Goal For The Green

Guest Post by Rosie French

If you’re starting up a new business, the thing at the top of your mind probably isn’t eco-compliance. Instead, you’re probably more focused on maintaining your profit and staying afloat. After all, 3 out of 4 new businesses are destined to fail. However, it’s not impossible to be both profitable and green, so follow our advice and you’re sure to be both.

All-Digital Work Flow                                                                       

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It’s no secret that Britain is a digital economy. So, ensuring that your entire work ecosystem is online should be something you’re attempting to achieve, regardless of the green benefits. The environmental effect of striving for a digital-only pipeline is numerous. For a start, you’ll reduce your paper output and save on ink and other toxic products. You can even lower your electricity output by switching it off at the wall when you don’t need it, and also by switching your browser to Blackle, which has already saved over 4,000,000 watts of energy to date.

Paper Policy

Following on from the last point, paper wastage is extremely detrimental to the environment, so having a good recycling policy is essential. However, another benefit which you might not at first recognise is that having a stringent paper policy makes you more likely to resort to digital solutions and this has a number of advantages. From being simple to back up to making transfer of ideas easier across your team, introducing a paper policy will not only save on paper, it will also increase your productivity.

Green Consultancy

If your business strays from the path of the generic finance and advertising company, you might not be aware of all the ways you can ensure your new business is green-compliant. If that sounds like you, don’t panic – there are lots of services out there to support you. For example, look to companies such as ERG Air Pollution Control, who offer consultancy services in the areas of air quality control and odor contamination modelling.

There are lots of similar companies who will be able to answer any specific environmental questions you have regarding your business, so make the most of them: nobody wants to run an energy-inefficient, non-environmental business. With these consultancy firms offering free advice, there’s nothing to stop you, as it won’t cost your company anything.

So ultimately, making sure that your business is environmentally compliant should not affect your profits negatively. In fact, if you follow the advice above, it should increase your chances of staying afloat significantly. So what are you waiting for?