Make no mistake, declaring a set of corporate values can be an intimidating process. While doing what we love (designing, that is) is more than enough to keep us happy and glowy, we’ve long felt that sustainable design and business practices are concepts everyone can rally around, and towards which it is worth dedicating some time and effort. It’s for that reason we’ve spent the past several years refining our green ethics and working on an intra-studio cultural shift under the guidance of Adrienne Spahr Kim of Green Living Consulting.
Addie, who’s encyclopedic knowledge of green practices is intimidating to say the least, has been a nurturing guide, and has helped us raise our certification level from silver to gold. Getting up to this level required a bit more than just swapping out old light bulbs for energy-thrifty CFL’s, or recycling paper products. A few of the new practices we’ve implemented include increasing the incentives for employees to use green transportation, giving each ripie an air filtering plant for his or her work station, and shifting to all natural or environmentally friendly cleaning solutions.
It’d be easy for us to cozily rest on our laurels in our now certified greener studio, but we’re not finished yet! We’re always working towards the elusive platinum level certification. While many of the hurdles between gold and platinum are building/construction/infrastructure related (and thus, even more difficult to accomplish), we’ll continue puttin’ aside some green to be green(er)!
PS. If you’d like to start greening up your own business, you can start by taking a look at the tips in the Greener section of our site. Or, better yet, you can give Addie a call.
