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Going Green
A Sustainable Business Moving Mountains has recycled and taken steps to reduce energy consumption for many years. This year under a new sustainable business program developed by the Steamboat Springs Chamber we have reviewed current practices and recommendations provided by a sustainable business coordinator and taken this to the next level. For our efforts to reduce our carbon footprint we are delighted to have received the top level Gold Award.
The Steamboat Springs Chamber launched the Steamboat Springs
Sustainable Business Program in February 2007 as part of its 2007
Centennial Celebration.
What does Sustainability mean?
Sustainability might be thought of in its most simplistic form as
harmonizing human activities with natural systems while keeping
longevity in mind.
Sustainable business practices encompass the inter-relationship of
three key components,
1) financial success,
2) social responsibility, and
3) proactive environmental management, attempting to maximize the short and long term well being of each.
What is the Sustainable Steamboat Business Program?
The objective of this new program is really an educational one.
The Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association with assistance from
their consultant, Environmental Solutions Unlimited, will be providing
educational resources, tools, and personalized assistance for
businesses in the Yampa Valley to learn about common sense business
practices that help attain sustainability.
The program is strictly voluntary, there are no regulatory components.
Through the Chamber's Sustainable Steamboat Business Program, member
businesses can enroll, for a small fee, in a certification program
which offers community-wide recognition as well as access to resources
to help them implement, measure, and continually improve their
environmentally sustainable practices such as:
- Adopting or committing to sustainability in the business mission statement
- Encouraging managers and employees to support the program
- Helping spread the word by networking with other businesses relative to sustainability
- Physical Plant - Facilities:
Energy Conservation
Utilization of
"Built Green" materials or concepts in building construction
- Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
- Recycling/Reuse of materials
- Elimination or reduction of discharges
- Water conservation practices
- Greenhouse gas emissions reduction
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Today's Report:
The Ski Mountain is now closed.
It was another great season and we look forward to seeing you again next winter!
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