1. What materials do you collect and recycle at your office? (Check as many as apply) Paper Plastic, glass or aluminum Batteries Toner cartridges or electronic equipment Other
2. Have you obtained an agreement from manufacturers that they will take back and recycle the appliances your office purchases (including computers, printers, and toner cartridges) at the end of their lifecycles? Yes No
3. Do you offer incentives and encourage employees to use public transportation? Yes No
4. Do you use video and teleconferences for meetings to reduce travel time and excess commuting? Often Occasionally Rarely or Never
5. Do you reward employees who make extra efforts to help “green” your business and use these measures as benchmarks against which to compare future resource use? Yes No
6. Have you conducted an energy audit of your office facilities? Yes No
7. Has your office installed compact fluorescent light bulbs and other energy-efficient lighting? Yes No
8. Is your business located in a building that meets the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards? Yes, LEED Platinum Yes, LEED Gold Yes, LEED Silver Yes, LEED Certified No
9. Have you incorporated environmental standards into the lease for your facility? Yes No
10. Does your office use products (such as paint or cleaning supplies) that have environmentally friendly certifications, such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR or the Green Seal logos? Yes No
11.Do you share newspapers, magazines, and phonebooks with office colleagues, rather than receiving multiple subscriptions? Yes No
12. Do you post memos and publications online or on an office bulletin board rather than printing multiple copies? Often Sometimes Rarely or Never
13. Do you distribute documents by email rather than by hard copy and encourage others to share and circulate publications rather than print copies for everyone? Often Sometimes Rarely or Never
14. Have you set defaults for your office copiers and printers to double-sided printing and black ink (as opposed to color)? Both double-sided and black ink Either double-sided or black ink Neither
15. Do you sell or donate old furniture and equipment to other businesses or charitable organizations? Yes No
16. Do you buy carpets, furniture, and other interior furnishing made of recycled products and materials that are toxin-free and grown without the use of toxic pesticides and fertilizers? Usually Occasionally Rarely or Never
17. How do you fuel your corporate or organization fleet? Regular gasoline Ethanol E-85 or bio-diesel We drive hybrid or electric cars
18. Have you adopted any flexible work policies for employees? (Check as many as apply) Yes, we allow employees to work from a telecommuting or offsite location Yes, we allow flexible schedules to ease commuting traffic Yes, we have a hoteling policy (no permanently assigned work spaces) No
19. Do you distribute office reports electronically and avoid designing newsletters and publications with large margins and large blocks of ink? Yes No
20. Do you use vegetable-based inks rather than those made from non-renewable, petroleum-based products, and consider purchasing ink-jet printers, which use 90% less energy? Yes No