EcoBizCheck's Retail Certification program helps:
- Reduce cost and improve your bottom line
- Attract new business and revenue
- Gain a competitive marketing advantage
- Satisfy eco-conscious customers
- Reduce your carbon footprint
The retail industry faces growing consumer concerns about the environment and the inclusion of the eco-conscious consumer makes it imperative for the retail industry to take action in regards to sustainability. Most retailers want to implement sustainability but lack strategy and direction. The EcoBizCheck Program equips businesses in the retail industry with an online management system helping them implement green change for the better.
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About the EcoBizCheck Program
The program is a world-leading, low cost solution for retailers that want to take action. It provides you with independent certification endorsed by Bureau Veritas, the world's largest certification body.
All you need to do is complete a simple yet comprehensive online assessment and then implement the actions contained in the report until you achieve Bronze, Silver or Gold Certification.
Upon reaching a certification level Bureau Veritas provides a desktop audit to verify the process. There are 250+ actions designed expressly for retailers. The program also offers a 100% money-back guarantee that you will at the very least save the cost of certification if the recommended actions are implemented.
The assessment covers energy, water, waste and recycling, transportation and travel, supply chain sustainability, carbon footprint measurement and offsetting.
Hear what Colin Chenery, Founder ONEGroup has to say about the EcoBizCheck Program.
EcoBizCheck's Top 10 Green Retail Actions
- Change all lights to sustainable LEDs or fluorescents
- Switch off all lights and electrical equipment when not in use (especially at night, weekends, holidays)
- Educate staff with your company Environment Sustainability Policy
- Set cost and energy efficient temperatures
- Walk, ride a bike or take public transport to work
- Buy biodegradable / recyclable packaging and return as much packaging as you can to suppliers
- Recycle everything you can
- Buy as many products as possible from local sustainable ethical suppliers
- Encourage cleaners to use environmentally friendly cleaning products
- Encourage customers to bring their own environmentally sustainable bags when purchasing goods
Levels of EcoBizCheck Certification
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Retail companies that take action now, rather than wait for inevitable increased Government regulation or market pressure will find themselves with a topical market differentiation factor that also saves both money and resources.
