The Sustainable Business Leaders Program Continues to Evolve CARLYANN EDWARDS
The decade and a half old program has been revamped to encompass local needs in addition to national and global standards. The Sustainable Business Leaders (SBL) program is Jackson Hole’s green business education and recognition program and membership-based association that has been managed by ISWR since 2007. While the program has been in existence for nearly 15 years, originally created to help educate organizations on recycling standards in Teton County, members are now actively engaged in the leadership and direction of the program, and the focus is shifted toward information and resources. Organizations are admitted into the program after scoring above a threshold of 50 percent or higher in a survey that evaluates compliance with criteria in the following areas:
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Green Matters in Jackson Hole
Planning & Management; Purchasing & Waste Management; Energy; Water; Transportation; Community Investment; Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; Health & Safety; Marketing & Communications; Conservation & Resource Protection; Training, Certification & Recognition; and Innovation. The SBL team drew from research of other sustainability standards being promoted internationally as well as local sustainability priorities and programs to update the survey. The new survey expands on the information including practices and criteria on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Health and Safety; and Conservation and Resource Protection. These topics were identified as needed and desired in the SBL
