You already know why your company should go green. This comprehensive guide tells you how to do it profitably. It details every step of the process-from getting employee buy-in and conducting a current sustainability audit to developing a plan of action and measuring progress. Nuts-and-bolts guidance helps you make continuous, cost-effective improvements and shift the prevailing business culture by infusing green practices into your organization's very DNA.
Through illustrative examples from a wide variety of industries, this book shows how to:
• Design sustainable products
• Green your facilities
• Find green vendors
• Use renewable energy
• Reduce harmful emissions
• Recycle waste products, and more
The emphasis is on practicality-stand-alone chapters you can read when you need them and tools you can use to implement change in any area of your organization.