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EcoBusiness Tip of the Month - Create a Green Team
An effective way to create positive change and encourage employees to adopt new behaviours in the workplace and at home is to create an internal Green Team. The Green Team is responsible for spear heading internal initiatives and encouraging employees to take action.
Depending on the size of your business, the Green Team should include staff from various departments to ensure a broad perspective of the barriers and challenges each department faces. It's important to meet regularly and set realistic short-term and long-term goals for the team and business.
A great resource to help you get started is Bob Willard's The Sustainability Champion's Guide Book. This practical, easy-to-follow guidebook helps sustainability champions at any level lead their company to become a smarter, more successful, and more sustainable enterprise.
If you would like more information on how your business can create a Green Team, please contact Rachael Wraith at rachael@sustain-ability.ca.
Durham Sustain Ability's tip of the month is delivered with generous support from the Government of Ontario. Such support does not indicate endorsement by the Province of the contents of this material.
Green Your Business
DURHAM -- If the greenest part of a company is the front lawn in the summer, business owners may want to find other ways to be a friend to the planet.
That's why Durham Sustain Ability held a Green Business Trade Show in March. The day included seminars to show companies how to reduce their impact on the earth.
It can also put more green in business owner's pockets, executive director of Sustain Ability Shawna Mutton said.
"I think that right now, especially during these economic times, doing more with less makes sense," she said. "It's not just good for the environment, it's good for the bottom line."
Read the full story at www.newsdurhamregion.com.