Pledge - Required.
Municipal Code of Chicago § 11-6-090
in effect11-6-090 Pledge - Required.
(A) Legal entities seeking or obtaining CGB certification for any place of business shall be required to take the City of Chicago's Green Business Pledge, as follows:
"We believe that a successful business is dependent on a healthy environment. We are actively working to show our environmental stewardship to our community by committing to the following objectives:
• To comply with all applicable environmental laws and regulations and strive to exceed compliance
• To implement and strive to exceed our business's Compliance Checklist
• To conserve energy, water, materials and other natural resources
• To develop and implement practices that prevent pollution and waste
• To be an environmentally responsible business within our community
• To strive for continuous improvement."
(B) The owner or operator or other controlling person of any place of business certified as Chicago Green Business shall post a legible copy of the CGB Pledge required under subsection (A) of this section in a conspicuous place (1) near the entry to the place of business or in any other place where the pledge is visible to members of the general public; and (2) in at least one common area routinely used or frequented by the business's employees.
(Added Coun. J. 4-13-11, p. 115934, § 2)
Source: City of Chicago, Municipal Code of Chicago (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2656529Fetched: 10/24/2026