Cole Hardware

956 Cole Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 753-2653

3312 Mission Street
San Francisco CA 94110
(415) 647-8700

70 Fourth Street
San Francisco CA 94103
(415) 777-4400

www.colehardware.com

2254 Polk Street
San Francisco CA 94109
(415) 674-8913

Cole Hardware is a family run hardware retailer that emphasizes social and environmental advocacy in our community. We have received numerous awards including the United Nations Environmental Service Award, Urban Solution’s Neighborhood Business Award, and the Bay Guardian’s Best of the Bay. In becoming a Green Business, we:

• Encourage the use of our reusable shopping bags, have a bring-your-own bag incentive and have discontinued the use of plastic bags.
• Work in partnership with the City, to recycle for SF residents: rechargeable and household batteries, old latex paint, fluorescent and CFL bulbs and expired printer cartridges.
• Promote environmentally friendly products that we sell and have created a logo so that consumers can easily identify these products on our store shelves.
• Are committed to minimizing our environmental footprint through in-store recycling and composting, the use of low-mercury fluorescent lighting, earth-friendly cleaning supplies, refilled ink cartridges and paper product with a high percentage of recycled content.

The GreenOffice.com

65 Capp Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(800) 909-9750

www.thegreenoffice.com

An emerging civil society - global in scope - has begun to harness the power of community, diversity, and information technology to address our most pressing social and ecological challenges. Industry leaders who do not recognize this trend, who go on with business as usual, will find their companies blowing in the wind of the new green economy. In the 21st century, good business is green business.
— Alex Szabo, Founder

• Our innovative Green Screen(tm) takes the research out of responsible shopping by labeling & ranking products by greenness
• We are a carbon neutral business - all carbon emissions associated with our operations are offset by the purchase of renewable energy credits
• We work to model the best practices of conscientious consumption, resource conservation, and waste reduction - from the products and services we buy to our everyday office practice

New Leaf Paper

116 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA
(888) 989-LEAF

www.newleafpaper.com

New Leaf Paper takes pride in its wide selection of environmentally superior printing and office papers.

• We set the bar as the first in U.S. to offer 100% recycled paper, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified coated paper, and gloss-coated paper with 100% post-consumer waste that is processed chlorine-free
• We pioneered the use of 100% biodiesel fuel for distribution of products
• We provide Eco Audits to educate businesses about the tangible benefits of using post-consumer recycled paper

Orbeco

250 Napoleon Street, Suite E
San Francisco, CA
(415) 647-0207

www.orbeco.net

The Safest Line of Efficient Cleaning Products eliminates indoor air pollution due to chemical cleaners and protect the health of customers, cleaning workers as well as the Environment.

• We make low-toxicity cleaning products
• We use recycled products and invite our clients to recycle boxes and containers
• We recycle all ink cartridges and batteries
• We print all office documents in low definition to reduce usage of ink

RAG CO-OP (Residents Apparel Gallery)

541 Octavia Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 621-7718

www.ragsf.com

RAG Co-op (aka Residents Apparel Gallery) located in the Hayes Valley shopping district of San Francisco, showcases locally designed and manufactured fashion as unique and diverse as the city it calls home.

RAG's Curator Blakely Bass, a sewing enthusiast and environmentalist at heart, founded the store in 2002. This cooperative boutique is curated much like an art gallery – only the art is wearable. Local clothing and accessory designers rent space on a monthly basis. They then outfit a rack or shelf with their latest designs and biographical information about their line. By not catering to a particular niche, RAG is able to fully embrace the community's diverse style and creativity.

There is a constant influx of new men's women's and children's clothing, accessories and home designs. With merchandise crafted on a monthly basis by over 70 designers, the racks boast anything from seams out one-of-a-kind gems to more tailored ready-to-wear garments.

Rainbow Grocery Cooperative

1745 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA
(415) 863-0620

www.rainbowgrocery.org

Rainbow Grocery Cooperative is a recognized San Francisco Green Business that has shown a strong commitment to reducing, reusing and recycling in all that they do, besides offering an abundance of organic and fair-trade products.

• We encourage container & bag reuse by offering a 5¢ credit to customers
• We offer organic cotton bags for purchase
• We actively recycle and compost
• Battery recycling is available for customers & workers as well as a children's book drop-off program
• We improved our energy efficiency by installing solar panels to help heat water and generate electricity, upgrading the insulation, and implementing a daylight harvesting system that controls the use of lighting

REI - San Francisco

840 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA
(415) 934-1938

www.rei.com/stores/sanfrancisco

REI San Francisco is committed to operating as a conscious and environmentally sensitive business while supporting an active outdoor lifestyle.
— Frank Firmat, Customer Service Specialist

• We use environmentally friendly "green" cleaning products.
• We recycle all office paper, cardboard, fluorescent lamps, bottles, cans, spent fuel canisters, and old cell phones
• We use a lighting management system that adjusts the lighting through sensors in the skylights.
• We collect batteries for recycling
• We encourage employees to use public transportation and bicycles through an incentive and rewards program.

Toner Cartridge Service

1032 Revere Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94124
(415) 822-4852

Sustainable, Responsible, Reliable.Since 1990 Toner Cartridge Service, a small family owned business, has been remanufacturing and recycling laser printer cartridges and inkjets in the San Francisco Bay Area. The concept was to offer products that could be recycled, would create jobs locally, and contribute to the Bay Area economy. Remanufacturing toner cartridges was exactly the type of product and service that we envisioned. The idea was as exciting then as it is today. TCS also offers laser printer maintenance and repair services to keep your office machines working properly thus extending the useful life of your office equipment.

• Locally remanufactured and compatible laser toner and ink cartridges
• Pick up and recycling of spent toners and inks
• On site laser printer maintenance and repair services
• E-waste recycling

Waldeck's Office Supply

500 Washington Street
San Francisco, CA
(415) 981-3381

www.waldecks.com

I've had the privilege to serve as a local City Councilmember and as an environmental regulator and I really wanted to "practice what I preach" in my own business. The office products industry must strive to better "close the loop"--preserving our natural resources and reducing waste in our landfills. Waldeck's goal is to mainstream green...make it a no-brainer.
— Cliff Waldeck, President

• We stock recycled, reusable, rechargeable, tree-free and other environmentally preferred products
• We offer free local pick up for recycling of toner cartridges and batteries
• We became SF Goodwill's first e-waste recycling site outside of their own facilities
• Winner of 2006 EPA Region 9 Environmental Award (the only other retailer was Patagonia)
• We received the State WRAP Award and Urban Solutions Neighborhood Business Award

Woodshanti

909 Palou Avenue
San Francisco, CA
(415) 822-8100

www.woodshanti.com

Woodshanti was founded by craftsmen who wanted to make beautiful woodwork while setting an example as a progressive socio-economic enterprise. Our commitment to these standards has made our company an enjoyable and fulfilling work place for worker/owners as well as an inspiration to others.
— Shawn Berry, Founding Worker/Owner

• We use FSC certified wood & local salvaged wood
• We offer a natural, biodegradable finish made of natural oil, wax and plant resin - to help indoor air quality & the environment
• We are a worker-owned cooperative
• We donate our work to charities and support the work of the Urban Alliance for Sustainability.
• We are certified by SmartWood as a FSC chain of custody supplier, and for using "rediscovered wood"