What
is the Evergreen Assured™ Standard of Commitment?
Today’s consumers expect the products and services they purchase
and the organizations with which they do business to be green and environmentally
friendly. By displaying the Evergreen Assured™ Standard, you are
informing customers that your organization is environmentally sensitive
and that it embraces sustainable practices. The Evergreen Assured Standard™
conveys confidence at first glance.
Our core values:
Evergreen believes that the “Balance of Power” can be achieved
through social responsibility, environmental impact and individual actions.
Our core values are grounded in the belief that the individual and the
choices they make can lead to change.
We
commit to:
Reducing the use of unsustainable raw resources and known toxic substances
in all phases of business, manufacturing, workspaces, and outlets.
Recycling whenever and wherever possible, purchasing recycled content,
creating recyclable products, and reducing and reusing packing/packaging
materials.
Continuously improving and expanding sustainable practices.
Reducing transportation of people, products and materials when possible
and using carbon off-setting when not.
Creating sustainable products through quality manufacturing and thoughtful
design.
Educating customers about sustainability and providing meaningful
resources.
Partnering with employees in making choices for sustainability, including
personal and corporate energy and waste reductions.
Protecting the endangered, to make others aware, to cause change through
action.
Contributing to the economic and environmental health of our local
and global communities.
Supporting causes and movements that share our passion for and commitment
to a healthy planet.
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