Verify Your Business Operations
Blue’s three-star verification system helps businesses to reduce single-use plastics and make a continuous commitment to sustainability, while celebrating incremental achievements along the way.
Blue's 3-Star System
Oceanic Global recognizes that it takes small ripples to create waves of change, and awards businesses with one, two or three stars to reflect their level of achievement.
To become Blue Verified, businesses need to measurably remove single-use plastics and implement Blue Actions. Blue Actions are best practices for comprehensive sustainable operations.
Mandatory: Meet or exceed local waste management regulations
Eliminate 3 single-use plastic items & implement 1 Blue Action
Eliminate 6 single-use plastic items & implement 3 Blue Actions
Eliminate all mandatory single-use plastics regularly used on-site & implement 5 Blue Actions
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How Blue Works
To achieve Blue Verification, businesses must take significant action - not just to reduce their impact, but to make a postive one. It's not easy. But we've made it simple.
Eliminate 3 plastic items
Implement 1 Blue action
Eliminate 6 plastic items
Implement 3 Blue actions
Eliminate all single-use plastic
All mandatory items, 5 blue actions
Across all:
Meet or exceed local waste management regulations
How It Works
Register Your Interest
Fill out the application form to get started. Once submitted, our team will connect with you to confirm the scope of services, outline pricing, and finalize the agreement.
Submit Assessment & Documentation
Complete the Blue Assessment and submit the required documentation. Our Blue Team will review your materials and follow up as needed. A visual assessment is also required as part of the process.
Achieve Blue Verification
Once verified, your business is awarded the relevant Blue Seal and provided with marketing assets, communications support, and on-site signage to share your achievement!
*Note: Re-verification is required every two years.
Case Studies
Corona Beach 100, Bar Duda Rei: Leading the Wave of Plastic-Free Hospitality in Brazil
Nestled on the shores of Fernando de Noronha, one of the planet’s most fragile and breathtaking island ecosystems, Bar Duda Rei is the first business as part of Corona’s Beach 100 Initiative to earn a 3-Star Plastic-Free Blue Seal. By eliminating single-use takeaway items, joining a local glass recycling initiative that transforms bottles into sand, and upcycling used cooking oil into soap, Bar Duda Rei proves that protecting paradise and running a thriving business can go hand in hand
Sandals Expands Impact Beyond Blue Verification
After achieving Blue Verification for 19 Sandals Resorts across the Caribbean, Sandals took ocean stewardship beyond its own properties. Through a Blue Grant initiative, the Foundation empowered local Jamaican businesses to adopt sustainable practices, helping four earn Blue Seals. Each participating business implemented waste separation stations, installed educational signage, and partnered with local waste providers to ensure materials are properly managed, extending the ripple of responsible tourism through the region.
The First- Ever Blue Verified Global Festival Series: Corona Sunsets World Tour
With Oceanic Global, Corona is redefining what large-scale live experiences can look like through the Blue Verified Corona Sunsets World Tour, the world’s first global festival series to achieve full Blue Verification. Across multiple continents, the tour integrated plastic-free food and beverage service, repurposed stage and décor materials, carbon offsetting, solar-powered energy, and locally sourced menus – all while weaving educational and cultural activations into the festival experience. The result: a global celebration proving that sustainability can take center stage.
M Moser Associates: Designing Workplaces that Care for People and Planet
M Moser, a global leader in human-centric workplace design, continues to raise the bar for sustainability across its global offices. Building on their earlier commitment as a TOS Blue Verified partner, M Moser’s New York City Living Lab is the first in their worldwide portfolio to advance from the TOS Ocean Champion Badge to the highest level of verification within the Blue Standard — the 3-Star Plastic-Free Seal. Through thoughtful design choices, operational best practices, and a deep commitment to employee and environmental well-being, M Moser is proving that the future of the workplace can be both innovative and regenerative.
