Endorsements

B Corp

Certified B Corporations meet comprehensive and transparent social and environmental standards and legally expand their corporate responsibilities to include consideration of interests of all stakeholders, including employees, suppliers, community, and the environment. Green-e Energy Certified renewable energy purchases are part of the requirements to become a B Corp. B Lab is the nonprofit organization that certifies and rates B Corporations through its B Ratings System. By becoming a B Corporation, companies leverage their leadership to influence the market beyond the success of their individual company, helping to build a new sector of the economy which harnesses the power of private enterprise for public benefit. Over the long term, the growing B Corporation community builds constituency for the creation of mission-aligned capital markets and tax, investment, and purchasing incentives for B Corporations. For more information, see B Corporation.

ISEAL Alliance

Green-e was accepted as an associate member of the International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labeling (ISEAL) Alliance in November, 2007. ISEAL is an association of leading voluntary international standard-setting and conformity assessment organizations that focus on social and environmental issues. The ISEAL Alliance strengthens and promotes credible and accessible voluntary standards and conformity assessment as effective policy instruments and market mechanisms to bring about positive social and environmental change.

For more information, see the ISEAL Alliance website.

Green-e Climate program and its governing documents were developed following ISEAL guidance.

Other ISEAL Alliance members include:

• Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO)
• The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
• Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
• The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
• The Marine Aquarium Council (MAC)
• The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
• The Rainforest Alliance
• Social Accountability International (SAI)

U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System

LEED is an internationally recognized certification system that measures how well a building or community performs across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.

Builders wishing to earn LEED credit on new buildings and major renovations can earn points for developing on-site renewable systems or buying renewable energy that has been certified by Green-e Energy. This green power requirement is intended to "encourage the development and use of grid-source, renewable energy technologies on a net zero pollution basis," and requires at least a two-year contract to provide at least 35 percent of the building's electricity from renewable sources, as defined by Green-e Energy. For more information, see the USGBC's LEED website.