Abstract
This document is intended to help Better Plants partners navigate the renewable energy market by providing background on renewable technologies and their benefits as well as a wide range of purchasing options available to organizations. This guidance provides helpful information on adopting renewables by highlighting tools and resources for evaluating renewable energy projects. It also provides information on how renewable energy resources are accounted for by Better Plants reporting requirements. A separate supplemental document to this guidance is available that provides more in-depth information about renewable technologies. This guidance document is applicable to Better Plants partners participating at either the program or challenge level. Although the guidance is primarily intended to assist companies participating in Better Plants, the methodologies and information within are applicable to any organization interested in exploring and adopting renewable energy.
