When thinking about sustainable
business strategies, sometimes you have to think long-term.
Businesses are in business to make money but hopefully they have
other goals that are in line with helping the environment. Think
through your decision-making process in regards to the Triple
Bottom Line. I hope with critical thinking, you will come up with
win-win-win outcomes.
Whenever you want to improve in a
specific area or program, just the process of increasing awareness
with the stakeholders will yield improvements. If you want to
improve your Environmental
Compliance Programs, letting the personnel who have
the greatest impact know about all the issues will help facilitate
improvement. Tracking results and communicating this information
also will help your mission.
If you want to minimize energy usage, post information that
describes how the personnel in your...
Whenever you want to improve in a
specific area or program, just the process of increasing awareness
with the stakeholders will yield improvements. If you want to
improve your Environmental
Compliance Programs, letting the personnel who have
the greatest impact know about all the issues will help facilitate
improvement. Tracking results and communicating this information
will also help your mission.
If you want to minimize energy usage, post information that
describes how the personnel in your...
Triple Bottom Line may be a new
term for many of you. Refer to
Wikipedia for a more in depth
discussion.
Obviously environmental components play strongly into the Triple Bottom Line. Performing an Environmental Health and Safety Audit is a good starting point to improve your Triple Bottom Line. The results of the audit will aid in the development of your Sustainable Business Strategies.
Obviously environmental components play strongly into the Triple Bottom Line. Performing an Environmental Health and Safety Audit is a good starting point to improve your Triple Bottom Line. The results of the audit will aid in the development of your Sustainable Business Strategies.
While there are numerous benefits energy audits, energy audits allow your company to:
- Identify your greatest opportunities for savings
- Gain a consciousness of the impact of energy usage on profitability
- Develop a baseline to identify the impact of changes in operations on energy consumption
- Develop an energy conservation and usage reduction strategy as part of your Sustainable Development Plan
With the rising cost of energy and concerns about the effects of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on the climate, energy audits are becoming an increasingly important tool for sustainability-minded businesses. Energy audits can range from a simple facility walk through and review of electricity bills to a comprehensive review of energy consumption by individual pieces of equipment, processes and load variations by day and by season. The nature and complexity of the energy audit will also differ...
Read More »It is too soon to claim that the
issue of global
warming has come and gone; we are just getting
started. However, it is never too early to anticipate the next big
issue on the horizon. According to a global opinion poll recently
made public by GlobeScan, an international public and stakeholder
opinion research firm, and SustainAbility, a think tank and
business strategy consultancy, water scarcity will prompt global
industrial transformation.
To learn more about what comes after global warming, c...
Read More »To learn more about what comes after global warming, c...
At August Mack Environmental, we have developed a four-step approach to successfully implement sustainable business strategies at any business.
- Determine Where You Are
- Decide Where You Want to Go
- Count Your Steps
- Tell Everyone What You Did and Where You Are Going Next
During the next few weeks, this
blog will highlight each of these four steps and provide guidelines
for what companies should consider while integrating the
triple bottom line into their business.
It seems that everyone is talking about "going green" or implementing sustainability solutions in their business, but what are the benefits of these efforts? The most basic benefits of sustainable business strategies are:
- Increased public relations
- Increased production efficiency
- Reduced natural resource usage
- Improved brand image
- Managed risk
- Emphasized good corporate citizenship
- Increased employee morale
- Improved profitability
So, what is your company doing to
benefit from its triple bottom
line (people...
Read More »Environmental sustainability and
corporate social responsibility (CSR) are important parts of a
company's overall growth strategy. A recent report was published
that illustrated that companies that document their sustainability
efforts get a better return on their assets than companies that
don't.
According to a recent poll that was conducted in 2009, 40 percent
of consumers said they bought products or services because they
liked the social or political values of the company. Nearly half...
Triple Bottom Line may be a new
term for many of you. Refer to Wikipedia for a more in depth
discussion.
