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Benefit Plan of Action
Re-engineering the way you manage energy consumption will
directly translate into lower overhead costs and higher profits.
As energy costs continue to rise, reducing consumption and
Reduce your switching to renewable energy will become increasingly
operating costs
important. You can identify measures that will reduce your
energy bills by up to 20%, or even more, many at little or no
cost.
Research has shown that an increasingly number of consumers
Increase your
current sales and think it’s important to buy from environmentally responsible
companies. You can respond to this demand by greening your
develop new income current products and services and by introducing new solutions
streams
and technologies.
Innovative companies taking positive action towards the
Strengthen your environment are viewed more positively by their customers,
reputation and suppliers and investors. The image of the company and its
increase loyalty of products are improved because stakeholders believe the
your customers company acts according to the principles of integrity and best
practice.
Comply with Operating a versatile green growth business strategy will ensure
standards and that your company complies with increasing regulatory pressures
regulations and limit the cost of environmental charges.

Improve Employee morale is directly linked to productivity, retention and
effectiveness of recruitment. Taking action will attract new talent and motivate
your employees who will support you in driving your business in
your employees
the right direction.

There are many ways a business can become greener which can fall under one of the next
categories: Reduction of environmental impact or Greening the business processes, products
and services. A short list of opportunities of greening business processes is presented below:

• Reduction of environmental impact
o Make green thinking a part of your company culture
o Re-think heating, ventilation and air conditioning and their controls
o Re-think lighting and its controls: use natural light as much as possible, change light
bulbs to compact-fluorescent (CFL) or LED lights, invest in light timers
o Reduce of water consumption
o Reduce paper consumption: sign up for paperless billing, only print essentials, use
both sides of paper
o Switch to Cloud computing
o Use green products (purchase green cleaning supplies; utilize green packaging
policies and techniques; green office equipment)
o Eliminate plastic bottles (use water dispensers and paper cups)

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