Become a Certified SSC Green Auditor

Want to help organizations figure out how to “go green”? Have a passion for sustainability but no formal audit training? Join us for a 3-day training event and become a certified SSC Green Auditor! We’ll provide you with everything you need to successfully guide a client through a Green Audit.

Using SSC’s proprietary methodology and tools, you will learn how to:

• Determine employees’ attitudes and awareness about “going green”
• Calculate your client’s carbon footprint
• Assess your client’s environmental strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement
• Provide relevant, cost-effective, and impactful green recommendation

After you complete the certification, you will:

• Walk away with a host of tactical tools (surveys, spreadsheets, calculators, report templates) to make green audits a simple, consistent process
• Get access to SSC’s collection of green recommendations and results (for example, show your clients how their carbon footprint compares to other similar organizations)
• Be authorized to use the SSC Green Audit methodology and tools to conduct your own client engagements, with licensing fees paid to SSC on a per-client basis
• Receive free support from SSC staff, to help when questions come up
• Be listed on the SSC website as a certified SSC Green Auditor, and receive a “Certified SSC Green Auditor” logo to use on your own materials
• Receive preferential status when SSC contracts with local sustainability consultants

Program Details

• Dates: January, May, and August
• Location: TBA
• Cost: $2,500 per person

Are you right for this certification program?

This program is designed for people with a strong working knowledge of environmental issues, who are looking for a green audit methodology that will provide clear, concise, and compelling results for their clients. You should be comfortable with concepts like (but not limited to) climate change, waste/recycling, water management, ISO 14001, and sustainability reporting. Participants have probably read The Ecology of Commerce and Natural Capitalism, and can confidently answer simple questions about “green” workplaces. To ensure only the highest quality SSC Green Auditors, we reserve the right to limit access to the certification program.

Is this certification right for you?

The SSC Green Audit is primarily designed for small and medium‐size organizations (those with less than 1,000 employees) and those who are operating in an office‐based environment. The training reflects this focus on office-based organizations, although we also cover options for customizing the process for manufacturing, retail, tourism, and other industries.  But be aware that if your main goal is to work with large manufacturers, this might not be the right program for you.

Learn More

To learn more about the SSC Green Audit, click here.  To learn more about the certification program, check out our FAQs.  Then contact us and tell us more about yourself. To register, go to our events page.