Why Sustainability Matters in Business

September 11, 2022


Many people have started focusing on sustainability – in their lifestyles, their diets and their households. As a business owner, taking a look at your business practices and questioning your own sustainability is an important move in 2022. Sustainability in business is becoming increasingly important for various reasons, and some companies are almost entirely focused on this movement. For example, organisations like US Soy place a major focus on sustainability in their practices, making it one of their driving factors in all they do.

Sustainable business practices can help address global issues such as climate change, loss of natural resources, pollution and inequality in its various forms. If you’re wondering why this should matter to you as a business owner, here are three major reasons.

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Financial and Environmental Benefits of Portable Buildings for Small Business

March 27, 2015

Portable Building
Many start-up businesses, and growing ones, face the challenge of having a building space to work from. While you can opt to build or rent a permanent building it takes time to get it ready for business use. It also requires significant investment and high operating cost. There is another alternative in terms of portable building that can provide cost effective solution. Portable buildings are just what the name suggests. They are not built to stay in the ground permanently. Rather they can be erected quickly and provide the solution that is not only cost effective, but also environmentally friendly. Here are some additional details on the benefits and types of portable buildings.

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Small Changes that can drive a More Sustainable Business

September 16, 2014

Recycling
It’s a standard practice these days for businesses of all sizes to develop and implement company-wide environmental policy. If you are a large business with a big workforce and a correspondingly large carbon footprint, an environmental policy is beneficial for a number of reasons: besides the obvious (and very important) environmental impact, a clear eco-strategy can cut energy costs, provide clear guidance for employees and reduce culpability in case of legal grey areas. But how to successfully design and implement these changes? While many of the items on your list will be specific to your business, there are many simple changes which can be executed within any industry to create a cost-effective, carbon-friendly working environment.

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Case Studies in Growing Business by Going Green

February 11, 2014

Case studies in growing business by going green
Going green is trendy, but many question its benefits and wonder if the initial investment associated with going green is worth it. However, more and more organizations, large and small, are taking this path less travelled and finding the journey not only enjoyable, but profitable as well. The businesses featured below took various paths in their journey to common destination of green and saw significant improvement in their carbon footprint and profits. Read on and let us know if you think your business can achieve the same results by going green.

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