Obviously environmental components play strongly into the Triple Bottom Line. Performing an Environmental Health and Safety Audit is a good starting point to improve your Triple Bottom Line. The results of the audit will aid in the development of your Sustainable Business Strategies.
Obviously environmental components play strongly into the Triple Bottom Line. Performing an Environmental Health and Safety Audit is a good starting point to improve your Triple Bottom Line. The results of the audit will aid in the development of your Sustainable Business Strategies.
In Detroit, we are used to cars
working on their efficiency - now Ford is working on its
facilities. One of Ford Motor Company's latest energy efficiency
projects is the retrofit of its lighting systems at its Detroit
campus facilities. They will retrofit or replace more than 50,000
light fixtures and add a lighting control system for maximum
efficiency. Ford will be using the energy savings to pay for the
upgrade over five years.
Many companies are conducting energy audits as a way to...
Read More »Many companies are conducting energy audits as a way to...
Whenever you want to improve in a
specific area or program, just the process of increasing awareness
with the stakeholders will yield improvements. If you want to
improve your Environmental
Compliance Programs, letting the personnel who have
the greatest impact know about all the issues will help facilitate
improvement. Tracking results and communicating this information
will also help your mission.
If you want to minimize energy usage, post information that
describes how the personnel in your...
At the 2010 National Automobile
Dealer Association Convention, Ford announced a voluntary
sustainability initiative for their Ford and Lincoln Mercury
dealers. Ford is appealing to them to reduce emissions and improve
energy efficiency at their facilities. Ford plans to test for best
practices at three dealerships in diverse climates, as part of what
they are calling the "Go Green" dealer sustainable
initiative.
Dealers will use energy audits and sustainable business practices to drive down...
Read More »Dealers will use energy audits and sustainable business practices to drive down...
A recent survey reported that eighty
percent of North American professional sports teams plan to
increase their environmental sustainability programs. The survey
also finds that approximately half the other teams have developed
or are considering developing a sustainability plan with short and
long term goals.
The survey also finds that more than 90 percent of the professional
sports teams indicate their executive management has a positive
perspective on developing a green business strategy and...
In the recent past, I had an
engineer comment to me that "going green" is actually just good
engineering practices. If you can make a process or product more
efficient, create less waste, use less energy, etc., then you are
doing good engineering. The challenge lies in doing this without an
increase in the cost of the process or product. When it is all said
and done, does it make economic sense? Many people are even willing
to pay a slight premium knowing that they are doing what
is ultimately...
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The owners of corporate fleets and
long-haul trucking firms should reap the benefits of a new stimulus
package that aims to boost the fuel efficiency of U.S. manufactured
vehicles. Reuters reports the $187 million injection will be
augmented by another 50 percent in funding from the private
sector. The Detroit News is reporting a total of nine projects are
receiving funds. Three of the nine projects have a goal of boosting
the fuel efficiency of long-haul trucks by half or more.
These types of...
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New research from the UK suggests
that nearly 75 percent of UK shoppers are in agreement
with the government plans to move forward with voluntary carbon
footprint label on food items. UK Consumers are effectively saying
"give us carbon footprint labels on food".
The survey of more than 400 supermarket shoppers was conducted across all major UK supermarket chains. It asked people if they would be interested in carbon footprint labeling, 72 percent want it. However, when asked about their...
Read More »The survey of more than 400 supermarket shoppers was conducted across all major UK supermarket chains. It asked people if they would be interested in carbon footprint labeling, 72 percent want it. However, when asked about their...
Facilities typically have
numerous fluorescent light bulbs within their buildings. When
the light bulbs go out or are replaced, what does the facility
personnel that changed the light bulbs do with the old
ones? Do they just throw them in the trash? Unless the
facility can prove that the old bulbs do not contain hazardous
constituents, they cannot dispose of the old light bulbs in the
regular trash. The facility is required to handle them as universal
waste and follow the associated...
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