Bicycle Friendly Business

Ecology Action | Silver Level

Business Highlights: Ecology Action has a carbon reduction program and an environmentally preferable purchasing program that offers employees 0 percent interest loans on bikes and a folding bike rebate. The business encourages employees to ride to work through a financial incentive program and by offering an accommodating company dress code.  Encouragement such as this has led to 20 percent of Ecology Action’s employees ride to work more than twice a week. Ecology Action is an active organization that arranges numerous bike programs for the Santa Cruz County ranging from monthly bike safety classes to Bike to Work Day/School activities.

Most Innovative & Effective Recent Achievement:
All Ecology Action employees who ride to work regularly, receive $25 a month re-imbursement for bike expenses.       

Most Compelling Statistic: Ecology Action hosted a spring and fall Bike to Work/School Day events with over 9,500 participants who biked over 55,000 miles reducing approximately 55,000 lbs. of greenhouse gases.

Upcoming Plans: The business is planning to increase their monthly reimbursement for bike commuting, while also tracking miles ridden. Also in the works for Ecology Action is hosting quarterly onsite bike repair days.