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San Francisco
Green Business
Program
Virginia St. Jean
Industrial Hygienist/DPH Green
Programs Manager
SF Hazardous Materials Unified Program
Agency
[email protected]
www.sfdph.org/dph/eh/green
www.sfgreenbiz.org
CUPA PROGRAMS
 You
want me to wear another hat?
 Why
would a smart CUPA want that?
The Green Train has left
the station!
 “Carrot”
vs “stick”!
 Green queries already coming!
 Collaboration opportunity!
 PR and community relations!
 Green
Business Program Model:
– Compliance first
– Industry specific BMPs
– Popular with businesses
– Business friendly/voluntary
– Reduced Env. Footprint
PROGRAM AGENDA
 What
the Green Business Program?
 SF Green Programs
 San Diego Green Business Program
 Santa Monica Green Business
Program
 Statewide tracking/metrics project
What is The Green Business
Program (GBP)?
– Gov’t sponsored recognition program
– Recognizes businesses that operate in
a more environmentally responsible
manner
– User-friendly industry specific BMPs
– Provides expert technical assistance
and education
– Compliance first!
Partnerships
– Businesses- industry associations,
small to medium businesses, suppliers
to business sector
– Gov’t - CUPAs, FDs, Air and Water
Quality districts, Health Depts, work
together to determine standard for
that locale and verify applicable
environmental regulatory requirements
– Public- patronize local GBs for services
and supplies, comment on GB
standard for that locale
GBP criteria
– Multi-media Compliance
– Pollution Prevention/Toxics
Reduction
– Water Conservation
– Energy Conservation
– Solid Waste Reduction
GBP Process
 Enrollment
 Phone
or site consultation
 Background check/compliance
verification
 Checklist verification by GBP partners
 Award/3 year cycle
BENEFITS!
 CUPA-
good PR
 Sets bar higher- peer competition
 EPP- better supply, reduced costs
 Reduced Carbon Footprint/GHGs
 Zero waste goals
 Improved Biz/Gov’t relationship
 Compliance agency collaboration
BENEFITS!
 Gov’t
collaborations help avoid green
washing!
 Inspectors already “expert” in hazard
evaluation
 Reduce hazards and liability at
businesses
Statewide GBP Efforts
 CAGBN-
assoc of CAGB coordinators
meet regularly
 Better coordination of standards and
programs
 Statewide metrics/tracking database
 Assistance with new industry sector
BMP’s
 Share case studies, pros/cons,
lessons learned
Industry Sectors
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Auto repair
Auto body
Garment cleaning
Printing
restaurants/food establishments
Hotels
Offices/retail
Landscapers
Dentists
Janitorial Services
Future Sectors?
 Future
– Building/property management
– Salons/spas
– Marine facilities
– Schools
 Other
sectors driven by local interest
and CAGBN priorities
San Francisco’s
Green Programs
 In
the beginning:
– Clean and Green Program- launched in
2001 as pilot
 Compliance
excellence
 Pollution prevention
 Toxics reduction
 Auto repair only
Why Auto Repair
Help from SB1916- CA’s P2 projects
 DTSC VSR Toolkit
 Rule Changes- host “did you know”
compliance/P2 update workshop!
 Use top businesses as pilots for awards
 CUPA had lots of auto shop business info
already from business plan
reporting/violation histories
 Used CUPA DB to track work
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SUCCESS!
 Gave
us confidence to try GBP in SF!
 More partners to gather in one room!
 More city agencies to get on one
page!
 Different program agendas, budgets,
mandates……
 Determine approp. Partners- sell as
common missions!
SF Green
Business Program
 Launched
in 2004
 SF Partners:
– SFE
– SFDPH
– SFPUC
– AD
– FD
– CUPA
SF Green
Business Program
 Used
ABAG model
 Wait list from business interest in SF
Bay Area
 Learned from ABAG’s experience
 Opened first for offices, restaurants,
hotels, dentists
 New sectors in 09- printers, auto
repair, prop mgmt, garment
cleaning, janitorial services
Stakeholders
Unique to each industry sector
 Meet regularly to share compliance/BMP
updates
 Share emerging issues before norm
 Field greenwashing early
 Assess program needs and capacity issues
 Get feedback from businesses
 Share Resource Guides
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Low Hanging Fruit
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Existing resources:
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HESIS Hazard Alerts
DTSC Toolkits
EPP lists
Other national standards/checklists
Prop 65/MSDSs
Local political/business/community leaders
Compliance partners with common agendas
Local Free-bees!
Auto Shops
 DTSC
Tool kits- free training and
materials
 Use CAGBN checklist as a start
 Compare with national and industry
BMPs already out there
 EPPs good- cheaper, effective
 Good compliance agency
coordination already in SF
– FD, CUPA, AD, WW, CARB
Auto Body Shops
 DTSC
Tool kit, training materials
 CAGBN checklist
 EPPs OK, not yet “accepted”
 Mandated rule changes- use to
generate interest in workshops
 High enviro footprint
 Worker health issues
Auto Body Shops
 Confusing
compliance
 Multi-media enviro impacts
 Compliance partners:
– FD, CUPA, AD, WW, CARB
 Health
advisory partners- HESIS,
CADPH, IRTA, OSHA
 Challenges- new technologies, learn
new techniques, more training
Printers
 Difficult
Sector!
