October 2024 Product Update

We are happy to announce the release of our latest product update, focused on enhancing your ability to showcase your full sustainability journey and improving the overall user experience. This update features an enhanced public profile, expanded networking capabilities, page tips, and faster filtering.

See what action is required from you at the bottom! 

New Features and Enhancements

Enhanced Public Profile
The public profile has been redesigned to better highlight your organization’s sustainability accomplishments and offer a comprehensive view of your progress. Available for Standard plan users and above, the new public profile layout allows you to showcase completed initiatives, summarize your points and progress by category, and highlight key milestones. Think of this as your public sustainability report—a powerful, third-party tool to demonstrate your achievements to customers, investors, partners, and employees.

Key enhancements include:

1. Completed Initiatives: The public profile displays completed initiatives on your profile,  both in a comprehensive list view and broken down by category, to provide clear evidence of your sustainability efforts.

1. Points and Progress Summary: View a breakdown of your points and initiatives by category to give stakeholders an overview of where your organization excels.
   1. Note—the internal view when logged in displays points for each initiative; however, the public view does not display initiative points. 

1. Key Milestones: Highlight your organization’s most significant sustainability achievements and commitments, helping you tell a full and compelling sustainability story. We encourage you to maintain your milestones regularly and fill them out as thoroughly as possible. 
   1. Edit and add your commitments and accomplishments on the Milestones page. You can use the commitments to list GBB initiatives or even other outside certifications you're working on. For example, if you've committed to reaching Net Zero by 2030, you can list that in the commitments. Similarly, if you have completed the GBB initiative about powering 50% of your facility with on-site renewable energy, you can upload photos and information to supplement that initiative. 
   1. Edit Profile: This allows you to edit the contact information on your profile.
   2. Edit About: This is where you edit your information and mission statement. The About section is where you can provide an overview of your organization and describe your sustainability story. 
   3. View Public Profile: Preview the public version of your profile. 
   4. Profile Menu: There are now multiple options to manage and share links to your profile.
   5. Share Public Profile: This is the link to the public profile that, if shared, anyone can access. Hyperlink this to your certification badge for easy navigation. 

Enhanced Networking Opportunities

1. Public Profile: Your organization’s public profile now includes contact information, allowing for more accessible connections with other sustainability-driven organizations.
   You will be prompted at login to fill out your contact information. Only provide the contact information you would like to be shared publicly. 
2. Network Directory: Your contact information will also be displayed within the network directory. This feature encourages collaboration, idea-sharing, and potential partnerships within industries and the GBB community.

Improved User Experience

To make navigating the platform more intuitive and efficient, we’ve introduced several enhancements:

1. Faster Filtering: Easily navigate between filters and search for specific topics, initiatives, or categories.
2. New Logo Settings for Network Directory: Update your logo to meet the updated display requirements and limit distortion.
3. Tips Sections: Each page now features tips to clarify how each feature works and help users get the most out of the platform.

What You Need to Do

1. Clear Cache/Browser History: If you log in and the interface looks abnormal, you need to hard reload your browser.
   1. Mac instructions: Hold down Command, Shift, and press R
   2. Windows/Linux instructions: Hold down Ctrl and click the Reload button, or hold down Ctrl and press F5
2. Update Account Information: When you log in, update both your contact information and logo in account settings.
   1. Add public profile contact information 
   2. Reupload your logo to fit the new requirements for the network directory.
3. Add Mission Statement & About Information: Add or refine your mission statement and new about section in your public profile to reflect your sustainability commitments.
4. Build Out Milestones and Accomplishments: Be sure to fill out your milestones and key accomplishments to tell the complete story of your sustainability efforts.
   
   

Overall, this new product release aims to make the path toward sustainability more accessible and adaptable, helping you make a big impact. We can't wait for you to give these changes a try and revolutionize your sustainability journey with us! 

If you have any questions, please contact us.