The Hunter Green Office Certification Program supports and encourages administrative offices and academic departments in reducing their environmental footprint. Our goal is to advance Hunter Green’s commitment to sustainability by actively empowering faculty and staff to become environmental stewards and leaders in their workplace communities, and supporting the work together in making sustainable decisions and creating greener habits. This initiative supports Hunter Green’s 10-Year Sustainability Action Plan Goals by engaging faculty and staff as partners in campus-wide environmental progress.
Green Office Certification
How does the Green Office Certification work?
The Green Office program guides offices through a certification process using a points-based assessment.
The assessment consists of 40 questions that introduce multiple areas of sustainable practice. Each question is designed to expand the office’s engagement with sustainable practices and to facilitate thoughtful discussion and conversation between your office mates and as a collective group. The sustainable behaviors and practices encompassed within the certification assessment have different point values based on the level of behavior change and depth of implementation required. For example – for 2 points the initiative requires behavior change through measurable actions, for 3 points it requires a cultural change of the office system, and so on. There is a section at the end of the assessment for offices to also self-report their own sustainable innovations and office-driven initiatives for a chance to earn additional points.
Following survey completion, Hunter Green will assess survey results, score them, and arrange a review meeting to notify your office of the Certification level achieved, key performance areas where the office has excelled, and tailored suggestions and opportunities to enhance each office.
It is recommended to have a designated Green Champion liaison, or create a Green Team that will complete the survey. This individual (or team) will be the ones responsible for submitting the assessment, meeting and checking-in with Hunter Green in review of their office score, and for review of opportunity items that may result from the Certification.