Below are other ideas for addressing the other two aspects of sustainability’s Triple Bottom Line. As mentioned above, it is not expected that the organization undertake all these practices but rather to prioritize among them, select those that will have the greatest impact and add the most value, and then over time, perhaps address others. [keep reading...]
A. What is Sustainability? “Green” is a common expression that originally referred to those products, actions or organizations that were thought to be environmentally superior. In recent years, more people have begun to associate the term with sustainable development or sustainability. Sustainable development carries many definitions, the most common of which was articulated by the [keep reading...]
Below are some environmental practices that you may want to consider, in order to reduce the environmental impact of your daily operataions. This is part III of our series of green guides. Here is Part I, Reduce Carbon Footprint, and Part II, Greening Office Product Line. A. Resource Conservation and Pollution Prevention (Check all that [keep reading...]
This is part II of our 5 part Guide to Green Office. This guide contains ways of measuring your environmental impacts as well as a checklist for things one could do in terms of greening one’s product line. A. Measuring the Environmental Impact of Switching to Green Products (1) Recycled paper products. To determine the [keep reading...]
Dear readers, in an initiative to address sustainable developments in an effort to prolong the mother earth’s longevity, to ensure a healthy and resourceful world for our future progeny, we here at Shoplet.com will be making more efforts both in terms of our parent site, as well as the blog, to provide more guides and [keep reading...]
Sustainable development is the core of environmental technologies; and in the recent years, we have seen a wide push towards more sustainable products, whether in the car industry, the food market, or even your local street vendor. Having the choice between a non-environmental product and one that is easily recyclable – most people will probably [keep reading...]
Five billion pounds of chemicals are used annually for institutional cleaning. The good news is that the risk of injury from chemicals and environmental damage can be dramatically reduced by replacing the most dangerous cleaning products with safer ones. Opt for solutions that are non-toxic, non-VOC (volatile organic compound), water-based, biodegradable, phosphate-, chlorine- and ammonia-free [keep reading...]
