There are 3 different Investors in the Environment levels that your organisation can work towards and get accredited for. This means there is something appropriate to what you are able to achieve and how far you wish to improve your environmental performance, from taking your first simple green steps to being a green leader for your local area.

Three official accreditation levels

The Investors in the Environment accreditation is the official green stamp of approval that proves your business is taking steps to reduce its impact on the environment. The step-by-step approach within each accreditation level allows your business to set achievable targets and establish a pathway of continual improvement. The three levels to chose from are:

Bronze - from £150 +VAT. For a basic level of accreditation, all your business has to do is identify targets for improved efficiencies for your resources (such as energy, water and raw materials), keep resource readings quarterly and report more detailed progress annually. It is also a requirement to have an environmental policy in place: this is something we can help with if you don’t already have a policy.

Silver - from £200 +VAT. This level is for a business that is looking at their environmental impacts to achieve even higher cost savings. Your commitment is the same as Bronze level, with the additional requirements of showing actual targets achieved within the workplace, adopting a travel plan plus two other actions that work best for you.

Green - from £300 +VAT. This is the highest achievable level within IiE and is equivalent to BS8555 level 1. As part of the process an audit will be undertaken by IiE and your business will need to demonstrate a minimum 2% improvement in resource efficiency over an agreed baseline figure. Other essential criteria include having a recycling system in place, adopting a travel plan, taking a carbon footprint test and setting targets for carbon reduction, plus choosing three additional actions that work best for you.

No other accreditation level that we know of shows that you have to prove a reduction in your resources! And yet reducing your impact where possible should be important and congratulated when acheived.

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Criteria Sheet

View the criteria sheet to find out which level of accreditation would suit you and what you need to do to achieve it.
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If you are still not sure what accreditation level is best for you, or know what level you should be striving for, please contact the Investors in the Environment team. They will be happy to help.

As soon as you are on board Investors in the Envionment working towards your accreditation level, you get a number of resources, toolkits, step by step guides and spreadsheets to help you along the way.

Free Pledge

The simplest level of engagement is to join the hundreds of businesses who have pledged their support to be greener. It's completely FREE to do and will show that you are pledging to be aware of your environmental impact.

All pledgers will receive their 'Iv pledged' logo, which they can promote on your marketing material and use it to help promote any of their environmental credentials.

Pledgers also have the opportunity to sign up for our monthly emails. These include tips on how your business can save money by being more energy efficient and reducing waste for environmental performance. There is also information on services that can help you improve your performance.

To pledge your support to being greener - click here. It only takes a minute.

(Pledging your support doesn't mean you are accredited with Investors in the Environment, but receiving help through our monthly newsletter can help you if you do decide to take next step into going for an accreditation)!