About the Montgomery County Green Business Certification
The first Ride-On Bus Campaign to celebrate the Green Business Certification Program
The Green Business Certification Program was launched in December 2009 through a partnership between the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce and Montgomery College.
The program was originally modeled after the Bay Area Green Business Program in California, as well as Santa Monica’s Green Business Certification Program, the Sacramento Sustainable Business Program, and Sarasota’s Green Business Partnership.
Initially, certification was based exclusively on an application designed by DEP for businesses with office-based operations, and expanded a number of years later to include landscape businesses.
After a lapse a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the program went under a period of rejuvenation and a subsequent relaunch in fall of 2023.
Original Green Business Certification Logo
The new certification features more encompassing green initiative content and on a more accessible platform through a partnership with the internationally recognized Green Business Benchmark. Certified businesses also now have access to ongoing resources for a continual sustainability engagement based experience.