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Posted on 17 January 2012

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2011 Green Business Trends

2011 Green Business Trends

Posted on 10 January 2011

  2011 is now underway and both individuals and businesses are refining their plans for the year ahead.  There has been a lot of speculation about what will happen in 2011 and a quick Google search shows there are many predictions on key trends in economics, technology and the environment. Although environmental issues have enjoyed [...]

Green Your Office – Certification Programs for Green Furniture

Posted on 02 July 2010

Choosing green furniture is one aspect of ensuring you have a green office but how do you know if your office furniture is environmentally friendly? As consumer demand for green furniture increases, manufactures are working to implement green practices in both production and operation. This has led to a range of environmental certifications that indicate [...]

Green Offices – How to Choose a Green Office Chair

Green Offices – How to Choose a Green Office Chair

Posted on 23 June 2010

Anyone who spends hours sitting at a desk knows that a good office chair is vital to their comfort and productivity. It is commonly known that having an office chair that does not suit you or the work you do will affect your concentration and could potentially lead to long term back problems. However when [...]

4 Actions for a Green Office

4 Actions for a Green Office

Posted on 19 June 2010

Today offices and office buildings are everywhere – from large corporations with many staff to the millions of small home offices used for business, study or juggling the numerous tasks of running a household.   With the number of offices in the world even small changes can lead to huge environmental savings.  Check out these four areas [...]

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Carbon Management

Refrigerant Management – How the Montreal Protocol Could Affect You

Refrigerant Management – How the Montreal Protocol Could Affect You

Posted on 29 July 2010

One aspect of your green business program is that it keeps up to date with environmental agreements and legislation that may affect your business.   The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer is an international agreement to phase out substances that have an adverse effect on the ozone layer.  This phase out will make [...]

Community & Personal Services

How Funeral Services are Implementing Green Business Practices

Posted on 06 October 2009

Most people don’t think about the impact their death will have, let alone the environmental impact their body will have after they die. The provision of funeral and burial services is another industry that is making changes to go green and provide customers with choices that will reduce their environmental impact after they’re gone.

Energy Management

Saving Energy by Powering Down Computers

Saving Energy by Powering Down Computers

Posted on 10 November 2009

Want a quick green business practice to reduce the energy used in your office? A standard part of both Windows and Mac operating systems are power management features that put the computer to sleep after a period of inactivity. These power options can be changed by the user and in some computers are not activated [...]

Food & Beverage

Benefits of Green Business Practices in Wineries

Posted on 30 August 2009

The art of wine making is well known for requiring great skill with wine connoisseurs judging every aspect of the wine from appearance to flavour.  Increasingly wine lovers are considering another characteristic – whether the wine was produced sustainably with minimal environmental impacts.

Green Business Books

You Can’t Afford Not to be Green by YUDU Media

You Can’t Afford Not to be Green by YUDU Media

Posted on 28 August 2009

You Can’t Afford Not to be Green is a great digital publication on ways to go green. The book has been published online by YUDU Media, an online library where users can read, publish, buy, sell and share digital content without the environmental impacts of printing. Click on the image above to read You Can’t [...]

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