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The Benefits Of Embracing Greener Operations For Entrepreneurs
The environment is never too far away from the headlines, and as a population, we are becoming increasingly interested in what we can do to protect the planet. With climate change a real threat, businesses all over the world are taking steps to embrace greener ways of working. If you run a company, and you’re keen to do your bit, here are some of the most significant benefits of adopting eco-friendly measures and policies.
What Are the Benefits of Adopting a Continuous Improvement Culture?
No matter if you’re running a small local business or an international corporation, continuous improvement is a mindset that is beneficial to all companies. It’s the idea of making small yet tangible changes, then applying them to a larger scale in order to make positive changes to a company. But what exactly can we expect after a long period of continuous improvement?
The 'triangle of deceit' in climate conversations: ESG, net-zero and voluntary carbon markets
Amid the blizzard of corporate decarbonisation announcements, there has been some scepticism about how these ambitions will be realised, and what sort of solutions will be used to achieve them. Among the most outspoken of sceptics is Assaad Razzouk, a Singapore-based clean energy entrepreneur and host of the podcast Angry Clean Energy Guy.
Reducing The Carbon Footprint Of A Home Based Business
A home based business, but its very nature, is already doing its bit to reduce the carbon footprint of its owner, workers, and operations. After all, you both live and work in this environment, so you’ve cut your total carbon emissions by half! But could you be doing more to reduce this number even further?
The Duty Of Businesses Going Green In 2021
Climate change, or global warming, means an increase in the average temperature measured on Earth. Climate change is mainly caused by the use of fossil fuels, which results in the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the air. These gases cause heat storage in the atmosphere, a phenomenon that can cause various effects on ecosystems, including sea level rise, extreme weather events, droughts and more. All of this contributes to how businesses operate and the ways in which they should tackle sustainability, even on a smaller scale, to play their part. Sustainability is key and entrepreneur Stephen Troese, Jr., a sports fan is also dedicated to climate change. Because together it is achievable.
Back From the Brink: How Going Green Will Give You a Competitive Advantage After the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on many businesses all over the world. And instead of giving up, businesses are looking for ways to adapt to the new normal. This pandemic has also increased a sense of environmental sustainability among business owners. And in fact, many businesses have already put plans in place to balance both social and environmental issues as the pandemic disaster evolves. The following are some ways going green will give you competitive advantages after the pandemic.
Areas to Optimize Your Business For Better Eco-Efficiency
Every day, companies all over the world strive to find green solutions. However, more often than not, these companies don’t go as far as they could. They might encourage recycling and they probably switch the lights off when they leave the office. But is there more they could be doing? Of course there is. Optimizing your business is a great way to achieve eco-efficiency, and here are the four most effective areas.
How To Go Green With Your Freight Shipping
When it comes to your business then, you should all you can to reduce your environmental impact. This should be something you do within all aspects of your business, including your freight shipping. By doing so, you will retain the loyalty of your customers and do your bit to save the planet!
Renting Your Tech – A Greener Business Model
You might also have several ideas in place that can make your new business venture more sustainable. Maybe you’re reducing your original idea for office space, or opting to go paperless from the start. But, there’s something you may not have thought of yet – renting your technology.
How Your Website Can Make Your Business Greener
You might not know it, but your website can also help make your business greener. How is that possible, you might be asking yourself? Take a look at the following points to learn more about how you create a greener business through your website.
5 Ways to Truly Have a Paperless Office
The paperless office is something many organizations dream of doing, but it rarely happens in reality. Are you frustrated with paperwork coming into your premises and the paper used by your team each day? Check out these five methods for achieving a truly paperless office.
How To Make Your Office More Sustainable
There is no time like the present when it comes to creating a more eco-friendly office for work. Whether you now have remote workers, are Forex Trading, dealing with customer service, completing sales calls, or anything else in an office, there are many ways you can go green and create a pleasant working environment at the same time as helping the environment.
How to Make Your Business More Eco-Friendly
The growing concerns of the state of the environment have pushed many companies to re-assess their impact and reduce their footprints. However, it is not so easy to transition into a completely green business. It takes bold decisions and pragmatic strategies to consciously make a company greener. Here are a few tips to help you along your path to greenness.
How A Smaller Business Can Go Green
These days businesses don’t just go green because it’s what they believe in. A lot of them simply go green because they know it’s what people expect of them. It’s a brutal truth, but in the main, the corporate big wigs are going to push towards whatever saves them money, or makes them money. But how does the smaller businesses make this worth their while?
Going Green Podcast Guest: When Science Meets Business
Reducing overall energy consumption is quite different than just becoming more energy efficient. I had a chat with Dylan Welch on the Going Green Podcast about how we can use Energy-as-Strategy to identify #risks and #opportunities that a pure financial analysis would leave on the table.
How the Energy Balance Sheet Enhances Corporate Strategy
Increasingly, businesses are realizing the need to lower their energy use and, therefore, their associated carbon footprint. They understand that not only do customers demand it, but if done effectively it enhances their bottom line while also helping mitigate unhealthy environmental consequences and even providing social benefits.
The Case for Energy Statements
It is a frequent saying among environmentalists that businesses need to value the environment more. They point to examples of pollution, global warming, deforestation. At the same time, the proliferation of climate metric systems, such as the triple bottom line, science-based targets, the GRIs, have been unable to put the brakes on seemingly wanton environmental destruction.
Opportunity Knocks: An Alignment of Finance and Climate Concerns.
A major opportunity has appeared that capitalizes on a seemingly contradictory, but fantastic convergence – the need to invest in climate actions with a general underfunding of energy efficiency measures in companies. Why fantastic? Let me explain.
The Corporate Energy Strategist’s Handbook
In an era in which scientists say we are approaching a point of no return in terms of climate change, companies are looking for ways to improve productivity of innovations that reduce environmental footprints. This book presents a large selection of decision-making frameworks for strategy and sustainability management.