Fast Company: 50 Ways to Green Your Business
Big companies are recognizing the benefits of going green in their corporate identity, consumer loyalty and their bottom lines. Fast Company has kept up with the many ways that corporations are becoming leaner and greener and compiled the How to Green Your Business mega-list or “Half-a-hundred options for cleaning up your business, from the universal to the specific.”
From General Electric’s hybrid diesel-electric locomotive to Wal-Mart’s plan for heavy-duty diesel-hybrid 18-wheelers, 50 Ways to Green Your Business is a blueprint for business green. Less packaging, more fuel efficiency, green movie sets, biodegradable plates and computer recycling are just some of the initiatives that Fast Company features.
Companies like IBM, Whole Foods Market, Timberland and, representing the business side of education, University of New Hampshire are all just some of the names making the top 50. The great part about this list is that the ideas don’t seem to end and it’s making clear that green is good business.
50 Ways to Green Your Business
Hi, Ali:
This was an interesting story. I know some people will be cynical when they eye the list of businesses mentioned on the Fast Company list. “There has to be something in it for them,” they’ll probably say. But I’m a firm believer in the fact that going green needs to make economic sense for businesses. Otherwise, there’d be no reason for businesses to go that route.
I like when people are critical because it raises the bar. I hope cynicism doesn’t get in the way of looking objectively at the ideas in the Fast Company list. They are ideas that lower the ecological impact of business while improving efficiency and savings. It’s a common theme among companies – going green has to make economic sense – but there are plenty of win-win scenarios out there. Thanks for stopping by, Dan!
BTW, That’s Dan from Property Crossroads who has been looking at the green side of real estate in recent posts, go check him out at http://www.propertycrossroads.com