Resources and Publications

Here you will find more information about Green Tier, environmental management systems, and guidelines on annual reporting. These documents are designed to inform potential applicants and to help current Green Tier participants to be successful in the program.

Publications

• Green Tier factsheet (CO-502)
• Managing Participation During Emergency Crises (EA-20-2002)
• Deferred Civil Enforcement (EA-22-0013)

Environmental Management Systems

• Environmental Management Systems webpage
• Environmental Management Systems and Functional Equivalency (CO-503)
• Functional Equivalency Crosswalk to ISO 14001 (CO-511)

Auditing

• List of Approved Auditors
• Resources for Green Tier Auditors
• Outside Environmental Auditors Approval Requirements (CO-519)

Annual Reporting

• Participants' annual Green Tier reports
• Annual report FAQs, sample and video
• Annual report instructions (EA-19-0005-1)
• Metrics form instructions (EA-19-0005-2)

Superior Environmental Performance

• Superior Environmental Performance
• SEP-SDG crosswalk
• Environmental Project Ideas
• Sustainability

Application

The Application Instructions are a resource to help guide you through the application form section by section.

• Application Instructions (CO-501)

The Green Tier Application is easy to complete and includes templates for the required attachments. To complete the fillable PDFs, you must first download the files (found below) and save them to your computer. Then open the files with Adobe Reader. Please note that some web browsers do not download PDF files on their own. For more assistance with PDFs, see the DNR's PDF help page.

• Application (4800-022)
  • Attachment A (4800-022A)
  • Attachment B (4800-022B)
  • Attachment C - Please include separate documents for 'Attachment C' with your application email.
  • Attachment D (4800-022D)

Please contact Green Tier for a printable version of the application if needed.

More about the application process