{"id":58717,"date":"2009-12-01T14:14:31","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T19:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/?p=134311"},"modified":"2009-12-01T14:14:31","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T19:14:31","slug":"innovative-employee-commuter-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/58717","title":{"rendered":"Innovative Employee Commuter Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainroseherbs.com\/\">Mountain Rose Herbs<\/a> has a commuter program that all companies should mimic &#8211; it&#8217;s great for the planet and employees. Mountain Rose Herbs sells amazing organic herbal products that are processed, handled, analyzed and supervised by a full time quality control department. Their products are fresh, fragrant, colorful, and guaranteed to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainroseherbs.com\/about\/otoc.html\">organic and safe<\/a>. Now, about their commuter program&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-134313\" src=\"http:\/\/images1.blisstree.com\/files\/2009\/12\/mountain-rose-herbs.jpg\" alt=\"mountain rose herbs\" width=\"590\" height=\"179\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mountain Rose Herbs aims to be a zero-waste, green company, and to that end they&#8217;ve got a killer Carpool and Bicycle Program. Not only do they encourage employees to carpool and bike to work but they actually pay their employees to do so. Currently all staff members who carpool to work earn 12 cents per mile for each passenger, and for those who bicycle to work, the company pays them 20 cents per mile! AND at the end of each year, Mountain Rose offers a cool $500.00 bonus to the individual who has logged the most passenger miles. With the growing problem of Co2 emissions and global climate change this is an amazing program &#8211; one that actually offers incentives to be green. Way more companies should do this.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the carpool &amp; bike program, Mountain Rose Herbs has many other green policies in place such as&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allocating an average of $55,000.00 dollars each year for charitable giving, sponsorships, community functions, conservation work, and plant related projects.<\/li>\n<li>They&#8217;re the first U.S. supplier of Fair Trade Certified medicinal herbs and beyond that have a Good Trade Program as well.<\/li>\n<li>They only mail out catalogs twice a year and only to those that request them or customers within a 9 month period. The current catalog is 76 pages and the non-glossy interior pages were manufactured on 100% recycled stock and the glossy pages were manufactured on 50% recycled stock. The printing is done with soybean-based inks, and no petroleum or solvent-based solutions are used in the production of the catalog.<\/li>\n<li>All invoices, flyers, brochures and other paper materials are printed on 100% post consumer waste material.<\/li>\n<li>Shipping material is made up of recycled post-consumer newsprint, 100% post-consumer corrugation material, and the plastic bubble wrap used is made from 25% recycled post-consumer plastic.<\/li>\n<li>Mountain Rose Herbs is also a chemical free facility. They don&#8217;t use, nor allow within its facility, chemical cleaning agents, bleaches, synthetic and chemical based soaps, ammonia, chlorine, dioxide, commercial pest repellents, fumigants, or other synthetic agents which are harmful to people and the environment.<\/li>\n<li>Mountain Rose Herbs is a successful &#8220;Zero Waste&#8221; company where any perceived materials which might be regarded as waste are either recycled, re-used, composted, reclaimed, or brought back into the production cycle.<\/li>\n<li>Their commercial fleet vehicles run on bio-diesel!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Above is just the tip of the iceberg. Read more about their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainroseherbs.com\/about\/guiding.html\">green initiatives<\/a> at their website.<\/p>\n<p>WHY would you buy herbal products elsewhere? Really? Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainroseherbs.com\/\">Mountain Rose Herbs<\/a> to get your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/healthy-organic-holiday-herbs-spices\/\">holiday herbs<\/a>, some cool holiday gifts, and more. Plus check out their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainroseherbs.com\/specials\/specials.php\">monthly specials<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[images via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainroseherbs.com\/\">Mountain Rose Herbs<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\">Blisstree<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/innovative-employee-commuter-program\/\">Innovative Employee Commuter Program<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mountain Rose Herbs has a commuter program that all companies should mimic &#8211; it&#8217;s great for the planet and employees. Mountain Rose Herbs sells amazing organic herbal products that are processed, handled, analyzed and supervised by a full time quality control department. Their products are fresh, fragrant, colorful, and guaranteed to be organic and safe. 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