Green Certification
Sustainable development requires a shared standard across the entire economy. The Green Certification initiative provides businesses with the education, practical tools, and operational systems needed to implement green practices, recognizing achievements through Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Leader Accreditations. This programme, developed alongside the Ministry of Natural Resources, channels essential resources into environmental betterment via its dedicated Green Fund. The data and operational models derived from this framework provide the technical guidance needed to support the future Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Plan.
ABOUT GREEN CERTIFICATION
Your business has opportunities to operate more efficiently, build resilience and reduce its environmental impact. Green VI helps you identify those opportunities and provides the practical resources, systems and training to turn them into measurable improvements. As you make progress, your efforts are recognised through Green Certification.
BUILDING BETTER BUSINESSES
Through Green Resources, we provide the tools, training, and guidance needed to turn environmental goals into everyday action. Businesses can then benchmark and showcase their progress from Bronze to Leader status as they assess, act, measure, and improve.
MORE THAN A CERTIFICATION
Sustainability doesn’t mean doing everything at once. Green VI helps BVI businesses pinpoint high-impact opportunities, providing the practical tools and support needed to build seamless, sustainable operations that fit daily business reality.
FOUR AREAS OF ACTION
- WASTE – Reduce, reuse & recycle
- FOOD – Reduce organic waste and compost
- WATER – Improve water efficiency and reduce mosquito breeding sites
- ENERGY – Reduce consumption, improve efficiency and explore cleaner energy solutions.
BUSINESSES & CHURCHES ENGAGED
INDIVIDUALS TRAINED (CUMULATIVE)
GREEN FUND CONTRIBUTIONS 24/25 FY
GUIDE FOR BUSINESSES
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Sign “The Pledge”
Developed by the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change (MENRCC), the Green Pledge serves as the foundational step for BVI businesses, schools, and organizations embarking on their sustainability journey. By signing the Pledge, partners formally commit to reducing single-use plastics, optimizing waste diversion, conserving energy and water, and implementing proactive vector control. This public declaration establishes baseline environmental metrics and unlocks tailored support from Green VI to help partners achieve Green Certification that aligns with pending national environmental standards.
Conduct an Assessment
Once your organisation signs the Green Pledge, contact Green VI to schedule an operational assessment tailored to your business. We will arrange a site visit to evaluate your waste management, energy use, and vector control practices, then deliver a customized proposal to guide your green journey toward full certification.
Schedule Your On-Site Assessment
CONTRIBUTE TO THE GREEN FUND
Sustaining BVI Environmental Progress Through the Green Fund
Green Certification and long-term environmental betterment across the British Virgin Islands are directly sustained by contributions to the Green Fund. Managed by Green VI, the Green Fund provides dedicated resources that support:
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Staff & Management Green Training: Building internal capacity and eco-conscious workplace culture.
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“We Recycle” Operations: Funding collections, public bins, and processing infrastructure across the Territory.
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BugOut Mosquito Control: Deploying non-chemical and biological solutions to protect public health.
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Community Connections: Linking local businesses directly to grassroots environmental projects.
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Corporate Social Responsibility: Helping organizations fulfill and measure their CSR goals.
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Green Practices Advocacy: Championing sustainable, BVI-tailored environmental policies and standards.
Most importantly, your Green Fund contributions power ongoing community outreach and educational activities that inspire environmental stewardship for generations to come.
CREATE CHECKLISTS
Whatever certification level your organization aims for – Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Leader – Green VI helps create tailored Checklists to guide your team step by step. Each checklist is customized to address the specific operational footprint of your business, focusing on key impact areas including:
- Mosquito & Vector Control: Implementing proactive BugOut larval source management and non-chemical elimination practices.
- Waste Minimization & Reduction: Streamlining operations to eliminate unnecessary waste at the source.
- Recycling Infrastructure: Setting up effective, sorted collection systems for plastics, glass, aluminum, and organics.
- Energy Consumption: Identifying efficiency upgrades and smart management practices to lower power usage.
- Water Conservation: Implementing water-saving technologies and rainwater management strategies.
- Green Procurement: Sourcing eco-friendly, locally available, and low-impact products and materials.
TRAIN YOUR STAFF
Sustainable transformation succeeds when staff at every level are engaged and inspired. Green VI’s staff training sessions launch by sharing your Green Pledge and policy vision with your workforce. By opening the floor to discussion, we help employees understand the personal, environmental, and operational benefits of your sustainability commitment.
These initial sessions serve a dual purpose: gathering frontline feedback to refine your action checklists and spotlighting internal Green Champions who will drive momentum on the ground. Follow-up workshops are customised to your specific business priorities and structured to fit comfortably within your team’s regular scheduling.
SET UP YOUR SYSTEMS
Operationalising your Green Pledge requires robust, easy-to-maintain systems tailored to your property. Green VI works alongside your team to establish effective on-site frameworks – whether that means installing a multi-stream recycling system to divert glass, plastic, and aluminium, setting up organic composting systems, or implementing our internationally recognised BugOut mosquito control program. By embedding these tailored systems into your daily operations, your business establishes a seamless, measurable foundation for long-term sustainability and Green Certification compliance.
FROM ACTION TO LEADERSHIP
BRONZE → ACTION
Put good practices into place.
SILVER → SYSTEMS
Embed sustainability into everyday operations.
GOLD → MEASURABLE IMPACT
Demonstrate measurable results.
LEADER → COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
Turn your success into wider impact. Green Leaders set an example for others by demonstrating measurable progress and partnering with Green VI to advance sustainability across the Territory. Through sponsorship, employee service days and initiatives such as School Gardens, Adopt-A-Spot, BugOut and WE RECYCLE, Green Leaders help strengthen the communities and environment we all share.
Featured Green Certified Businesses
Oil Nut Bay
Oil Nut Bay sets a premier global benchmark for eco-luxury stewardship through its groundbreaking partnership with Green VI’s BugOut initiative. Beyond rigorous larval source management, Oil Nut Bay pioneered the application of the innovative Wolbachia vector control method – a non-toxic biological tool that introduces safe, naturally occurring bacteria into male mosquitoes to suppress Aedes aegypti populations without chemical pesticides.
The remarkable success of this project has garnered widespread international acclaim, featured in prestigious publications including Forbes, Condé Nast Traveler, Newsweek, Travel + Liesure, and Rolling Stone as a leading global case study for sustainable disease prevention. This proves that world-class luxury hospitality and cutting-edge ecological science can seamlessly unite to protect community health and preserve delicate island ecosystems.
Little Dix Bay
Rosewood Little Dix Bay sets a premier standard for hospitality stewardship across its 500-acre estate through a multifaceted partnership with Green VI under the Green Certification Programme. The resort has established a robust property-wide waste management system, reducing and pre-sorting plastics and aluminum for processing at the VG EcoPark, while running an on-site mulch project that transforms landscaping waste into rich organic mulch for resort grounds and local Virgin Gorda school gardens. Supported by guest contributions via a dedicated Green Fund, this holistic commitment extends across operations – incorporating regular staff sustainability training, joint community service initiatives, and proactive BugOut vector surveillance to safeguard public health and preserve the island’s natural ecosystem.
GREEN CERTIFICATION PIONEERS
ADVOCACY & RESEARCH
Sustainable systems are built on strong data. Our role is to provide the scientific research and educational frameworks that help catalyse a circular economy. We provide open-access research – including data regarding single-use plastics and the structural mechanics of deposit-refund models – alongside practical, scalable solutions. By continuously analysing materials management strategies tailored for small island states, we ensure our initiatives provide communities with the practical knowledge and tools needed to transform “waste” into resources
























