The Bay Area Green Business Program distinguishes small businesses that protect, preserve and sustain our environment. The partnership of environmental agencies and utilities assists, offers incentives, and verifies that participating businesses conserve energy and water, minimize waste, prevent pollution, and reduce their carbon footprints.
Learn more: Bay Area Green Business website
Conformity with Bay Area Green Business's standard is verified by our own organization (second party).
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Organization type: Association of Bay Area Governments is a regional government agency whose members are the 9 counties and 101 cities of the San Francisco Bay area.
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Last updated: 20 January 2012