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Certification and Recognition Programs

Green Business Program Organizations:
        1. Association of Bay Area Governments
        2. Bay Area Green Business Program 
        3. Bay Area Green Business Program, Alameda County
        4. Bay Area Green Business Program, Contra Costa County
        5. Bay Area Green Business Program, Marin County
        6. Bay Area Green Business Program, Napa County
        7. Green Business Program, Sacramento
        8. Bay Area Green BusinessProgram, San Francisco
        9. Bay Area Green Business Program, Santa Clara County
        10. Green Business Program, Santa Monica
        11. Bay Area Green Business Program, Sonoma County
        12. Green Business Program, San Diego
        13. Green Business Program, Santa Cruz & Monterey
        14. Hawaii Green Business Program
State Programs

(These Programs can be used as models.)

Alaska

Green Star, Inc.

Arizona
Green Business Program (not available)

California

        1. Alameda County Waste Management Authority's StopWaste Partnership
        2. Bay Area Green Business Program
        3. Bay Area Green Business Program, Alameda County
        4. Bay Area Green Business Program, Contra Costa County
        5. Bay Area Green Business Program, Marin County
        6. Bay Area Green Business Program, Napa County
        7. Bay Area Green Business Program, Santa Clara County
        8. City of Santa Clara
        9. Bay Area Green Business Program, Sonoma County
        10. Clean Bay Business, Palo Alto
        11. Green Business Program, Sacramento
        12. Green Business Program, San Diego
        13. Green Business Program, Santa Barbara County
        14. Green Business Program, City of Santa Monica
        15. Green Business Program, Santa Cruz & Monterey
        16. San Francisco Green Business Program
        17. State of California Green Business Resources
        18. Waste Reduction Awards Program

Colorado

Partners for A Clean Environment, Boulder

Florida

        1. City of Cocoa Beach, Green Business Project
        2. City of Sarasota, Green Businees Project
        3. Pollution Prevention Assistance Division (P²AD) Partnership Program

Hawaii

Green Business Program

Idaho

Gem Stars

Michigan

            1. Great Printers Project
            2. Clean Corporate Citizen

Montana

              1. EcoStar
              2. Green Zia

Oregon

        1. Businesses for an Environmentally Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST)
        2. Business Recycling Awards Group (BRAG)
        3. Earth Smart
        4. Eco-Logical

South Carolina

South Carolina Environmental Excellence Program

Vermont

Vermont Environmental Assistance Partnership

Washington

EnviroStar, Seattle

State Environmental Awards Programs

Go to this site for a list of State Environmental Awards Programs and their websites.

Multi-State Programs

Businesses for the Bay
(Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland & District of Columbia)

Great Printers Project
(Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin & Pennsylvania)

National Programs

        US EPA, Energy Star

        US EPA Performance Track

        US EPA WasteWise Program

        Canadian Ministry of the Environment’s Pollution Prevention and Leadership Awards


Non-Governmental Certification Programs

The Center for a New American Dream (CNAD)

Green Seal

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Canadian Environmental Choice Program (not available)
Canadian Global EcoLabeling Network

European Blue Swan
European Union Eco-Label

Japanese Eco Mark (English)