About Certification
Everything you need to know about GEO Certification
A well managed golf facility can be a haven for biodiversity. It can also purify water, conserve landscape heritage, create jobs in rural communities and provide valuable recreational space. A poorly managed golf course can do the exact opposite.
GEO Certification is an environmental balance sheet for golf. How does your facility measure up?
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Certification Criteria
Self assess your environmental performance and identify areas for improvement
Key Features
- Open to any facility, anywhere
- Independent on-site verification
- Continual improvement
- Transparent on-line reporting
- Zero paper
Tap into your Sustainability Cycle
- On Course
- Upload basic data & environmental policy
- Get your club On Course™ for GEO Certification
- Improve
- Certify
- Upload detailed data within three years
- Appoint GEO accredited verifier for assessment visit
- Verify
- On-site evaluation with constructive feedback
- Certification awarded / pending / rejected
- Re-certify
- Repeat steps 2 - 4 within three years
- GEO Certification requires continual improvement
