Last week, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment recognized 11 Eagle County businesses for outstanding environmental achievements that help protect our state. Representing 6.5% of businesses recognized statewide, each one of these entities is also a certified Actively Green business... but these 11 businesses’ outstanding efforts to excel beyond environmental compliance by shining in many different indicators of sustainability performance don’t stop there!
The Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) is Colorado’s statewide environmental recognition and stewardship program. Their awards recognize Colorado organizations with bronze, silver and gold designations for voluntarily going beyond compliance with state and federal regulations and for their commitment to continual environmental improvement. This year, the department will virtually celebrate these accomplished companies and their sustainability achievements through social media, industry outreach, and sidewalk chalk emblem displays of the ELP logo outside each business. Keep an eye out for this fun stamp of recognition, or check out this informational video to learn more: bit.ly/ELPSidewalkChalk
As Silver Partners to the ELP, Antlers at Vail and Eagle River Water & Sanitation have had a significant positive impact on the well-being of Colorado’s environment in many ways. While diverse in nature, these two businesses have made contributions toward the same climate action goals, including the following efforts to name a few: consistently purchasing renewable energy to power their buildings, installation of an electric car charging station, and improvement of education regarding waste diversion through recycling and composting practices.
ELP Gold Leaders - including East West Hospitality, Encore Electric Mountain Division, Falcon Point, Inn at Riverwalk, Poste Montane Lodge, Sonnenalp Resort of Vail, Vail Public Library, Vail Spa Condominiums, and Walking Mountains Science Center ourselves - have also had significant positive impact on sustainability actions locally and on climate action globally. Because it was too difficult to summarize all of these efforts, a few that stood out as especially exciting have been listed below.
For a complete list of organizations with gold, silver, and even bronze designations, along with summaries of our 11 local businesses’ environmental efforts, please visit the department’s Environmental Leadership Program website at www.colorado.gov/cdphe/environmental-leadership-program.
Sources
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH-mWmTjZ8k&feature=youtu.be
https://sites.google.com/state.co.us/elpcompanyprofiles/silver-partners/antlers-at-vail?authuser=0
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RQq1EHIippch2lVgsn0C95ZDzHyll7wi/view
https://sites.google.com/state.co.us/elpcompanyprofiles/gold-leaders/inn-at-riverwalk?authuser=0
https://sites.google.com/state.co.us/elpcompanyprofiles/gold-leaders/falcon-point?authuser=0
https://sites.google.com/state.co.us/elpcompanyprofiles/gold-leaders/poste-montane-lodge?authuser=0
https://sites.google.com/state.co.us/elpcompanyprofiles/gold-leaders/vail-public-library?authuser=0