We are currently pausing this program until 2025 as we review and update the curriculum.

We appreciate your understanding and look forward to providing an enhanced experience when the program resumes.

Be the change you want to see in the world.

You know every decision you make as a business has a financial impact. But, that decision also has an environmental and social impact. Research has shown that businesses that look at all three areas of impact, their triple bottom line, out-perform their competition. That’s because they are reducing their operating costs, they have stronger employee attraction and retention, and they have a stronger brand recognition and loyalty by their customers.

green|spaces developed the green|light Green Business Certification Program for the Chattanooga region to help businesses take that next simple, practical, and affordable step toward becoming a better business and making a better world.

Step 1: Become a green|spaces member

All green|spaces members now have full access to the green|light program.


Step 2: Earn Badges

Every time you complete the requirements for a topic, you’ll earn a badge. So for energy, you’ll need to create a baseline to see how much energy your business uses and whether that’s above or below normal. Then you’ll take a few simple steps toward reducing your energy use. When you’re done, you’ll send us a photo or a document and you’ll earn your energy badge on your business profile. You can earn badges for:

  1. Environmental Literacy;

  2. Energy Efficiency;

  3. Green Cleaning;

  4. Transportation;

  5. Waste Reduction;

  6. Landscaping Practices;

  7. Staff & Participation;

  8. Water;

  9. Purchasing Policies.


Step 3: Get your green|light certification

When you collect all 9 badges you can apply for your full green|light Certification. We’ll do a green ribbon cutting to celebrate your achievement. You’ll get a window cling for your front door and a logo for your website. We’ll promote you as the green business you’ve become! There will be a nominal fee based on the size of your business simply to cover to cost of the review.


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GREEN|LIGHT IS An independently verified corporate SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATION FOR BUSINESSES in the chattanooga region. 

Green|Light helps businesses with Employee Attraction, Stronger Public Image, Cost savings, and Environmental stewardship.

EMPLOYEE ATTRACTION: 

Millennials now make up one third of the American workforce, the largest generation at work. 88% of millennials look for employers with social responsibility values that reflect their own. —Fortune Magazine

STRONGER PUBLIC IMAGE:

By ignoring sustainability, companies are missing an opportunity to broaden their scope of influence and may be damaging their brand equity. 

COST SAVINGS: 

Doing well by society often dovetails with a company’s own profit interests—especially in the current business climate, where social responsibility is rewarded by customers and investors alike.