But even companies in fax - heavy industries are starting to look for alternatives, especially
those adopting sustainable business practices such as reducing the office paper they use, Davidson says.
Not exact matches
By embracing diversity in your
business today, you can
adopt an intrapreneurial mindset and
sustainable skills that will help you succeed.
Sustainable solutions like farm - to - table dining and Soylent are new innovations that will hopefully encourage even more
businesses to
adopt smarter food practices.
By being a hemp advocate or
business person in the United States, to directly compete with domestic farmers is contradictory to the
sustainable advocacy the entire industry has begun to
adopt.
The California
Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA), established by Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG), today unveiled its 2006 Progress Report indicating a 24 percent increase since 2004 in the number of California wineries and vineyard
businesses working to
adopt practices that are sensitive to the environment and society at large.
The 45 - page user - friendly guide demonstrates how
adopting sustainable methods reduces risk and can be an effective management strategy to enhance the long - term viability of
businesses.
To achieve
sustainable growth, the industry must invent innovative, manpower - lean
business formats and
adopt technology at a quicker pace,» said Kee Ai Nah, group director (Industry & Enterprise), Spring Singapore.
The city's role, on the other hand, is to influence and accommodate
business investment decisions by: Investing in supporting infrastructure
Adopting supportive taxing and regulatory policies Providing high levels of customer service, being «
business friendly» Creating smart,
sustainable incentives Understanding trends in the local economy Communicating with the
business community If the city is successful it encourages job creation, generates the revenue to support and sustain local services, and improves the community's quality of life
NAIROBI, Kenya — I'm halfway through a weeklong visit to this vibrant, polluted, hopeful and divided city, running discussions on several topics at a big United Nations conference clarifying the role of science,
business and, of course, governments in achieving the 17
Sustainable Development Goals the world's nations
adopted last year.
These principles were
adopted by American
Sustainable Business Council (ASBC), BCL,
Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy (BICEP), Corporate Climate Alliance (CCA), and Partnership for Responsible Growth (PRG) as a values - based way to understand key issues of carbon pricing, as well as a starting point for comparing specific policy proposals:
What are other ways of measuring success, and how can we encourage
businesses to
adopt sustainable practices and perspectives?
In addition to measuring and offsetting the carbon footprint of the 2013 Green Living Show, Carbonzero will be hosting a «Carbonzero Consultation Couch» at the event, where free 30 - minute sustainability consultations will be offered to Green Living Show exhibitors who are interested in learning how
businesses of all sizes can best
adopt and communicate
sustainable practices.
Powered by EnergySage, The
Sustainable Jersey Solar Challenge is a new statewide program from
Sustainable Jersey that provides a simple, cost effective way for municipalities to engage homeowners and small
businesses in
adopting solar.
Not only does he address the current state of
business education (he's not crazy about it), and refer often to student projects aimed at helping companies
adopt more
sustainable practices, but he takes the tone of an educator throughout.
Since then, indigenous people from Brazil to Kenya have used REDD to save endangered forest by jump - starting
sustainable business activities like harvesting acai berries or Brazil nuts, or even just
adopting more efficient woodstoves.
When clients see that
businesses understand how ecologically sound practices also save money, this encourages them to make their housing more eco-friendly and to
adopt conservation habits that are more environmentally
sustainable.
In addition to the National Association of Green Agents and Brokers» current educational and certification initiatives, NAGAB is introducing the Corporate Greenrealestate Leaders program to recognize those real estate boards and
businesses focusing on their environmental impact by
adopting sustainable practices in their day - to - day
business.