10. “Business is the only mechanism powerful enough
to produce the changes necessary to reverse global
environment and social degradation”
- Paul Hawken
11. “Business is the only mechanism powerful enough
to produce the changes necessary to reverse global
environment and social degradation”
- Paul Hawken
13. Green Practices can Help you …
Save Money
The experience of businesses that have already adopted
environmentally sustainable working practices is that
energy efficiency can lead to significant cost savings,
which means your business can become leaner and more
efficient.
14. Green Practices can Help you …
Win new Business
There is growing pressure from society, government and
customers for businesses to act in an environmentally
responsible way. The attitudes and expectations of
consumers are changing rapidly and businesses need to
be able to adapt quickly.
15. Green Practices can Help you …
Enhance Reputation
Customers and the public increasingly demand that
businesses behave in an environmentally ethical way.
Those that fail to meet these expectations risk causing
damage to their brand. In turn this can harm a
company’s ability to win customers and attract and
retain the best employees.
16. Green Practices can Help you …
Make you more Efficient
The same technologies that help reduce your carbon footprint
can at the same time result in significant efficiency gains.
Allowing employees the flexibility to work from home not
only reduces the amount of travel they do, thereby cutting
carbon emissions, but research shows it also makes employees
around 20 per cent more productive.
17. Part 3 : What does it mean to be a Sustainable Business ?
35. Voice over IP
Voice over IP Single cabling for Data and
Telephone applications, reducing materials used
and power required.
36. Remote Maintenance
IP Networks provide ability for remote
maintenance of voice and telephone systems.
Reducing travel for maintenance personnel.
37. E-Training and E- Learning
Reducing the need for paper and in turn the
requirement for employees or trainers to travel
to or from the training centers.
38. Wi-fi at coffee shops
Encourage employees to use wi-fi at coffee
shops to connect to the office network while on
meeting tours.
39. Smart Phone Technology
Encourage employees to use smart phone
technologies to help them work out of the
office and not have to be present at the office
everyday.
40. Web conferencing and meeting
Usage of web conferencing and web meeting
will help reduce travel and also help the
environment.
41. Air Travel Substitution
Encourage employees to adopt as much land
transport as possible in order to reduce high
altitude Carbon emission.
42. Virtual filing and Cloud computing
Whether its Google or Microsoft, use Cloud Computing to maximize server
utilization and save space.
