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At Sustainable Directions we place a high emphasis on ensuring organisations strive to be profitable. We believe there is no good becoming the greenest company in the world if it sends you broke at the same time. All our senior consultants have private sector business experience and understand the importance of preparing a business case for any investment. As a result we fully appreciate that there needs to be a business case for “going green” – taking into account the tangible and intangible benefits that can accrue from adopting business sustainability. |
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Economic Sustainability is about ensuring organisations are "built to last" and are able to function efficiently over a long period of time. We are able to work with Business Owners and Executive teams to maximise revenue opportunities over a wide range of industries.
One common myth in the business community is that adopting sustainable practices or going green, comes at a cost. In fact many organisations find the opposite is true. There are many good business reasons for adopting sustainable practices including the following:
Operating office equipment can cost much more than the equipment cost in the first place. A photocopier that costs $4,000 to buy, that is left on continuously for seven years over its lifespan of two-million copies, may consume $1,500 of electricity, $24,000 of paper and $15,000 of toner.
There are number of traditional business tools and principles that can be used to assist business operators alleviate waste in order to create efficiency, reduce operating costs and minimise carbon emissions.
Du Pont is an excellent example of an organisation that transformed from a frequent polluter to a best practice sustainable manufacturer and at the same time made huge improvements to their bottom line.
Many Government Departments and large corporate organisations now have a requirement in tenders for potential suppliers to provide evidence of environmental policies and strategies to minimise their environmental impact.