overall success of our vision for sustainability in the workplace. The Green Team is responsible for the policy creation and ratification process, key elements of the strategic planning phase, implementation oversight, performance review, communications, and reporting. While we are always honing our approach, our current SMS is composed of the following operational activities:

• Stakeholder Engagement
• Green Purchasing
• Carbon Mitigation
• Energy Efficiency
• Water Conservation
• Waste Reduction
• Pollution Prevention
• Sustainability Reporting

From inception, TheGreenOffice.com has been on the leading edge of sustainable business practice. We have contributed to the development of the sustainability certification movement through founding memberships in such programs as B Corporation and the San Francisco Bay Area Green Business Program, as well as our pioneering work in the use of product certifications to label and rank our catalog by greenness. Not only have we worked to help create and achieve new standards for sustainable business, we have guided many others on their own path to certification. Here are some of our more well known certifications and affiliations:

• Certificate of Carbon Neutralization
• Founding B Corporation™
• Bay Area Green Business Program, San Francisco
• Green America Approved Business
• EPA ENERGY STAR Partner
• EPA WasteWise Program
• EPA SmartWay Transport Partner
• EPA Green Power Partnership

Certifications and Memberships:

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  Energy Star
  
  Certification ID:

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  Compostable Biodegradable Products Institute
  Assessor: DIN CERTCO
  

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  B Corporation
  
  Certification ID: Founding

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  1% for the Planet
  
  

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  Green America Business Seal of Approval Approved for People and Planet
  
  

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  Green-e Climate