The Green Chicago Restaurant Co-op (www.buygreenchicago.org) today announced the first wave of success for Guaranteed Green, a new program that helps Chicago-area diners identify and support local restaurants that have taken significant, verifiable steps toward protecting the environment.
The Green Chicago Restaurant Co-op (www.buygreenchicago.org) announced the first wave of success for Guaranteed Green, a new program that helps Chicago-area diners identify and support local restaurants that have taken significant, verifiable steps toward protecting the environment.
"Six months ago we challenged the Chicago restaurant community to make bold changes to help protect the environment, and it responded in force." said Dan Rosenthal, co-founder, Green Chicago Restaurant Co-op. "Today we are proud to announce the inaugural class of Guaranteed Green, 20 restaurants that challenged industry assumptions, invested time and money, and employed old fashioned ingenuity to become more environmentally responsible."
The Guaranteed Green program launched last fall when some of Chicago's finest restaurants committed to pursuing sustainability in a comprehensive manner by going through a rigorous certification process. Twenty of these restaurants have now successfully followed through on this commitment, and several more continue to work through the process. With the growing success of the program, Chicago is quickly becoming a national leader for sustainability in the restaurant industry.
Guaranteed Green is available to any licensed foodservice establishment that becomes certified by either the Green Restaurant Association (www.dinegreen.com) or Green Seal (www.greenseal.org), two independent, national not-for-profits that have created comprehensive environmental standards for restaurants.