 Rules changes
 Technology/equip/product advances
 EPPs- some better than others, still
expensive
 Challenges- expensive equip
upgrades, need quality print jobs
 HUGE ENVIRO. FOOTPRINT!!!
Printers
 Very
organized- PINC, PNEAC
 EPP supplies not readily available
 Greenwashing- soy content, low
VOC, but toxic…
 New disposal questions- solvent
impregnated cloths for cleaning
presses, ink waste
Garment Cleaning
 Slow
industry acceptance for green
cleaning methods
 Expensive equip upgrades
 Petroleum machines- FD & Class IIIB
 Wet machines- WW
 Spotting agents toxicity
 Small business woes- customer trust
at risk, loans hard to come by
HOTELS!
 All
partners will like this sector
 Huge Enviro. footprint- energy,
water, waste water, HMs, solid waste,
toxic cleaners
 Many national models- good and
bad!
 Compliance- complicated and multiagency!
HOTELS
 Motivated
sector, national awareness
 Maintaining compliance- not easy,
many/frequent staff changes
 EPP products great!
 Customers requesting ECO!
 National push- Carbon offsets from
travel
 Great composting/zero waste
potential
Restaurants
 All
partners will want to work with
this sector!
 Compliance maintenance difficult
 Huge Enviro. Footprint
 Greacycle potential
 Multi-agency compliance
 EPP products not always OK with
HD’s
Restaurants
 Many
locales banning styrofoam
 Compliance assistance welcome
 Need recognition for business
advantage
 Great compost/zero waste potential
 Conservation saves money
 Food scores/GB award- public
awareness high in SF!
Dentists
Small offices
 High Enviro footpring
 EPP complicated- need to be HD approved
 Use local mandates for P2 outreach efforts
 Digital Xrays
 Safer cold sterile solutions
 Mail back amalgam programs convenient
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Offices/Retail
 Partners
liked this sector/CUPA not!
 Easier to green, less complicated
 Less Compliance issues
 Safer janitorials avail, but not always
used by Service providers
 Recycling/composting hard in multitenant spaces
 Not in control over water fixtures
FINAL WORDS
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Find what works in your area
Feel out the motivated and worthy
Find common ground with partners
Use rule changes as compliance training
opportunity- WORKSHOPS!
Get upper managers, mayors, small business
groups on-board
Keep Resource guides available.
Use Free HELP!
Cap Number of businesses in each sector!
Meet regularly with partners and stakeholders.
FINAL WORDS
 Keep
Resource guides available.
 Use Free HELP!
 Cap Number of businesses in each
sector!
 Meet regularly with partners and
stakeholders.
 Partner with schools and universitymutual benefits and great PR!!
Other GB Programs
San
Diego GB model
Santa
Monica GB model
CAGBN Database!
 Need
for tracking enrollees
 Need for tracking status- compliance
and conservation audits
 Need for measuring results
 Need for transparency
 Need for start up assistance for new
county GB programs
 Consistent checklists/standards in CA
The need for tracking
50
Enrolled
Awarded
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Jan-04
Aug-04
Feb-05
Sep-05
Mar-06
Oct-06
Apr-07
Nov-07
Jun-08
Dec-08
SF Measurement Results
Name of Green Business
3 Degrees Group
Barkley Court Reporters
BAAQMD
Bite Communications
Citigate Cunnigham
Cliff's Variety
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass
Cole Hardware
David Baker & Partners
Eth-No-Tec
Farallon Geographics
Green Squared Consulting
Guttman & Blaevot Consulting
Made Green
NBS
Nature Trip
Organic Architect
Roughstock Studios
Residents Apparel Gallery
Saatchi and Saatchi S
Sherwood Design Engineers
SMWM (enrolled only, not yet recognized)
Solem & Associates
TheGreenOffice.com
Wattbott
Woodshanti
Yokomizo Associates
TOTAL
GHG Reductions Energy Saved
(lbs/yr)
(KWH/yr)
Water Saved
(gal/yr)
Hazmat
Reduced
(gal/yr)
Paper Recycled
(lbs/wk)
11860
115454
11824
23683
31070
15343
116853
34759
76871
8406
11796
6104
10681
15
1708
4186
51568
1920
7125
43625
56973
39688
39851
22482
2049
2003
15307
12964
1955
0
1876
0
16405
64956
10297
23951
4628
478
5394
0
0
0
3294
8706
919
1955
15808
18803
9754
2522
10210
3176
2994
3142
13666
16727
577283
--0
19319
153861
13193
16729
4006
4948
942
29454
943
1649
20497
6833
1178
4477
41941
18850
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6362
1649
4006
6644
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2
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1
1
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34
90
17
23
0
11
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34
11
18
86
101
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14
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65
763205
224188
971993
116
709
Pilot GHG
metrics in SF
Metrics collected from 3 Hotels:
– GHG Reductions: 50 tons/yr
Total Haz Mat savings from all GBs:
– 672.6 gal/yr
Metrics Database