As lovely fall drives give way to wintry snow mixes and slippery parking lots, walkways, and entrances, it’s not too late to align your deicers with your sustainability goals. Especially if your facility is pursuing LEED Operations + Maintenance certification, but also if you’re concerned with surface corrosion, vegetation loss, skin irritation and more, facility […]
Category: Sustainability
The Secret Ingredient of Sustainability
There’s never been a better time to talk sustainability. New technologies emerge monthly that promise future efficiencies. Improvements to existing systems abound, and study results released regularly verify the need for business decisions that take human health, resource efficiency, and environmental sustainability into account. As inventions come to life and improvements occur, are we […]
Profit’s not always the point
“You might not expect the chief operating officer of a major global corporation to look too far beyond either the balance sheet or the bottom line. But Harish Manwani, COO of Unilever, makes a passionate argument that doing so to include value, purpose and sustainability in top-level decision-making is not just savvy, it’s the only […]
8 tree facts just for businesses
In celebration of National Arbor Day, here are the 8 tree facts that could have a significant impact on your business: Trees add value to your business, help cool your facility, break the cold winds to lower your heating costs, and provide food for wildlife. Here are some important facts about trees and […]
Unlock Savings by Paying Attention to Water
“‘Despite a string of widely reported droughts in recent years, the private sector still generally treats water as though it were an abundant resource. Don’t underestimate companies’ sheer ignorance about their own water use either. “A lot of businesses have no idea how much water they consume nor where that water comes from, where it […]
Sustainability as an Employee Perk?
“Increasingly, the organizations that really care about sustainable business practices — and that want to attract millennial workers who care about how their employers treat the planet — are embedding the notion of environmental responsibility right into their central corporate belief systems.” Check out the full story by Heather Clancy, Senior Writer at GreenBiz.