Tool Kit
What is the Sustainability Guelph Tool Kit?
The Sustainability Guelph Tool Kit is a voluntary certification program that guides businesses and not-for-profit organizations through four levels of action, measurement, and reporting related to environmental, economic, and social sustainability.
Who is it for?
Guelph-based businesses and not-for-profit organizations of any size are eligible and encouraged to make use of the Tool Kit.
How does it work?
Participants attain the certification levels by fulfilling the benchmarks listed below. Once a level has been completed, Sustainability Guelph will provide a certificate that can be displayed in the participants' location.
Bronze Certification
What does it take to achieve Bronze Certification?
Simply sign the Sustainability Pledge on your organization's behalf. This is your commitment to make your organization more sustainable, and to working with others to build a more sustainable Guelph.
Silver Certification
What does it take to go Silver?
It takes a Sustainability Story in which you can showcase your achievement andresults. By sharing stories, businesses and organizations across Guelph will learn from and be inspired by each other's successes. Click here to submit your story.
Gold Certification
What does it take to go Gold?
Gold certification requires completing a free B-Certification assessment, which will identify where your organization stands and where it can improve.
Platinum Certification
What does it take to go Platinum?
Organizations must achieve B-Corporation Certification, a third-party audit that evaluates your performance and measures it against B-Corporation standards. There is a cost for this service.
Bronze (signed up on the website)
Silver (stories submitted)
Gold (self assessed)
Platinum (Third party audit)
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