Business Chief USA March 2020

SUSTAINABILITY
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changes must be made. Meanwhile,
it has been concluded that SMEs
don’t feel confident enough to pursue
greener agendas; they simply don’t
understand how their businesses
can become more sustainable. As it’s
been found that 51% of businesses
lack critical information regarding how
efficient methods can be developed
and maintained, this failure becomes
more understandable.
To help you better understand how
your business can successfully consider
the environment, encouraging
others to follow suit, here are nine
ways that companies can better consider
the environment.
1. SET A MISSION STATEMENT
If you want to determine whether a
company is excelling sustainably,
then the first thing to check is its
mission statement. As a compilation
of guiding principles, mission statements
encompass the organisation’s
values and goals.
Any company hoping to improve its
sustainability efforts ought to incorporate
this into its mission statement.
Discuss with your team how you’d
like to become more sustainable, for
example by saving water or reducing
waste and incorporate your revised
values, creating a short, concise mission
statement which reflects your
green priorities.
2. BE MINDFUL OF YOUR ENERGY USAGE
There are many ways by which you
can become more energy efficient,
having a positive impact on the
environment in turn. For example,
you can use alternative energy
resources; solar and wind power
MARCH 2020