The County of Santa Clara does not endorse any specific business depicted on this page. For a complete list of Green Businesses in Santa Clara County, please click the ‘Business Directory’ link below.

The Santa Clara County Green Business Program is a regional joint venture program for certifying businesses throughout Santa Clara County that operate using environmentally sound practices. For more information call (408) 282-3180 or email SCCReduce.Waste@aem.sccgov.org.

What is the Green Business Program?
The Green Business Program is a successful partnership of environmental agencies and utilities that assists, recognizes and promotes businesses and government agencies that volunteer to operate in a more environmentally responsible way. To be certified "green," participants must be in compliance with all regulations and meet program standards for conserving resources, preventing pollution and minimizing waste. We offer motivated businesses and agencies an easy-to-use framework for improving environmental performance. Over 725 businesses and public agencies have been certified since 1996 bay area wide and over 115 of those are in Santa Clara County.

Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
The Santa Clara County Green Business Program is part of the Bay Area Green Business Program. Developed by Bay Are public agencies in collaboration with US EPA, Cal EPA Department of Toxic Substances Control and the business community, the Program is currently offered in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties.

For information about becoming a Green Business in other Bay Area counties, please visit:
http://www.greenbiz.abag.ca.gov/CountyCoordinators.html

For information about the regional Green Business Programs please visit:
www.greenbiz.abag.ca.gov/

What are the benefits of becoming a Certified Green Business?

By successfully participating in the Green Business Program, your business will receive:

1. Complete the application.
2. Once we receive your completed application, we will contact you to give you more program details.
3. We will send you a checklist of measures that your business can implement to prevent pollution & conserve resources and ask that you return a completed checklist. We will work with you and help you go through the necessary steps to meet the Green Business Standards.
4. We will verify compliance with various regulatory agencies.
5. After we receive a completed checklist, we will send program area experts to your business to verify the measures you have implemented and also recommend measures that may lower your operating cost. For instance, we partner with PG& E and the Santa Clara Valley Water District and work with you to help you take advantage of valuable energy rebates. It's completely voluntary. And, there are no fees involved.
   

We strive to assist businesses of every type and size but there are some that are outside the scope of the program.  Please call our office for more information at (408) 282-3180.