Institute for Green Business Certification
Medium to Large Businesses

• We certify you on your business practices
• We provide an industry proven business practice checklist to measure your business against
• We provide an on-site green analyst to measure where your business is on the green-scale within our checklist
• We measure gap analysis and implement a corrective action plan within the categories you may fall short
• Re-inspection (if needed)
• Approved certification

We are one of the only Green programs in the country that actually provide an authentic "Certification" for your business, or organization. We work with you every step of the way to ensure you meet all standards! Once certified, you will receive your certification of Green Business, a window sticker, our marketing logo and our electronic logo for your website, where you can announce to the world that you are a Certified Green business!

Our Process

Step 1

Contact the Institute for Green Business Certification by phone or by using the contact email form on the contact page.

Step 2

The Environmental Analyst will telephone and introduce him/herself to the business owner, answering all questions of the potential client. With some basic information, the Analyst will quote a price for certification at that time.

Step 3

The Environmental Analyst will e-mail an agreement to the client along with other materials for client evaluation.

Step 4

When the client receives the agreement, the Analyst will phone the client to answer any questions concerning the agreement.

Step 5

After the client has signed the agreement and the refundable deposit is received at the corporate office, the Environmental Analyst will e-mail the Audit to the client for review. After reviewing the Audit, if the client does not want to proceed, the deposit will be refunded. That is an IGBC Guarantee. (View a Page from our Extensive Audit)

Step 6

After the client has had a chance to adjust their environmental practices accordingly, the Environmental Analyst will call to review the Audit in detail with the client or their designated person. This step will likely take less than two hours and may be completed in several telephone calls if the client desires.

Step 7

The Environmental Analyst will schedule the on-site evaluation of the business and complete the visual verification of the telephone portion of the audit while making suggestions for improvements and additional cost saving opportunities for the client. The Analyst will complete the audit at that time.

Step 8

The Environmental Analyst will send a copy of the Audit to the IGBC corporate office for review by the Certifying Committee.

Step 9

Once the Audit is reviewed, and final payment received, certificates and marketing materials will be sent to the client via a combination of priority mail and e-mail. The IGBA corporate office is the only entity authorized to issue certificates.

Step 10

Press releases will be sent to all local media from the IGBC corporate office, if the client provides a list of local media. At this time we have found 7 out of 10 times the media will feature an article on the newly certified business.