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RECORD NUMBER: 3 OF 4Main Title | Greening your business : a hands-on guide to creating a successful and sustainable business / | |||||||||||
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Author | Sitarz, Dan, | |||||||||||
Publisher | Earth Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2008 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 209650913 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9781892949462; 1892949466 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Industrial management--Environmental aspects--United States ; Business enterprises--Environmental aspects--United States ; Sustainable development ; Social responsibility of business | |||||||||||
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Edition | 1st ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | 320 pages : forms ; 23 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | The challenge of sustainable business -- Why green business? -- Green business concepts -- Green business tools -- The path to greening your business -- Green business energy use -- Green business water use -- Green business waste and recycling -- Green business travel and transportation -- Green business office equipment and computing -- Green business supply chains and purchasing -- Green business building design -- Green product and service design -- Green business eco-labeling and certification -- Environmental management systems -- Green business sustainability reporting -- U.S. environmental regulations -- Preparing your green business plan. In the next few years, energy and carbon restraints will affect every small and medium-sized business owner. This hands-on guide shows entrepreneurs how to save energy, materials, and money by reducing their businesses' impact on the Earth. Unlike any other similar books, this book provides a step-by-step and hands-on approach to analyzing any businesses' operations and developing detailed plans to make those operations much more efficient and energy conscious while increasing the bottom line. |