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10 Years as a Green Business: One Business’s Story

The best part of my work in sustainability for small businesses is that I get to meet awesome business owners and professionals who are doing really great work. In this ongoing series, I’ll be sharing some of these stories to… Read the rest

Three Excellent Employee Engagement Strategies for Sustainability

When I talk to people about their challenges with sustainability, a recurring theme emerges: how do you engage employees? It’s a valid concern. Employee engagement – or lack thereof – has implications for everything from productivity and retention to the success… Read the rest

How A Sustainability Framework Can Improve Your Business

Care to take a guess about the one common approach that I’ve seen used by the businesses most committed to sustainability? It’s quite simple really. They use a sustainability framework, often in the form of a third-party certification. This isn’t the only… Read the rest

The B Impact Assessment: The BIA Explained

Have you started working on your B Impact Assessment, or are you thinking about it? The B Impact Assessment (BIA) is one of the most rigorous tools available to measure your company’s impact. It isn’t meant to be easy –… Read the rest

Making Good Purchasing Decisions for Recycled Paper

Would you agree that buying recycled paper is a simple first step that any business can take when they embark on their sustainability journey? Of course! In fact, I would question whether a business can even be considered sustainable if… Read the rest

How to Overcome the Top 10 Challenges to Small Business Sustainability

Running a small business is challenging enough without adding one more thing to it, right? As a small business owner myself, I can attest to this! Sustainability often brings its own set of challenges, and I hear some common ones from… Read the rest

What is Green Cleaning and Why is it Important for Your Business?

You would be surprise at how many times I’ve walked into the offices of companies that are working hard to be sustainable – they’re innovative in everything from their business model to energy efficiency – yet when we look at… Read the rest

The Breakthrough Thinking of the Triple Bottom Line

Let’s face it: Business as we know it has changed drastically in the past few years. Many businesses, both large and small, have adopted sustainable business practices. This move towards sustainability has involved the adoption of the triple bottom line.… Read the rest

How to Improve Water Conservation at Work

Embarking on your sustainability journey can be quite exciting. Showing off your solar panels and LED lights is actually quite cool. Coming up with innovative ways to divert waste from the landfill will also interest and engage others. But talking… Read the rest

How To Assess Your Business Sustainability – Quickly

Wouldn’t it be great to get an objective assessment about your business sustainability? How sustainable is your business, really? How do you match up against other businesses? What are your opportunities for improvement? And, importantly, how can you get these answers… Read the rest

How to Reduce Waste at Your Business

Knowing how to reduce waste at your business is an important part of your sustainability efforts, but it can be a challenge. It’s one of the top issues that I find all businesses struggling with, regardless of how much they’re… Read the rest

Energy Efficient Lighting: What Are Your Options?

When it comes to sustainability, one of the easiest ways to save energy – and money – is to make sure that your lighting is efficient. For most offices, it’s also quite easy to evaluate what you have and what… Read the rest