An Overview on Sustainability
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oing green is about more than reducing environmental impacts - it will enable your organisation to lower costs, increase efficiency, foster social responsibility and unlock unexpected opportunities.
What is sustainability, and how could it positively impact on your business?
Many organisations are realising the huge benefits of implementing a comprehensive environmental programme - at the very least you'll save money and become a much more efficient workplace as a result of the process.
How simple or complex your own organisational environmental programme is will depend on the environmental impacts of your sector or industry, and the size of your business. For most organisations this may include an evaluation on your waste and energy use, emissions and discharges, and use of hazardous substances.
"Our goal is to improve the company's overall use of resources, resulting in lower cost of product and distribution to improve competitiveness. A side benefit is environmental stewardship which will be used in the sales and marketing process.
"Standard practices will be challenged and revised through input from a large group of employees. The ideas foster innovative solutions to improvements to the corporation as a whole. This all clearly ties to acceptance within the local community, the government, and attracts new customers."
Vice President - Large Chemical Company
The benefits of acquiring an accreditation in environmental practices, modelled on the international standard ISO14001, are that your clients, staff and stakeholders will recognise your business as being one who is demonstrating a level of corporate self-responsibility - who genuinely cares about sustainability and the impact of it's operations on the community at large.
With environmental accreditation, you are showing your business is genuine - your 'badge' will be all the evidence you need to show customers you're practicing what you preach. You'll also be setting yourself apart from your competitors, and setting your organisation up as the preferred supplier for those who care about environmental sustainability both now and in the future.
Safetycare have worked with many organisations to achieve environmental management accreditation which has translated into many cost efficiencies. Some of those efficiencies include waste and energy reduction, and enhanced brand positioning in the minds of clients, staff, regulatory bodies and the community.
Contact us for a no obligation discussion on the best options for your business.
