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Overview Certification BEST Awards Business Directory

Sustainability at Work offers three levels of certification to recognize your business’s positive impact on our environment and our community. Certification will help you share your achievements with staff and customers, and capitalize on your success.

How to achieve certification

Businesses achieve Sustainability at Work certification by practicing sustainability actions across five categories: Materials & Waste, Energy, Water, Transportation, and Information & Education. Sustainability at Work Certified businesses practice required actions in each category. Sustainability at Work Silver and Gold businesses implement additional actions across all categories.

Certification benefits

Use of the award logo in your marketing materials
A window decal
Social media announcement by Sustainability at Work
Listing in our business directory
Profile in our business directory
Press kit, with tools to tell your success story
Award plaque made locally by ReFind Furniture
Spotlight at the annual BEST Awards event
Press release issued by Sustainability at Work

Certification is valid for three years.

Additional requirements:

• Businesses and organizations must be located in Multnomah County, within Portland City limits.
• Businesses must have two or more employees.
• Home-based businesses are not eligible for certification.

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Brought to you in partnership by the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, Water Bureau, Bureau of Environmental Services, Bureau of Transportation, Metro, Pacific Power and the Energy Trust of Oregon.

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