| The Green Restaurant in the Green Mountain State (Vermont Green Restaurant) Program is a sector program of the Vermont Business Environmental Partnership (VBEP). All VBEP programs are FREE, voluntary, environmental assistance and business recognition programs offered by the Environmental Assistance Office of the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation and the Vermont Small Business Development Center. The goals of the Partnership are to improve environmental and economic performance and to promote public recognition of environmental excellence for businesses.
Continuing in the VBEP model, Vermont's Green Restaurant program is two tiered. Dining establishments are first given the designation of an Environmental Partner when they achieve a set of eight environmental standards. Once Environmental Partner status is attained, Partners can satisfy additional environmental commitments to achieve status as a Green Restaurant in the Green Mountain State.
The program sponsors will visit your facility and assess your site for new opportunities to reduce environmental impacts and be a resource as you complete the VBEP Achievement Form
(MS-Word2003-7 application). When this form is approved and the Environmental Partner status achieved, technical assistance is also available to complete the Leadership Achievement Plan, including the Environmental Management Plan (EMP or action plan), for the Green Restaurant in the Green Mountain State designation. You will receive a certificate, window decals, and an electronic version of program logo to use in your marketing materials, as well as a listing on on the home page of the VBEP as a new partner, and permanent listing on a Vermont Green Restaurant web page. If you do not achieve Green Restaurant status, as a partner, you will get the same materials as other VBEP partners with the VBEP logo..
If you are interested, review the "How to Join" basics for the VBEP program. You will follow this procedure to be approved for the first tier, the Partner level. On that page you will
also find links to other pages for the general VBEP program.
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