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Is your business green? People want to know what you are doing to be green. Today everyone is saying they are green or sustainable, but not explaining how they fulfill this claim.

So, you must PROVE IT to the community if you want to be taken seriously.

To apply for your badges, click on the badge that you feel you may qualify for and give as much detail as possible as to what your organization`s efforts are for that badge.

You must earn a total of 5 badges to have a chance at inclusion in the Green Directory.

The Badge Department will review your application, and return a response within 3- 5 days to let you know if you have been accepted.

By applying for these badges, you agree to be audited randomly. Green Directory Montana® has secret shoppers that will randomly order services or come in to shop and observe. These observations will be reported to the Badge Department, and if necessary, an investigation can be done and badges may be pulled.

If approved, badges will be displayed under the businesses who have earned them. An algorithm automatically ranks who is the "greenest" in each category. The Badge page allows consumers to search for listings by badges earned, i.e. businesses who recycle, donate to non-profits, etc.

Each Green Badge has a proprietary score given it due to its importance in an organization`s efforts to be sustainable. The Green Badges are automatically tallied and an algorithm ranks the highest scoring organization in each category at the top of the list and above the page fold, rewarding the highest achieving organization`s efforts and creating competition to continually improve sustainability efforts. If you have questions about this system, please call customer service at 406-208-TREE(8733).

Our mission is to give everyone the choice to preserve our beautiful planet for future generations. Knowledge of greener choices can provide a way to the sustainable future we all want.

Maybe one green change alone can`t make the world sustainable overnight, but thousands, and eventually millions of ones will. One drop in a bucket hardly makes a splash, but millions of individual drops make an ocean.

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Using sustainably produced material

Awarded to individuals or organizations that choose products for their business operations that protect the present and future quality of our natural resources such as: air, water, soil and life. Examples: Forest Stewardship Certified (FSC) paper used in practice; sells fair-trade organic produce, bamboo flooring in office, wheat board desks, etc...


Green Directory clients that have been awarded the Using sustainably produced material badge.

PrintingForLess.com
Printingforless.com's responsible paper sourcing practices have earned us the Forest Stewardship Council's (FSC) Chain-of-Custody Certification. Our paper vendor, Unisource Worldwide, is the first distributor to attain chain-of-custody certification by the three national programs that recognize responsible forestry. These certifications are a guarantee to our customers that products printed on nearly all of our house stocks come from well-managed forests adhering to strict environmental and socio-economic standards.
Creative Healing
Many of the ingredients in the lotions used are organic and sustainably produced.
Fedex Kinko`s
All of our paper is FSC rated.
Laser Cycle of Montana
We are introducing a new line of ink and toner cartridges that are designed to be 100% environmentally friendly. -UPS labels are provided for the return of the product. -the plastic housings are ground into fuel pellets for cement kilns. -the ash from the pellets are used in concrete. -the cardboard boxes are manufactured from recycled material. -instead of packing foam, biodegradeable plastic bags with with shredded paper from testing processes is used. -remaining cardboard and metal items are recycled. -the plastice handle on the box is reused. It will provide an excellent opportunity for our customers to contribute to the use of a sustainable produced product. Laser Cycle will use this product interally too.
Greene Construction
Greene Construction follows Energy Star guide lines for residentail building as well as LEED NC for new commercial building.
J Bar L Ranches
We source as much as we can from local, sustainable producers.
Get N` Green
This is very important, we continue to buy products that are produced sustainably. Our "green" community expects us to have done our research and trusts that the products that we sell are sustainable.
GreenEdge Kids
All of our products are made with sustainably produced materials. Materials used in our clothing include: organic cotton, hemp, Tencel, recycled fabric, soy, alpaca, organic wool, and bamboo (though we think bamboo is the least sustainable of the alternative fabrics).
Reporter Big Sky Office
In our annual catalog we use paper that is FSC (Forest Stewardship Certified).
Summit Mechanical
Plumbing industry is moving into polypropylene pipe to replace copper. All our plumbers are certified to install it and we will begin using it as it becomes available.
Montana Stones
Our stone knobs are sustainable materials.
Tallman Dermatology and Medical Spa
We have bamboo flooring in the dermatology patient waiting room. The carpeting and celing materials are made from recycled materials.
Montana Prefinish
In addition to reclaimed materials, we offer beetle-killed millworks - a product that would otherwise go to waste, or provide fuel for a forest fire.
Dogs `N Sync
Use a product called Paw Pro to protect dogs’ feet against snow, salt, and ice. It is made with all natural ingredients like Purcelin oil, and hybrid sunflower oil.
St. Vincent Healthcare

