a page on our website and a space on our map/member listing, which are both promoted regularly in print and even radio advertisements when our grants allow for it – we’ve ran ads on St. Louis Public Radio for most of 2016, and plan on doing more this year
regular updates about sustainable vendors, including local producers of produce, dairy, eggs, and meat (although that last one obviously wouldn’t apply to you)
annual tailored audits and reports about ways to improve the sustainability and efficiency of their specific building,(which nearly always finds ways to save money)
a certification sticker for their window
welcome/congratulations ads in Sauce and Healthy Planet when they join
their own sustainability consultant, who does research to provide information about incentive programs (Like Ameren’s LED and efficient equipment programs)
– discounts for vendor registration at Earth Day
free social media marketing
free event promotion (if you send their events my way)
opportunities to participate in our monthly #EatGreenSTL contest, where diners upload photos of their GDA meal to social media for their chance to win a $25 gift card to a member restaurant, and the Green Dining Club card, where participating restaurants give discounts to cardholder supporters of our program
partnerships with the growing (over 100!) member restaurants who have made a commitment to become more sustainable
The GDA presents at events year-round, promoting members and celebrating the hard work they have done to be come more sustainable.
