Smart Shift Event: October 28, 2010
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Simple steps, bright future:
Business and the
environment together.
EcoBusiness
Welcome
Thanks for visiting EcoBusiness. We’ll help you find practical solutions to make your business greener and more successful. It’s simple – tools and support that fit, whether you’re just getting started, or ready to move beyond green. We’re here to help; you just need to commit to four key actions:
- Senior management commitment
- Appointment of staff coordinator
- Adoption of Action Plans
- Annual Status Report
If you join with other EcoBusiness members, the rewards and benefits will be significant, not only for the environment but also for the success and future of your company. You can gain valuable public recognition as an EcoBusiness, meet interesting and helpful people at our workshops, seminars, and other useful events. And you can achieve benefits such as:
- Beat competitors to market
- Reduce energy and operating costs
- Grow sales and customer loyalty
- Enhance reputation and brand image
- And much more!
About the coin
The words ecology and economy share common roots - both originate from the Greek word “oikos”, meaning “home”. These common origins show the fundamental link between environment and our economy.
Durham Sustain Ability
EcoBusiness is an initiative of Durham Sustain Ability.
Pickering Business Eliminating its Dumpsters
PICKERING -- Durham Sustain Ability is challenging others to follow a local business owner's lead in trying to make his building eco-friendly.
Neil Samson's business, Monarch Kitchen and Bath Centre, is located at the Cumbay Building near Brock Road and Bayly Street. He and his staff are working with neighbouring businesses to remove the dumpsters that handle solid waste on the way to landfill.
"This is the case, even though 60 per cent of the solid waste in Ajax, Pickering or Durham is from businesses," he said in a press release. "There are no easy options for local businesses who want to adopt new 3Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle) practices, although Durham Region staff and groups like us are glad to provide guidance."
Read the full story at www.newsdurhamregion.com.