Bow and Bestow is Proud to Be A California Certified Green Business.

Green Policy Statement

We shall strive to incorporate sustainability into our core business operations through internal and external efforts. Specifically, we will adopt the following policies and practices:

  • Conserve water, energy and natural resources

  • Strive to purchase environmentally-friendly products

  • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

  • Toxics Reduction

  • Employee/Client Education

Conserve

  • We will utilize all-electric vehicles as our primary delivery option.

  • We subscribe to Flex Alerts and will strive to comply with all voluntary actions to conserve energy.

  • Office lighting utilizes LED light bulbs and fixtures.

  • Company events or celebrations will offer vegetarian food options and will utilize multi-use or compostable serve ware.

  • All accounting, invoicing and banking statements are electronic.

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing

  • We aim to purchase products with the least amount of packaging, and purchase locally when possible.

  • New office equipment purchases will be Energy Star efficient or EPEAT rated.

  • Our gift basket filler packaging is made of recycled material or will be 100% biodegradable paper.

  • We prioritize the use of biodegradable cellulose film tape when wrapping our gifts.

  • All of the wrapping paper we source is either made with recycled content, made with “treeless” sustainable material, is fully recyclable, or 100% biodegradable.

  • Our business cards and stationery are printed on FSC certified paper and printed with low VOC inks.

  • Our office building utilizes paper towels and toilet paper made from 100% recycled paper.

  • Our office building utilizes cleaning products with a Good Guide® rating of 8 or higher.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

  • We promote the use of gift items that are reusable (refillable bottles, to-go containers, tote bags, etc).

  • Our delivery bags are recyclable.

  • We prioritize gift “basket” containers that are functional and purposeful beyond the gifting moment, thereby reducing wasteful or single-use baskets.

  • We encourage an “environmentally friendly” option for customers to choose to forgo the traditional plastic wrapping for gift baskets in order to reduce plastic waste.

  • Our smaller clear “treat” bags are made out of clear compostable cellulose and are 100% biodegradable.

  • We participate in a dual stream recycling system.

Toxics Reduction

  • We recycle universal wastes and prohibit purchasing of hazardous wastes.

Employee/Client Education

  • All employees and new-hires must review the Mill Valley Business Recycling brochure. 

  • Landfill, Dual Stream Recycling, and Composting bins will be labeled and include visual references. 

  • Annually, at least one website journal entry will highlight “green” gifting ideas and environmentally friendly packaging and wrapping ideas.

 
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