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Go Green Challenge: A Business Community Initiative to Reduce Environmental Impact in the Tri-State Region
Established in 2007 in Hamilton County, Ohio, the Go Green Challenge is an initiative whose mission is to encourage organizations, both large and small, to reduce their environmental
impact. Since then, it has evolved into a network of businesses, institutions, organizations, and communities that have set their unique environmental goals and are taking action to achieve them.
To date, 126 organizations throughout the tri-state region have joined the Go Green Challenge. Participants range from some of the largest employers in the area to a variety of small businesses. Several local municipalities with missions for environmental improvement have registered, and a number of the area’s prominent non-profit organizations and institutions have signed on as well.
The variety and specificity of the goals are as varied as the type of organization. Participants create and implement goals that make sense for their organizations. Some organizations have one goal and others have multiple goals targeting issues relevant to their operations. “Go Green Goals” tend to fall in the eight general categories listed below.
Go Green Goals
• Waste reduction – paper, plastic, construction debris, pallets, medical waste, water
usage, company clothing.
• Recycling programs – paper, co-mingled, printer and toner cartridges, composting,
plastics, and metals.
• Energy conservation and efficiency – lighting, HVAC, fuel usage.
• Environmentally preferred purchasing programs – recycled content goods,
environmentally preferrable cleaning supplies, hybrid fleet vehicles.
• Green Building – LEED certifications and accreditation, green roofs, solar power,
geo-thermal power, sustainable building envelope materials.
• Education/Training – establish “best practices” teams, educate employees on policies
and procedures, and educate customers on green practices.
• Incentive programs – related to commuting practices (alternatives to everyone driving),
“challenges” between groups to increase participation.
• Community involvement – work with customers/clients, promote a “greener”
Cincinnati, recruit other participants.
One thing all of the participants have in common is that they are leading by example. Whether it is within their organization, in the business community, or in the community at large, Go Green Challenge participants are serious about reducing their environmental impact and making a positive difference for their employees, customers, clients, and neighbors.
For more information or to join the Go Green Challenge, visit the web site at:
http://www.hcdoes.org/gogreen.htm.
Go Green Challenge Participants
Amberley Village
Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce
AYER Quality Engineering, LLC
Best Computing Services
BHDP Architecture
Blue Chip Energy Services
Building Value
C.W. Zumbiel Company
Cafco Services
CB Richard Ellis
CH2M Hill
Champlin/Haupt Architects
Cincinnati Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati Nature Center
Cincinnati Northside Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation
Cincinnati Precision Print, Inc.
Cincinnati Reds - Great American Ball Park
Cincinnati Soap Box Derby
Cincinnati State Technical & Community College
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
City of Cincinnati
City of Wyoming
Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati
Clarke, Inc.
Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Comey & Shepherd Realtors
Drake Center
Drees Company
Duke Energy
Duke Energy Convention Center, managed by Global Spectrum
Duke Realty Corporation
dunnhumbyUSA
emersion Design
Engineering Excellence
Ennis Roberts & Fischer Co., LPA
Environmental Quality Management, Inc.
Environmental Technologies & Communications, Inc.
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
EventFund
Fernald Preserve/US Dept. of Energy Office of Legacy Management
First Valley Corp.
Fosdick & Hilmer
Frame USA/Posterservice Inc.
Future Enviroassets, LLC
GBBN Architects, Inc.
GIS Dynamics
GKN Aerospace
Globe Insurance Agency, Inc.
Gorman Heritage Farm
Green Building Consulting, LLC
Green City EcoStruction
Green City Resources
Greenfield Plant Farm
Hamilton County
Hamilton County Education Service Center
Happen, Inc. & Happen's Toy Lab
HDR Inc.
Healthcare Waste Solutions
Hewlett-Packard
Hixson Inc.
Horan Associates
Human Nature, Inc.
Hyde Park Blast
Jami&Libby, Comey & Shepherd
John Luber DDS
Jones the Florist
Keep Cincinnati Beautiful
Kroger Co. - State Ave. Manufacturing
Live Green Cincinnati
Macy's Inc.
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
Marvin's Organic Gardens
Mayfield Clinic
McGill Smith Punshon, Inc.
Mercy Mt. Airy Hospital
Messer Construction Co.
Metro Recycling
Metro/Everybody Rides Metro
Mill Creek Watershed Council of Communities
National City Commercial Capital
Neon Lites Café
Neyer Properties
On Demand Container LLC
Outside Effects LLC
Park + Vine
PC Wizards
PEDCO E&A Services, Inc.
Perfection Group, Inc.
Phillips Edison& Company
Power Inspires Progress
Procter & Gamble
PsychTemps, Inc.
Quaker Chemical
Remax Results Plus
Rumpke
SABIC Polymershapes
Schiff, Kreidler-Shell Insurance
SCS Engineers
Serendipity Graphic Design
Shepherd Color Company
Shriners Hospital
Smith & Schaefer
SRI Surgical
St. Bernard Soap Company
Stand Energy Corporation
Stantec
TechneGraphics, Inc.
Tetra Tech EM Inc.
The Christ Hospital
The J.M. Smucker Company
The Plant Company
The Scratching Post
Thermal Tech Engineering
THP Limited Inc.
Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA)
Tremco
TriHealth - Good Samaritan Hospital
Turpin Farms Gardens & Nursery
U.S. Bank
United Way of Greater Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Uptown Rental Properties, LLC
URS Corporation
Visiting Angels
VT Design Solutions
Whole Food Market Cincinnati
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