Clever Carbon Sets a New Standard for Sustainable Climate Events
At global climate gatherings in New York City and San Francisco, Clever Carbon’s Carbon Newbie Summits became the first climate literacy events to earn Blue Verification. Through plant-based catering, elimination of single-use plastics, and interactive educational programs, Clever Carbon demonstrated that climate-focused convenings can lead by example – showing what a truly sustainable event experience looks like.
Blue Administration Fee
Includes: Registration, Project Directory, Blue List Access, Documentation Review, Awarding of Blue Seal, High Level Marketing Support
Business Type
Administration Fee
(1-time Fee)
Reverification Fee
(Biennial Fee)
Restauraunt
Independent Cafes (beverage only and under $1M verifiable gross revenue)
$750
$250
Restaurants Emerging Markets (under $1M)
$750
$250
Small (under $1M verifiable gross revenue)
$1,000
$500
Medium ($1M - $5M verifiable gross revenue)
$2,000
$750
Large ($5M+ verifiable gross revenue)
$3,000
$1,000
Portfolios (3+ properties)
Upon Request
Upon Request
Hotel
Emerging Markets
$1,000
Small (under $1M verifiable gross revenue)
$2,000
$500
Medium ($1M - $5M verifiable gross revenue)
$3,000
$750
Large ($5M+ verifiable gross revenue)
$4,000
$1,000
Portfolios (3+ properties)
Upon Request
Upon Request
Office Space
SME (under $15M verifiable gross revenue)
$3,000
$750
Large Corporate ($15M+ verifiable gross revenue)
$4,000
$1,000
Portfolios (offices)
Upon Request
Upon Request
Events / Music Festivals / Concerts
Small (under $50,000 production costs)
$1,000
n/a
Medium ($50,000 - $500,000 production costs)
$2,000
n/a
Large ($500,000 - $1,000,000 production costs)
$3,000
n/a
X-Large ($1,000,000+ production costs)
$5,000
n/a
Nonprofit / Public School / Government
(discounted price)
$1,500
$300
*Oceanic Global is committed to ensuring the Blue Standard is accessible to all that wish to pursue verification through the Blue Standard Financial Support Application.
Blue Verified Businesses
FAQ
What is the Blue Standard?
The Blue Standard is a first of its kind cross-industry standard. Blue offers a three-star verification system composed of open-source resources, step-by-step auditing and consultation support, and buying deals with vetted, sustainable vendors. Blue also offers product and packaging seals that verify individual products for meeting Blue’s plastic-free criteria. The two synergistic offerings work together to empower businesses to achieve measurable impact that protects our blue planet.
How is it related to Oceanic Global?
Oceanic Global is the nonprofit organization that developed and manages the Blue Standard.
How much does it cost?
Blue’s Industry Solutions Guides are free step-by-step resources that share solutions for your business to eliminate single-use plastics, reduce single-use items, improve waste management, choose non-toxic products, select regenerative food, source responsible seafood, and more.
For businesses that wish to become Blue Verified, a registration fee is required based on the size and type of business.
Oceanic Global is committed to ensuring the Blue Standard is accessible to all that wish to pursue verification. Financial assistance is available through the Financial Support Application and will be awarded on a case-by-case basis.
What size and type of business can be Blue Verified?
Blue welcomes businesses of all sizes. Hospitality, music, events, offices, professional sports, and consumer goods brands are the primary types of businesses that pursue Blue, but all are welcome and encouraged to become verified.
What research/expertise went into Blue?
Oceanic Global’s core team, Board of Scientific Advisors and network of partners supported the development of Blue.
Where can I find a local consultant?
Complete the Blue Verification registration form relevant for your business and Oceanic Global will help put you in touch with a local consultant.
After my business becomes Blue Verified, does it need to reverify?
Re-verification is required every two years. A Blue Standard Consultant will conduct a reassessment of your operations to confirm your continued eligibility for your recognition through the program.
Is Oceanic Global a non-profit or for-profit organization?
Oceanic Global is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in New York, USA. Where applicable, registration fees and donations are a tax deductible expense.