The Role of Sustainable Practices in Securing Business Approval in the US

Synaptic Security, Inc. provides active protection against threat-specific attacks including ransomware, cryptojacking, and data loss for Linux machines. Synaptic simplifies security and operations for the world's Linux servers by leveraging patent-pending threat detection algorithms that interact with distributed machine learning and AI architectures, stopped threats in their tracks and delivering real-time repair.AI algorithms help to conserve resources.

The cybersecurity industry uses a lot of energy to protect computer networks and digital infrastructure, run data centers, and provide large-scale services. Synaptic's concentrated approach delivers in higher efficacy rates, fewer false positives, and an automated response that mitigates the impact of harmful activity while using a fraction of the system resources as traditional vendors. Synaptic has achieved an astonishing 95% reduction in CPU (central processing unit) consumption, indicating the true potential for sustainability in cybersecurity.

Synaptic's ability to function as a dispersed organization with no physical location enables them to lessen their environmental impact

maintenance by eliminating the need to light and maintain a facility and replacing paperwork with digital documents. The majority of their meetings, both internally within the company and externally with customers, have significantly reduced their carbon footprint.As their sustainability journey progresses, Synaptic is actively investigating all of the ways they may have a positive social and environmental impact, whether through resource-saving products or individual green decisions made by remote employees."Synaptic Security's passion and ambition to make the world a safer and more secure place pervades all aspect of our operations. We are not just passionate about producing excellent products to our clients; we are also devoted to ensuring that those products practice sustainable cybersecurity. This means that our firm guarantees solutions that are environmentally, fiscally, and socially sustainable.Our members continue to amaze us with their commitment to sustainability and innovative green and social responsibility initiatives. They set a good example by leveraging business to make a difference. Now that 2022 is over, we'd like to take this time to recognize some of our member companies with our fourth annual "Best of GBB" Awards. All of our members are regular businesses with operations to run, and they all help to make the world a more environmentally friendly, socially responsible and thoughtful place. For these honors, we selected five members who have stood out, developed outstanding greener businesses, and demonstrated their commitment to sustainability through concrete actions and consequences!Casa de Oren is a bed and breakfast guesthouse in Peru. The guesthouse is located above Pisac, near the small community of Cuyo Chico. Pisac is a little settlement that acts as the doorway to the "Scared Valley of the Incas" and the "Citadel of Machu Picchu."

They generate and store their electricity with a 30-panel solar array and a 16,000W battery backup

Choosing energy-efficient electrical devices, such LED lighting.Water is collected from an on-site well, as is precipitation from the roof. This water is filtered and purified before beingstored in subsurface tanks for later usage in gardens and houses.Installing toilets with small tanks and dual flushing capabilities.The recycling of toilet waste using a biodigester, which digests organic material without the need of chemicals. Biological digestion produces organic matter that is then given to garden plants.PICNIC TIME.Picnic Time Family of Brands manufactures long-lasting indoor and outdoor entertainment and leisure products. The brand has abandoned garbage culture in favor of protecting our natural environment. This company was founded on the notion of bringing family and friends together to create lasting experiences.

Sustainability measures supported include energy-efficient window tinting, LED lighting, onsite electric vehicle parking with EV charging, and a comprehensive plan to convert the brand's Southern California offices, warehouse, and printing center to 100% solar power by 2023.Picnic Time views sustainability as a continuum and works for improvement. As part of this shift, the brand plans to establish a sustainable value chain. The organization is sincerely committed to evaluating every step of the process in order to achieve their environmental goals.Bernhard, a privately held engineering and contracting firm, has a long history of offering high-quality, client-centered services. The business has over 100 years of experience in energy infrastructure projects and works with clients in the healthcare, educational, commercial, government, and industrial sectors across the United States.The brand's mission is straightforward: to serve others. With this in mind, Bernhard is a sustainability-focused energy provider, providing innovative engineering, construction, and energy solutions that enable consumers to contribute to a low-carbon future.

The brand is enhanced by its diverse and skilled workforce

which works together to build a more sustainable future for the company, employees, customers, and communities. Bernhard's team lives by their sustainability values every day, which include lowering client GHG emissions (the brand has already delivered projects that have saved 5 million metric tons of CO2e for their customers), ensuring a safe and inclusive work environment, and leaving a long-term positive environmental footprint.America's Top CleanersAmerica's Best Cleaners (ABC) is the most well-known quality mark in the garment care industry, and it works with ABC Affiliates and non-affiliated companies to promote success and encourage environmentally conscientious garment care professionals.America's Best Cleaners has received Platinum Level Certification from the Green Business Bureau and collaborates directly with GBB to develop and assess green programs for the garment care sector. ABC sees sustainability as a continual improvement process, and the brand works to build its sustainability strategy through communication and collaboration.ABC has encountered some criticism from big economic and business forces as it pursues its sustainability goals. Nonetheless, ABC has not been constrained by these issues, and instead uses them to advance the brand's goal. The company teaches their Affiliates and advises consumers on how to make sound decisions that benefit the environment and the economy.Chrisy SportsChristy Sports is a well-known provider of skis, ski boots, snowboards, and bindings, offering top brands such as Salomon, Atomic, K2, Spyder, and Volkl.