Our Agenda is insertion of The Green Practices Clause
This website is for those in to administrative side of the Green Office or Green Building program. You have the ability to establish the Green Agenda, which is Step One in a Green Program for any building. We believe that the Green Program is for janitorial or building maintenance is composed of more than rhetoric or change in supplies. A Green Program has three components:
- A Green Agenda where the administrative mandates are laid out.
- Green Products that replace the standard (non-green) products.
- Green Practices that requires that the maintenance staff have Green Clean Certification (training).
Model Green Practices Clause:
Our company/school participates in a Green Practices agenda understanding that the growing federal, state, and municipal regulations will require greater levels of Green practices and products. A Green Program is understood to be the use of Green products and Green practices by those who service the facilities of this school/office/building.
"In harmony with the Green Practices Initiative, we (require/prefer/desire) that all bids submitted included the use of Green Products and Green Clean Certification of the workers involved from a bona fide source. Green Clean Certification training can be found on the Internet. Green Practices is understood as training of the workforce concerning basic Green Clean standards of practice."
This clause may be excerpted, modified, and applied to any and all documents freely and without any reservation by our program.
Without these key pieces of Green Agenda, Green Product, and Green Practices, any Green Program is ineffective and flawed. We suggest that the Green Practices Clause found here be placed in all contracts, RFPs, proposal guidelines for all new work projects (in-house or by third party). Eventually, these three factors will become law or mandate for everyone. In the proactive nature of this new social demand, it is not reasonable to neglect the implementation of a truly Green Program.