A Green Company
The Green Company award is given to companies which shown an outstanding committment to protecting the environment through reduction in their resource footprint.
Businesses account for the consumption of vast amounts of resources, from office materials such as paper and plastics, to electricity and water. The Green Company award is given to companies which show a real committment to reducing the amount of resources they use, and thus reducing their impact on the environment.
Purpose
The Green Company award aims to recognise companies that have adopted environmentally friendly policies within their current business models. Green companies are those which take their committement to the environment seriously and realise the economic savings that can be gained from a more environmentally frendly approach to business.
How is it evaluated?
In order to determine whether a company should be awarded a Green Company award, the International Charter conducts extensive reviews of the companies end to end operational proceedures. This looks at early stage factors such as suppliers and sourcing, all the way through to product delivery and end of lifecycle activities.
The International Charter defines the lifecycle of a product as being from the point the materials used for its construction as designated as such to the point where it is no longer in service and disposed of.