Sustainability Assessment Membership
Maine Businesses for Sustainability’s Assessment Membership is offered in collaboration with Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences. This membership level helps businesses drive their bottom lines, benchmark their sustainability progress and more effectively market their sustainable practices to their customers, stakeholders and the public. Using a sustainability scorecard developed by Maine Businesses for Sustainability and Manomet, participating businesses are assessed through an interactive interview process. After a business completes the sustainability assessment, they will receive feedback on ways to help improve their business performance, sustainability and determine which aspect of their overall sustainability efforts to emphasize to consumers and stakeholders. This will become the business’s sustainability “story” which can be used to educate consumers and stakeholders about sustainable practices. Performing the assessment, creating a path for performance improvement, communicating progress along that path, and celebrating results are all activities that can drive profits, reduce environmental footprint and improve a business's social responsibility. In addition, these elements help you present a powerful, resilient and engaging brand to your constituents.
While rigorous, the assessment is designed to encourage sustainable practices - the very first step in becoming more sustainable is assessing your practices. Our assessment is intended to help businesses learn innovative ways to save money, expand their bottom line and grow through sustainable practices. You do not need to ‘be sustainable’ to participate and we encourage all businesses, regardless of present practices, to engage in this process. Through this process you will find cost savings, increased consumer goodwill, and gain important insights into how you can improve your operational efficiency while reducing your carbon footprint and increasing your community relations.
Annual dues: $1,500.
