Sustainability badge

To qualify for a sustainability badge, you must select at least 10 activities from the list below. If you have completed a sustainability activity that is not listed, you can submit it as an "other" activity. Only one "other" activity will count toward the minimum number required to earn the badge.

• Organize a "Green Team" to oversee and document the business' green certification and ongoing environmental practices.
• Give incentives to employees to volunteer with environmental organizations.
  • Tips: Incentives cannot include free marijuana.
• Ensure that any new equipment purchases are Energy Star-rated when available.
• Replace all incandescent lighting with compact fluorescent light bulbs or LEDs.
• Buy 100% recycled content paper products with at least 30% post-consumer content.
• Use energy-efficient vehicles such as electric vehicles for business transportation needs.  
• Buy environmentally preferable (biodegradable, naturally derived, organic) cleaning products and soaps.
• Get certified as a Green Business by Certifiably Green Denver.
  • Tips: Learn more about Certifiably Green Denver here.
• Receive a bronze, silver, or gold recognition from the Colorado Green Business Network.
  • Tips: Learn more about the Colorado Green Business Network here.
• Get an energy audit and/or take part in Xcel Energy's Strategic Energy Management.
  • Tips: Learn more about Xcel Energy's Strategic Energy Management program here.
• Install variable frequency drives (VFDs) and/or variable speed motors on your equipment.
• Conduct a compressed air audit (with incentives from Xcel Energy). This is to identify potential upgrades, fix leaks, and identify inappropriate uses of compressed air in your facility.
• Provide RTD EcoPasses to employees.
  • Tips: Learn more about the EcoPass program here.
• Use other permitted and sustainable methods for rendering marijuana waste unusable and unrecognizable, such as on-site composting, anaerobic digestion, pyrolyze into biochar, or biomass gasification, in accordance with MED rule 3-230(E)(2).
• All consumer packaging is made from post-consumer recycled content.
• All consumer packaging is recyclable or compostable.
• Provide a receptacle in your facility for marijuana consumer waste in compliance with MED rule 3-240.
• Have recycling and composting receptacles for employee use.
  • Tips: Learn more about the types of items accepted for recycling here.
• Have bike storage for customers or employees.
• Install an electric vehicle charging station in your parking lot. 
• Beautify the landscaping on your property by planting trees and creating green spaces.
• Other (please describe)
  • Tips: Activities should aim to reduce the business' environmental impact and support a more sustainable community.