Welcome back to our green enterprise checklist for retailers. In my previous posts, I described how to create a vision for sustainability and how to evaluate your operations, merchandise, supplies, advertising and marketing. The final area on our checklist is to evaluate your people. Your People Employees must be trained
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Welcome back to our green enterprise checklist for retailers. In my previous posts, I described how to create a vision for sustainability, how to evaluate your operations, your merchandise and your supplies. The next area on our checklist is to evaluate your advertising and marketing. Your Advertising and Marketing Reduce
Welcome back to our green enterprise checklist for retailers. In my previous posts, I described how to create a vision for sustainability and how to evaluate your operations. The next area on our checklist is evaluating your merchandise. Your Merchandise Successful businesses know they need the right product mix for
Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet an innovator and entrepreneur in the banking industry – Henry McKoy. His green vision is to establish proven lending practices that consider not only a commercial applicant’s credit worthiness, but their quantifiable impact on the environment and community. What are the potential benefits
Welcome back to our series of posts that provide a green enterprise checklist for retailers. In my previous post, I described how to create a vision for sustainability and introduced five areas of focus to help you begin implementing that vision. The first area on our checklist is to evaluate
This Tuesday, I had the opportunity to participate in a half-day seminar on “What Sustainability Means to a Company’s Bottom Line.” The event was hosted by SAS in our green LEED-certified Canadian Headquarters in Toronto. As I was preparing for the seminar, I reflected on the topic at hand. I
With increased customer awareness and consumer demand about the virtues of going green, getting your company to become more environmentally friendly is a winning strategy. But sustainable business practices are relatively new to many companies. The most common question I get is: “Where do I start?” There is no direct
SAS and MIT Sloan share a similar mission when it comes to the topic of sustainability: To explore and share lessons on how sustainability challenges are transforming 21st century organizations. While we at SAS continue to refine our own practices in corporate social responsibility, we’re helping our customers measure, manage
The top administrator for the US EPA recently released findings that will pave the way for legislation that limits greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. With this report, the US takes a big step closer to European Union nations, which have agreed to Kyoto greenhouse gas limits and are
The announcement that SAS’ new conference center will support LEED standards is a great opportunity to ponder some of the converging trends in environmental sustainability. With evidence that the economic benefits rival the environmental gain, companies are really taking notice. The Climate Counts Scorecard showcases companies taking steps to mitigate