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About GreenBizCheck
GreenBizCheck is a global technology-based environmental certification program for business.
Offering environmental certification for offices, retail, hotels, clubs, education centres, IT, food & beverage and recruitment. The program helps companies to quickly implement sustainable environmental practices which rapidly increase profits, attract new business, conserve energy, water, resources and minimise waste.
Companies are provided with a 260+ point online assessment with immediate reporting and action planning.
The assessment incorporates the following sections:
- Energy conservation
- Water consumption reduction
- Waste reduction and recycling
- Transportation and travel
- Procurement and supply chain sustainability
- General environmental issues
- Voluntary carbon measurement and offsetting
Points are awarded for compliance and implementation of each element of the assessment (questions have varying weightings to reflect their relative importance and impact).
Organisations are then given guidance as to the necessary steps to be taken to achieve certification.
GreenBizCheck Environmental Certification
Best Practice
For companies that achieve 70% of the total points score available
Excellence
For companies that achieve 80% of the total points score available
World Leadership
For companies that achieve 90% of the total points score available
Bureau Veritas Audit
Bronze, silver and gold certification is verified and audited by Bureau Veritas - the world's largest certification provider with over 44,000 staff and 400,000 corporate clients.
ISO14001
GreenBizCheck is a one-stop shop for any business that wants to obtain environmental credentials as we can also offer ISO14001 certification in liaison with our alliance partner Bureau Veritas - the world's largest certification provider with over 44,000 staff and over 400,000 clients. We have jointly developed a substantially lower cost, streamlined process for companies to reach ISO14001.
Benefits
Businesses that take action now will benefit from:
- Higher profits through cost savings
- Increased market share by tapping into the eco-conscious market
- Stand out in the marketplace with first-class green credentials.
Our Head Office People
We are business people just like you and want to utilize our skills, experience and contacts to help businesses reduce their environmental footprint, save money and attract new business.
Nicholas Bernhardt, MBA
Managing Director
Nicholas has held senior management positions at Nomura Securities, Standard Chartered Bank & Ameco Financial Services. He has gained extensive experience in Private Banking, Asset Management & Investment Banking in the financial centers Zurich, Tokyo, London and Hong Kong. He has also specialized in Project Management, M&A and consultancy work both in Australia and overseas.
Nicholas holds an MBA from Zurich University. He is very concerned about the ramifications of climate change and wants to apply his business skills, experience and network to do something about this potentially devastating problem.
Tony Hall B.Ec MBA
CEO
Tony is a former Associate Professor of Management Consulting and founder of Navigator Consulting, a specialist business improvement firm established for nearly 10 years. He has previously worked with a mixture of companies such as News Corporation, Thompson Financial and Roche Pharmaceuticals in a number of senior management roles.
His career has covered accounting, company analysis, international marketing, sales & marketing and leadership development. Trained at Ernst & Young in Sydney, Tony now specializes in business planning, strategy, business growth, professional selling, marketing, mergers and acquisitions.
A regular conference speaker and author of two books, Tony also holds a B.Ec and MBA from the USA. He is passionate about the environment and is keen to utilise his business skills and experience to a business which will help companies reduce their environmental impact.
James R. Carlopio, B.A., M.A., Ph. D.
Academic Advisor
James took on the role of Director of the Centre for Executive Education, Associate Dean Executive Education and Clinical Professor of Management for the period from 7-2007 to 1-2008, and is currently Associate Professor of Management, Faculty of Business, Technology and Sustainable Development, Bond University, Gold Coast Queensland.
James was a member of the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) from 1990-2007 where he was a regular contributor to their world-class executive education and MBA programs as a subject leader and developer, a cohort leader and a senior lecturer. James was the Director of the AGSM's Accelerated Development Program, a three-week residential executive development program for high-potential managers, from 1994 to 1997, and was the Head of the Organizational Behaviour Group for 2005-2006. His education has focused on psychology with a B.A. (Springfield, MA.), an M.A. (University of Manitoba, Canada) and a Ph. D. in Applied and Organisational Psychology (Old Dominion, Virginia).
Tim Dorey
Director of IT
Tim has a Bachelor of Information Technology degree with a major in Electronic Commerce and has worked in the Information Technology industry since 2003.
Having worked in software development, software support and also as an independent information technology consultant he brings extensive experience in software development and project management to the GreenBizCheck team.
Holly McCarthy
General Manager
Holly has a Bachelor of Media and Communication Studies and has worked in the Sales and Marketing industry for the past eleven years.
Having worked for a major transport company and a large Australian manufacturer, Holly is very concerned about the energy and resouce wastage that occurs in the everyday work environment. She is highly engaged in helping educate work places on how to become more environmentally sustainable while maintaining high levels of productivity.
Carolyn Wall
Administration Manager
Carolyn has been working in Administration and Finance roles for the last fourteen years, including working for some of the world's largest mining companies including Rio Tinto, Leighton Contractors and DBT Engineering.
Carolyn is passionate about environmental issues and educating individuals and business on sustainability and simple measures that can be taken to reduce your carbon footprint.
Nadya Krienke-Becker
Advisory Board Member
With a passion for sustainability and 27 years of brand, marketing and communications expertise within Australia and Europe; Nadya applies her knowledge to develop, market and communicate sustainable brands. Having held senior marketing roles with companies such as Kraft, Guinness, AGL and Origin Energy; as well leading branding agencies, Nadya has in-depth understanding of what is required to develop and drive successful brands.
Understanding the power of brands and clear communication, Nadya works with organisations to embed sustainability into their brands and in enabling them to engage and communicate with their stakeholders on their sustainability journey. Nadya is a Non-Executive Board Director of the Yarra Energy Foundation and GreenBizCheck.
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