Culver City
Sustainable Business Certification Program
Year Eight City Council Presentation
September 14, 2026
The Process
• Step 1: Businesses register at: www.culvercity.org/ccsbcp • Step 2: CCSBCP team member contacts business to review process • Step 3: Business is enrolled in the CAGBN database
• Step 4: CCSBCP team schedules on-site assessment
• Step 5: Business receives Action Plan to achieve certification • Step 6: CCSBCP team guides businesses through process • Step 7: Business receives certification once requirements are met
Certification Tiers
Key Benefits
• Conserve resources, reduce pollution & waste
• Reduce utility bills
• Improve employee & customer wellbeing
• Business Assistance & Incentives (free devices, SCE, GSW) • Public recognition as a Business Leader
• CAGBN Membership
• Digital “certified” seal and window clings
• Support City’s Sustainability & Climate Action Goals
The California Green Business
Network(CAGBN) supports an
inclusive green economy by investing
resources to expand our reach to
businesses owned by Black,
Indigenous, and People of Color
(BIPOC) and/or historically
marginalized populations, including
women.
Equity in
Green Business
Five women-owned
businesses and two
BIPOC certified this year!
Business Partnerships
Utility & EE Partnerships
unitedenergystrategies.com
● 5,195 certified
businesses
statewide so far
and growing!
● 12,019
employees
reached in
2025
California Green Business Network
2025-2026 Certified Businesses
Certified Innovators
1. Poon Design Inc.
2. Reformation Culver City Store
3. Reformation Culver City HQ
4. Trulove Post, Inc.
Certified
1. Beach Now LLC
2. Curanim Pilates
3. Hi Lo Liquor Market
4. HLB Lighting Design
5. Temple Akiba of Culver City
6. The Bike Center Culver City
7. Village Well Books & Coffee
8. Walk n Rollers
Together Culver City’s Certified
Sustainable Businesses
make BIG Impacts…
Water Savings = 46,000 gallons
Combined Estimated ANNUAL Resource Savings
for Year 8 Certified Businesses
Energy Savings = 6,560 kWh
GHG Avoided = 2,300 lbs.
Solid Waste Diverted = 12,000 lbs.
Combined Annual Water Savings
of all 112 (2017-2026) certified
and re-certified businesses
4,946,000 gallons
Enough to fill 330 backyard swimming pools
Combined Annual Energy Savings
of all 112 (2017-2026) certified
and re-certified businesses
560,932 kWh
Equivalent to removing 55 gasoline-powered cars
off the road for an entire year!
Combined Annual Solid Waste Diverted
from all 112 (2017-2026) certified
and re-certified businesses
1,003,276 lbs.
Reduces 500 tons of GHGs + compost enhances soil health, reduces erosion, improves water retention
Combined Annual GHG emissions avoided from all
112 (2017-2026) certified
and re-certified businesses
7,028,535 lbs.
Equivalent to the annual
carbon sequestration of 146,000 trees!
Combined Estimated ANNUAL
Energy & Water Cost Savings for all 112
Certified and Re-Certified Businesses
$124,000
Green Business Impacts Statewide