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5 Green Business Ideas You Can Start Today
With today’s technology, starting a profitable and eco-friendly business is possible. All you need are some good business ideas! Here are five green business ideas you can start today, along with tips and resources to get you started! Be sure to check out the special discount below!What is a Green Business?A green business focuses on sustainability and […]
Continue readingHow To Write An Environmental Policy
Having a robust and relevant environmental policy is a must in today’s competitive market. A good environmental policy can set you apart from your competitors and help you respond to environmental questions in tenders. Below we explain how to write an environmental policy. How to write an environmental policy The purpose of an environmental policy is […]
Continue readingBook Review: Hot, Flat and Crowded
In , Thomas L Friedman presents a compelling and provocative account of the challenges and opportunities facing humanity as the converging pressures of global warming, a widening middle class and rapid population growth begin to characterize the twenty-first century. Together these pressures could make the planet ‘dangerously unstable’ (5): ‘[L]ike the proverbial frog in the […]
Continue readingSustainability Strategy – Inside Out
Sustainability is, at its core, a fundamentally strategic issue, but how many companies see it that way? If one had to rank sustainability performance on a continuum, one might see that companies could be categorised into 3 groups: they are either ‘laggards’, ‘adopters’ or ‘forerunners’. Laggards Laggards have little or no interest in the implications […]
Continue readingHow To Setup A Green Team And Engage Staff
Are you looking to go green at work? Key to your success will be people. At the end of the day it is the people in your organisation that will need to be engaged to take green initiatives forward. The best way to get green initiatives off the ground is through a green team – […]
Continue readingNeed Action To Stop Global Warming And Prevent Climate Change
Over the past 30 years global warming has become a hotly debated topic. The debate has centered around three issues: 1. Is global warming occurring? 2. If so, are the changes being caused by human activity? 3. What are the implications of a warming planet? Nowadays, there is widespread scientific consensus around issue 1 and […]
Continue readingI Love Sushi, I Hate Overfishing
I am a huge fan of seafood and sushi; although the latter only became a favourite cuisine of mine in my twenties. I was brought up near the coast in Cape Town where my family and I would often have fresh fish, prawns, perlemoen, muscles and crayfish for dinner (obviously, not all in the same […]
Continue readingGet Employee Green Team Engagement Right
Changing attitudes and behaviour within an organisation is not easy. Employee engagement can be particularly challenging when trying to implement environmental initiatives. This is because environmental ideas are often championed by a lone voice in the organisation with very little senior management support and no budget. Sensible changes such as removing personal bins to promote better […]
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