Black Tie Ski Rentals has gone for and gotten the gold. The company uses energy-saving compact fluorescent lighting throughout its store, offsets its vehicle emissions by buying carbon credits and rewards employees for using alternative transportation, co-owner Ian Prichard said.
Employees get a point each time they carpool, walk, bike or use other methods to get to work besides driving themselves, he said. Points can be redeemed for merchandise. Black Tie recently awarded its top two point-earners with a trip to Silverton, Prichard said.
If employees have points left over at the end of the year, Prichard said, Black Tie will match the number of points with a dollar donation to the employee’s choice of Protect our Winters, which fights global warming and focuses on the winter sports community or Routt County United Way.