Becoming a Licensed SCORE Assessor

Zero Waste Alliance can train experienced sustainability consultants to use SCORE with their own clients. Internal practitioners may also want to become licensed so they can conduct SCORE year after year to track their progress without incurring the expense of an external licensee.

Benefits of licensing include: Learn the intricacies and subtleties of the tool Let us do the data analysis for you Receive ready-to-go reports that you can modify Get access to benchmarking data so that you can show your clients how they compare to other similar organizations Discover different ways to use SCORE in your consulting work Be listed on the SCORE web site as a licensed assessor Be invited to improve the assessments Receive updates to the tool Have access to the creators of SCORE for questions Get a copy of the companion book, The Business Guide to Sustainability (Earthscan, July 2006)

LICENSING TRAINING

There are four ways to become licensed to implement SCORE:

• OPTION 1 — ATTEND A PUBLIC WORKSHOP On occasion, we offer public workshops. Contact us to be put on an invitation list. We offer both face-to-face one-day workshops and a distance learning class that extends over one month.
• OPTION 2 — GROUP LICENSING. You can arrange for group training if you can pull together at least a dozen people. This option is best when you have a number of people to train at one time.
• OPTION 3—PRIVATE CONSULTATION. In some cases, we are able to schedule a private training session.
• OPTION 4—SUBCONTRACT. If you have a client who wants SCORE, we can perform the work as a subcontractor and license you in the process.

For option 1 and 2 above, the licensing fee is quite reasonable, now under $500, which you can easily earn back with your first SCORE client. Once you have completed the training, we will list you as a licensed SCORE assessor on the two SCORE websites (at the Zero Waste Alliance and also the creators of SCORE, AXIS Performance Advisors). Note that prospective assessors must possess a strong working knowledge of sustainability concepts and practices as this is necessary for proper use of SCORE.

SUPPORT SERVICES

We provide phone support to SCORE Licensees to help you be successful. This may include discussing how to implement SCORE in an unusual situation, explaining how to interpret SCORE items, or resolving difficulties with the files. We can also go with you the first time or two you use SCORE (although there is a fee for this service.) You will be provided updates and have input to future revisions. At our discretion, we will follow up with your SCORE clients to ensure quality control and will pass on any appropriate feedback or referrals.

Please contact us if you are interested in this licensing process.
We can also include additional training on related topics at the time of your licensing