Our Services

Cannabis Workforce Training and Development

A company is only as compliant as its team members. That’s why we offer comprehensive workforce development and training for cannabis operations, including cultivators, manufacturers and retailers. 

Unlike other cannabis consultancies, the Konopé approach is state-specific and tailored to your company’s exact operational markets, including Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts and more.

Our cannabis workforce development services include:

  • Responsible vendor training for budtenders and dispensaries

  • Delivery permit holder training

  • Hospitality and sales establishments training for consumption lounges

  • State-specific, self-guided online cultivation and manufacturing compliance training programs 

  • Personalized, company-specific digital training manuals for brand expansion and acquisition preparation

Cannabis Licensing and Permitting

Konopé helps cannabis businesses secure licenses nationwide. We have served clients in Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio, Nevada and more. Konopé also specializes in social equity applications and permitting for social equity license holders. 

Our cannabis licensing and permitting services include:

  • License applications for legal adult-use and medical markets

  • License applications limited-license states

  • Social equity application consulting

  • Social equity program guidance

  • Renewal applications

  • Modification and change of premises applications

Cannabis Compliance Strategy and Governance

Effective compliance strategy can vary widely state to state. Established cannabis markets like Colorado and California have different regulatory environments than emerging markets like Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Jersey and New York. 

Konopé can help your business develop a smart approach to corporate governance and enterprise risk management that protects the brand long-term from regulatory and legal risk.

Our services include:

  • METRC implementation

  • Documentation and operational IP development

  • Online training manual development

  • Ongoing compliance strategy maintenance

Cannabis Compliance Audits

In the short to mid-term, an audit from Konopé Compliance leaves our clients better prepared for inspections and investigations by state or local authorities, should they arise. In the long-term, compliance audits, when combined with strategy and governance consulting, help businesses prepare and plan for upcoming regulatory changes from a state and local level.

 Our compliance audit services include:

  • State-specific facility inspection

  • Reporting analysis and guidance

  • State-specific inspection readiness 

  • State-specific investigation assistance

Cannabis Standard Operating Procedures

Ready to develop a tangible asset that adds value to your company? We help our clients input their processes into a customized online self-guided training manual, specific to their IP. We work in partnership with an industry-leading software company to help our clients digitize their SOPs and policies for optimal functionality.

We offer proprietary, state-specific development of:

  • Integrated pest management SOPs

  • Cannabis packaging SOPs

  • Cannabis transportation SOPs

  • Cannabis cultivation SOPs

  • Dispensary SOPs

  • Cannabis manufacturing SOPs

  • Inventory accounting SOPs

  • Loss prevention SOPs

  • Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) SOPs

  • Product development and formulation SOPs