1-Sustainability Questionnaire.pdf

Boulder County Purchasing 1325 Pearl Street

Boulder, CO 80302

SUSTAINABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE

Company Name: ______________________________________ Date: ____________________

This questionnaire is applicable to firms that provide services as well as those that provide goods. Please answer the questions to the best of your ability.

1. What sustainability certifications does your business have? Please check the items that apply:

B-Corp Green Business Bureau Fair Trade USA Green C Certification None Other - describe any other certifications your company has related to sustainability.

2. Does your company have a sustainability vision/commitment/values statement or policy?

Please check the items that apply:

Our sustainability statement/policy describes our company’s sustainability initiatives.

We have formed an oversight committee to ensure the success of our sustainability policy.

Our sustainability statement/policy describes how our company explores opportunities to work with communities, governments and non-governmental and professional organizations to help articulate, teach and advance the principles of sustainability.

mailto:purchasing@bouldercounty.org

We are currently in the process of developing a sustainability statement/policy consistent with a commitment to promote environmental, economic, and social sustainability.

None Other - Provide (or supply a link to) your company’s sustainability statement/policy.

3. What policies are in place to monitor and manage your supply chain regarding sustainability issues? Please select all that apply:

We apply sustainability criteria when making purchasing decisions.

We partner with suppliers who share in our sustainability commitment and/or work with them to reduce the impact to the environment of our resource needs as well as improve worker conditions.

We purchase “green” (i.e. recyclable, reusable, non-toxic, compostable, fair trade and made from 100% post-consumer recycled materials) supplies, products, and materials.

We specify locally manufactured products in procuring goods.

We specify products that use the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) standards in procuring goods.

None.

Other – describe other ways your company monitors and manages your supply chain concerning environmental issues.

4. Does your company promote sustainable transportation in its operations? Please select all that apply:

We own, rent, or lease electric fleet vehicles.

We own, rent, or lease hybrid or natural gas fueled fleet vehicles.

We encourage carpooling, public transportation, and using other alternative modes of transportation.

We subsidize public transportation for employees.

We have an established Green Transportation Plan (must describe below; no additional points awarded for providing this description).

We are developing a Green Transportation Plan (must describe below; no additional points awarded for providing this description).

We offer flexible hours, telecommuting, or a compressed work week.

We utilize teleconference, video conference, WebEx or GoTo Meetings (or other similar conferencing services).

None Other – describe other ways your company promotes sustainable transportation.

If applicable, use this space to describe your company’s Green Transportation Plan (whether existing or in development).

5. What does your company do to minimize the environmental impacts associated with shipping? Please check the items that apply:

We have established company policies and procedures that minimize the need for shipping in the first place (must describe below; no additional points awarded for providing this description).

We combine deliveries with customer visits.

We consolidate deliveries.

We use bike couriers for local delivery.

We utilize electronic communications and electronic transfer of documents, such as e-mail, fax and Portable Document Format (PDF).

We specify products that can be purchased locally within a 500-mile radius of the delivery location in procuring goods.

We are currently evaluating what the company can do to minimize the environmental impacts associated with shipping (must describe below; no additional points awarded for providing this description).

Our packaging/shipping materials are reusable.

Our packaging/shipping materials are made from 100% post-consumer recycled materials.

N/A Other – describe what your company does to minimize the environmental costs associated with shipping. If applicable, use this space to provide required description(s).

6. Has your company ever been cited for non-compliance of any law, regulation, ordinance, code, rule, standard, or policy regarding an environmental or safety issue? Please check the item that applies:

No, my company HAS NOT been cited for non-compliance regarding an environmental or safety issue.

Yes, my company HAS been cited for non-compliance of an environmental or safety issue.

N/A State the reason, date and outcome of the citation:

7. What programs do you have, either in place or currently being planned, to promote resource efficiency? Examples include energy or waste audit programs. Please check the items that apply:

We have an established zero waste program.

We utilize a facilities energy management system.

We have adopted a climate action plan.

We have a water conservation program.

We have formed a sustainability committee to identify sustainable solutions for our company.

We are a member of various sustainability organizations.

We are recognized by peers and environmental organizations for providing leadership in Sustainability.

None Other - what other programs do you have in place or planned for promoting resource.

Efficiency?

8. If your business’s proposal involves the provision of a product, does the manufacturer of the product, whether your business or an outside entity, have a sustainability policy statement?

Please check the item that applies:

No, the manufacturer of the product that I am proposing DOES NOT have a sustainability policy statement.

Yes, the manufacturer of the product that I am proposing HAS a sustainability policy statement.

Not applicable.

Provide Sustainability Policy Statement:

9. If your business’s proposal involves the provision of a product, has the manufacturer of the product, whether your business or an outside entity, ever been cited for non-compliance of any law, regulation, ordinance, code, rule, standard, or policy regarding an environmental or safety issue? Please check the item that applies:

No, the manufacturer of the product that I am proposing HAS NOT been cited for noncompliance regarding an environmental or safety issue.

Yes, the manufacturer of the product that I am proposing HAS been cited for noncompliance regarding an environmental or safety issue.

Not applicable.

Provide reason, date and outcome of the citation:

10. If your business’s bid/proposal involves the provision of a product, has an environmental life-cycle analysis of the product that you are proposing been conducted by a certified testing organization, such as Green Seal, Energy Star, and Cradle to Cradle? Please check the item that applies.

No, an environmental life-cycle analysis of the product that I am bidding/proposing HAS NOT been conducted by a certified testing organization, such as Green Seal.

Yes, an environmental life-cycle analysis of the product that I am bidding/proposing HAS been conducted by a certified testing organization, such as Green Seal.

Not applicable.

Provide certification:

11. Please describe your entity's known financial or professional relationships, if any, with public or private fossil fuel industry or industry trade groups/associations.