Environment evaluates a company's overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company's operations and, when applicable, its supply chain and distribution channels.
This section asks about your environmental footprint to determine which questions are applicable later on in the assessment. It also identifies whether your company's product/service is designed to deliver a specific, material, positive environmental impact, and if so, opens the Environmental Impact Business Model section that is most applicable.
What kind of facilities does your business primarily operate in?
Are the majority of your non-labor expenses from services or physical products?
Are your company's products/services or processes structured to restore or preserve the environment in any of the following ways? (Please note: the environmental impact of your day-to-day operations will be assessed in the remaining sections of the Environment Impact Area. This question is specifically asking about your products/services or innovative production processes.) Answering affirmatively will opt you into additional sections of the B Impact Assessment with more specific questions about this Impact Business Model.
What percentage of company facilities (by area, both owned by company or leased) is certified to meet the requirements of an accredited green building program?
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How does your company encourage good environmental stewardship in how employees manage their virtual offices?
Does your company have an environmental management system (EMS) covering waste generation, energy usage, water usage, and carbon emissions that includes any of the following? Checkboxes 3-6 can only be selected if Checkbox 2 applies.
Does your company monitor, record, or report its energy usage? Please select one answer option indicating if the company monitors energy use and potentially sets targets (answers 1-4). If the company sets targets, answer option 5 may apply in addition.
What percentage of energy use is produced from renewable sources? Include electricity and other energy consumption from heating, hot water, etc.
What percentage of energy use is produced from low-impact renewable sources? Include electricity and other energy consumption from heating, hot water, etc. Please include both purchased and onsite-generated renewable energy.
For what systems has your company used energy conservation or efficiency measures for a majority of your corporate facilities (by square feet) in the past year?
How does your company manage its greenhouse gas emissions for at least Scope 1 and 2? Please select only one answer option indicating if the company monitors greenhouse gas emissions and potentially sets targets (answers 1-4). If the company sets targets and/or achieved carbon neutrality, answers 5 or 6 may apply in addition.
What percentage of Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions has been saved due to efficiency improvements implemented by your company?
Does your company have any programs or policies in place to reduce the environmental footprint caused by travel/commuting?
If your company purchased certified carbon credits in the reporting period, what % of Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions were offset?
Does your company monitor and manage your water usage? Please select only one answer option indicating if the company monitors water usage and potentially sets targets (answers 1-4). If the company sets targets, answer option 5 may apply in addition.
What water conservation methods have been implemented at the majority of your corporate offices or plant facilities:
How does your company monitor and manage your waste production? Please select one answer option indicating if the company monitors waste production and potentially sets targets (answers 1-4). If the company sets targets, answers 5 and/or 6 may apply in addition.
Does the company have a company-wide recovery and recycling program that includes the following?
Does your company have a formal program to evaluate how to reduce its generation of hazardous, universal, and/or non-hazardous waste?
What % of material (by weight or volume) is made of recyclable (and labeled as such) or biodegradable materials in the areas where they are sold (product + packaging)?
Can your company verify that your hazardous waste is always disposed of responsibly? This includes batteries, paint, electronic equipment, etc.
Which of the following environmentally preferred products have been purchased for the majority of your corporate facilities?
Questions on staff qualification, integrated design process, and hiring process.
Excluding administrative support staff, what % of your staff is a LEED Accredited Professional?
Excluding administrative support staff, what % of your staff/subcontractor staff has received Green Advantage or National Sustainable Building Advisor Program (NaSBAP) certification?
What % of your projects started in the last 24 months utilize an "integrated design process"? Please calculate the percentage of projects based on the square footage of the projects. The denominator for the calculation is the total square footage of projects.
Do you have a preferential hiring policy for subcontractors who reduce material, energy, and water waste beyond that required by local law? This question is for general contractors. Please chose N/A only if your company is not a general contractor.
Do you have a preferential hiring policy for subcontractors who protect construction-related indoor air quality beyond that required by local law? This question is for general contractors. Please chose N/A only if your company is not a general contractor.
Questions specific to project type (e.g. low-income housing), client type, relevant tax credits, and your company's participation in advocacy.
What % of your projects completed in the last 24 months were LEED certified projects or would satisfy the requirements of LEED certification? Please calculate the percentage of projects based on the square footage of the projects. The denominator for the calculation is the total square footage of projects.
What % of your projects completed in the last 24 months are located in low or moderate income neighborhoods? Please calculate the percentage of projects based on the square footage of the projects. The denominator for the calculation is the total square footage of projects.
What % of your projects completed in the last 24 months include low-income/subsidized housing? Please calculate the percentage of projects based on the square footage of the projects. The denominator for the calculation is the total square footage of projects.
What % of your company's projects completed in the last 24 months are located in brownfield, contaminated, blighted, or infill sites? Please calculate the percentage of projects based on the square footage of the projects. The denominator for the calculation is the total square footage of projects.
What % of your projects completed in the last 24 months were Gold or Platinum LEED certified projects or would satisfy the requirements of the Living Building Challenge? Please calculate the percentage of projects based on the square footage of the projects. The denominator for the calculation is the total square footage of projects.
What % of your projects completed in the last 24 months utilize historic tax credits or new markets tax credits? Please calculate the percentage of projects based on the square footage of the projects. The denominator for the calculation is the total square footage of projects.
What percentage of your projects completed in the last 24 months are for nonprofit organizations, social enterprises, or sustainable businesses? Please calculate the percentage of projects based on the square footage of the projects. The denominator for the calculation is the total square footage of projects.
Describe your business's activity in regulatory reform promoting compact development, walkable neighborhoods, hazardous materials reduction, energy efficiency, and water and habitat conservation:
Metrics on your company's projects regarding of waste, energy, water, indoor air quality, and site condition policies.
By weight, what % of on-site construction waste was recycled or reused for projects completed in the past 24 months?
For what % of your projects do you implement policies for reducing construction-related energy? Please calculate the percentage of projects based on the square footage of the projects. The denominator for the calculation is the total square footage of projects.
For what % of your projects do you implement policies for reducing construction-related water use? Please calculate the percentage of projects based on the square footage of the projects. The denominator for the calculation is the total square footage of projects.
Beyond those required by law, for what % of your projects do you implement policies for monitoring and improving indoor air quality during construction? Please calculate the percentage of projects based on the square footage of the projects. The denominator for the calculation is the total square footage of projects.
Beyond those required by law, for what % of your projects do you maintain and implement policies for improving site conditions such as construction-related stormwater, erosion, or habitat protection? Please calculate the percentage of projects based on the square footage of the projects. The denominator for the calculation is the total square footage of projects.
Questions include formal occupational health & safety policies, safety programs, and the measurement of injury/accident days.
Is there a written policy and/or practices in place that reflect federal standards related to occupational health and safety ? For example, a policy to minimize on-the-job injury and health dangers.
Are written policies and practices in place to minimize on-the-job employee accidents and injuries?
Are injury/accident/lost days/absentee days measured and transparent?
Do you have a worker health and safety committee that helps monitor and advise on occupational health and safety programs?