Your Green Review

Company Name: BayingHound.com
Company Type: Privately Owned LLC
URL/Location: www.BayingHound.com
Contact Information: Rachel Tayse Baillieul: rachel@bayinghound.com
Can Offer Facility Tours To: A YGR Representative

Company Description:
We are an online retailer selling eco-friendly gear for outdoor recreation and every day use. Specifically, we sell reusable bags, BPA-free metal water bottles, earth friendly merino wool apparel and eco-accessories.

Sustainable Business Practices:
Conserve the environment by:
1.) Reusing packaging

2.) Reduce transportation resources by ordering in large quantities from our vendors

3.) Reduce transportation weight by using the lightest shipping materials possible

4.) Paper-free accounting

5.) Source products from companies that share and practice our fair trade values

6.) Choose vendors who share our environmental conservation practices

We Believe:
1.) The resources of the earth are limited and need conservation

2.) Everyone benefits when we treat each other with respect

3.) Our business will thrive when profits are spent wisely. To this end we:

• Conserve the environment
• Pay employees fairly and offer benefits
• Carefully use profits and pay ourselves a modest salary and invest the rest in the business
• Return a minimum of 1% of revenue to the community (Last year’s donations went to Capitol Area Humane Society, Clintonville/Beechwold Community Resource Center, US Fund for United Nations Children’s Fund, Nature Conservancy and Local Public Radio Station WCBE)
• Treat our customers and vendors with the respect we hope for ourselves
• Acquire marketing advantage without paying to influence opinion or bad mouthing competition

Certifications Held and Methods of Compliance:
1.) Columbus Green Spot member: Company as a whole

2.) ZQue Certified: Wool products

3.) Carbon Neutral: Squishy bowls and Microbites utinsils

For Products Services Not Certified, Explain Production Methods/Materials/Practices Which Make Them Green:
1.) Reclaimed materials (defined as materials that otherwise would be recycled or trashed find a re-purposed use): OLovesM bags and Green Guru Gear bags

2.) Locally produced (defined as manufactured within 60 miles of business location of 50% or more local materials): OLovesM bags, Green Guru Gear, Jess Bee Naturals

3.) Reusable (defined as product intended and designed to be used many times and replace a disposable object): Klean Kanteen, Nathan Designs, Guyot Designs Bottles; Squishy Bowls and Microbites utensils.