  • Environmental Services uses all-purpose cleaners and waxes with the Green Seal certification.
  • St. Vincent Healthcare’s letterhead is 100% steam post consumer FSC qualified paper.
  • As more green products become available in the medical supply chain, we continue to explore the use of those products as replacements/substitutes for current less “green” products.
  • Food Service uses 100% FSC qualified paper and uses recycled napkins in the Cafe and Bistro.
Swift Building Lofts
Framing lumber and wood windows are Forest Stewardship Council certified.
Sunelco
The products we design and sell are sustainable in that they produce power for years after their installation. Over their lifetime they will produce much more power than was required to manufacture them. With the exception of batteries (which use recycled lead in their manufacture) these systems are not designed for obsolescence.
Riverworks, Inc.
Yes. Rapidly renewable materials and ag based products are used in substitution whenever feasible.
Brilliance Incorporated
The rod material used in our new cat toy has been managed through farms for over 100 years. It is well known as a sustainable plant material.
Frog Rock Design, L.L.P.
We encourage the use of FCS woods, bamboo, Marmoleum, and all renewable and recycled building materials.
Hermans ECO INC.
We use mostly 100% hemp.
Goff Architecture, Ltd
We research and specify sustainable products for every project.
Barta Built
The oil finish we use is made from organic flax seed. We strive to use materials from dead standing timber, and reclaimed materials.
MGR Marketing Tools
Geiger is behind this eco green movement. In fact we have hundreds of products that are environmental safe. Geiger has even made changes in the home office to save energy and environment.
Boothill Inn & Suites
All of our paper products contain recycled content and are FSC certified. For example: paper towels, toilet paper, knapkins, etc...
Billings Insulation Service
We carry a product called EcoBatt, an insulation bonded with nature, that is made of rapidly renewable organic materials such as sand and a minimum of 30 percent post-consumer bottle glass instead of non-renewable material. This product is 70 percent less energy intensive than traditional materials, and contains no phenols, formaldehyde, acrylics or artificial colors. Product is certified to the toughest indoor air quality certification in the industry, GreenGuard for children and schools.
Bitterroot Valley Forest Products
Wood is one of the only true renewable sustainable resources. We try to use as many beetle killed trees as possible.
Zoo Montana
We have switched our cleaning products to more planet friendly cleaners.
New West Landscapes
We specify local materials for our projects in every way possible. Local materials are as sustainable as it gets. Great for the local economy as well!
Laser Star Toner Cartridges
Soybean Oil is used to make the toner in SoyPrint Cartridges.
Enviro-Safe Insulation
Our insulation comes from a sustainable natural resource.
NYR Organic
All packaging is FSC certified.
Distinctive Countertops & Cabinetry
Again, ECO is a sustainably produced material as is Silestone quartz. We try to use as little silicone as possible to secure countertops and we have stressed LEEN manufacturing to reduce energy and materials waste.
The Orchard at Flathead Lake
We grow as many ingredient for our added value products as possible, and try to source locally those we can't grow.
Red Quill Ranch, LLC
Bamboo floors, cabinets, straw bales for insulation. Growing pod designs for every basement, families can grow their own food year-round.
Energetechs
For the recent construction of one of our rental properties we used "Good Wood", which is local, sustainably-harvested, lumber from restoration forestry. We also use recycled paper and cardstock for all of our business uses.
Safeguard of Western Montana
We sell products that are made out of bamboo and other sustainable products
Hungry Worm Products, LLC
Use organic waste products.
Caskets by Design
We use locally purchased wood.
Natural Housebuilders & Terry Davenport Design
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) stamped lumber.
Montana Import Group
using cloth seat covers in shop rather than plastic, office paper bathroom and kitchen paper supplies have recycled content.
BadgeWest Awards & Engraving
We carry a green line of bamboo plaques/pen sets that are Certified as a renewable resource.
ICF Supply
The eps beads used are produced from what is otherwise a waste product released into the air during the production of fuel. The concrete used to fill the ICFs is inert and non toxic while using fewer natural resources than wood or steel products.
Hands On Healing
The materials we use in the BARS processing can be used again and again, gaining strength and sustainability every time they are used. Not only are these tools sustainable, but can be transferred to friends and family members, improving the quality of their lives as well.
Great Bear Builders Inc
We belive in purchasing products to have low embodied energy.
The Art of Good Food, LLC
We attempt to use products that are produced as locally as possible. When using products outside our local market, our company policy is to only use fair-traded organic products.
Lowe Homes
I put bamboo and cork in almost all of my homes. concrete is reusable and recyclable too. i love recycling materials.
CatTamboo Toys
Tamboo fibers are similar to bamboo in that they are abundant in nature and highly renewable.
Clover
All of the products we carry are either organic, all natural, etc. or are sourced and made locally.
Clover
Most of the products we carry are either organic, all natural, etc. or are sourced and made locally.
Montana Timber Products
Montana Timber Products harvests sustainable dead standing timber for our products. We do not harvest live trees, but only ones that have died on the stump. Timber is a renewable and sustainable resource, but we go the extra mile and harvest only dead standing trees.
Billings Backyard Hen Initiative
Hens eat kitchen and garden scraps, leftovers, and bugs of all sorts. They turn it into poultry fertilizer and eggs.
The Barn Wood Store
Recycled wood
Livingston Kite Company
T-shirts are made with sustainably produced material.


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