Environmental consciousness is an important part of life nowadays. Not just in our private lives, but our businesses. We’re moving closer and closer to a dedicated shift in how we live. That we’re using less of our precious resources. That we’re having as little an impact on the environment as possible. It’s important that, in both how you do business and you look after your property, that you are part of that shift. Not just because the laws are changing to make it mandatory. But because it’s the right thing to do.
Auditing your energy use
The aspect of environmental friendliness that is most publicised is our reliance on our valuable fossil fuels. We all consume too much energy, but there are easy ways to change it. In the office, you can do this by getting a comprehensive audit. Energy audits can tell you precisely how much energy you’re using and where you’re using most of it. From that point, it’s about identifying the changes you can make. Replacing your lights with LED bulbs and making them controlled by sensor. This way they use less energy and aren’t kept on when they’re being used. Similarly, make sure you educate your employees on turning off equipment when they’re leaving it for a long time. Plugs left turned on can contribute quite a bit to overall energy consumption.
Cutting down resource use
Another way that we can be wasteful with our materials is in how we use our resources. For a lot of businesses, this means looking at the office and particularly the use of carbon in the form of paper. Going paperless is a great way to cut down the use of paper. It also cuts a lot of the costs related to printing and storing files in systems that are sometimes difficult to fully organise. In other cases, you might need to look at your production line. Looking at how you use lean principles to cut down the amount of time and resources it takes to manufacture your product. As well as eliminating lost resources due to fault processes.
Your impact on the environment around you
Of course, one of the most important ways we should make sure we’re more responsible has to do with the immediate environment of our business. There are laws that are very specific on the kind of impact businesses have. Not only that, but letting it go unchecked can have permanent harmful effects on the earth. Particularly in the soil and the water. So it’s important that you hire someone well versed in environmental consulting. Someone who can bring real science to tell you the exact impact you’re having on the earth and provide solutions. This is particularly important for those working in production.
The above points are what will help you transform your business into one that is truly environmentally friendly. Not only can you relax, knowing that you’re doing your part. But you might even find that your consumers are even happier to support you now.
