Cavell Environmental Networking
Greening the Bottom Line
How technology can help you move towards a low carbon, energy efficient enterprise?
"Climate change is the ultimate expression of our interdependence. Its effects will be felt by all of us, in every corner of this small & fragile planet." Hilary Benn, British Secretary of State for Environment
High energy prices, a shortage of electrical supply and climate change imperatives are putting pressure on businesses to take their environmental impact seriously. The Stern Report makes clear that taking action now has significant economic and climate change benefits, while failure may be catastrophic. With EU regulators beginning to take action, businesses will be soon be forced by both cost and regulatory pressures to reduce their carbon footprint.
Business leaders have the opportunity to act in their stakeholders' interests by reducing costs and greening the bottom line. Taking action now will gain short-term advantage and ensure long term survival. Companies are coming under increasing pressure from shareholders, customers, employees and regulators to adopt business practices which protect the environment and reduce their carbon footprint. “Green” is becoming a competitive differentiator in many businesses.
The key to moving to a truly low cost, low carbon business is to fully understand all of its environmental issues and then to work systematically to remove them. The first stage is to go through a process of diagnosis, an “environmental audit” to understand business objectives and key areas of cost and consumption.
Once the information has been gathered then Cavell will create an action plan and the move to a lower consumption environment can begin. This is not a complex process but it requires knowledgeable and independent practitioners to undertake it. Investment in the early stages of the process will pay dividends later and can lead to much greater competitive advantage.
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