And so we come to the final Blog in this series looking at the 5 key milestones in improving the sustainability of your business. In previous Blogs we have covered the milestones of Commitment, Operations, Circular Supply Chains and Value Creation In this final blog we’ll discuss what it takes to be a Sustainability Leader. […]
READ MOREMaking your business more sustainable in 2022 – Creating Value
Our fourth Sustainability Milestone Blog looks at Value Creation. This milestone is about capitalising on the groundwork made during the first three Sustainability Milestones and how your business can add value to its products or services to improve the sustainability of the entire process from cradle to grave. Adding value can improve your market share […]
READ MOREMaking your business more sustainable in 2022 – Circular Supply Chains
In our previous two blogs we looked at Milestone 1 of our sustainability journey which was about making a commitment to sustainability and Milestone 2 which was about embedding sustainability into the internal operations of your business to give initiatives the greatest chance of success. We talked about establishing a baseline, setting up systems for […]
READ MOREMaking your business more sustainable in 2022 – Operations
In our last blog we discussed the importance of senior management commitment in reaching your sustainability goals and provided some suggestions on how to engage staff to support that commitment. Today’s blog looks at Milestone 2 – Operations. This step in the journey will take time (typically up to 12 months) but it’s well worth […]
READ MOREMaking your business more sustainable in 2022 – Commitment
Last week we wrote about the benefits of taking a strategic approach to making your business sustainable and how our Business Sustainability Assessment Tool can help you to do just that. The tool helps businesses monitor their progress to become sustainable based on the milestones: Commitment; Operations; Circular Supply Chain; Value Creation and Leadership. In […]
READ MOREMaking your business more sustainable in 2022
Sustainability, Ecoefficiency, Circular Economy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Productivity, Building Resilience – call it what you want. Yes, there are some variations between these concepts, but at the core they all focus on the same thing – improving a company’s economic, social and environmental performance. But what does Sustainability mean for your business? It’s […]
READ MOREAre you a small to medium business working towards being carbon neutral?
Do you want to understand the carbon impact of your business? We are seeing more and more businesses wanting to start the journey to become carbon neutral. They are not only concerned about climate change, but many are also realising they need to start future-proofing their business. They are seeing the many benefits of claiming […]
READ MORECarbon Footprints Part 2 – so you want to determine your carbon emissions? Where do you start?
In Part 1 of our blog we discussed the drivers and benefits of determining your carbon footprint and what organisations in Australia are making carbon emission commitments. So, as an Australian business that has decided to calculate your own carbon emissions and look at reducing them, where do you start? The internationally recognised Greenhouse Gas […]
READ MORECarbon Footprints – who’s doing them and why?
As a business that’s operating in Australia – why would you choose to calculate your carbon footprint? What are the drivers? What are the benefits? The impacts of climate change are here and now. Extreme weather events – bush fires, floods, cyclones and drought are now near normal events of living in Australia. It is […]
READ MORETalk to us about your carbon reduction goals
The Ecoefficiency Group has worked with numerous business sectors and individual companies to produce carbon inventories and footprints and develop carbon reduction plans. Contact us at info@ecoefficiencygroup.com.au to book in a free 20 minute consultation to answer any questions and discuss your carbon reduction goals.
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