Archive for the ‘Business’ Category
Monday, March 2nd, 2009
The ten-part series The Sustainable Office is now available for download so that everyone can benefit from the cost-saving, impact-reducing tips. Improving the performance of your office in each of the 10 areas is guaranteed to make your workspace a bit greener while making your employees happier and more productive. ...
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Here we are. The final installation in the 10-part series on sustainability in your office has arrived. Just to recap briefly, here is a list of the previous nine topics covered in The Sustainable Office.
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1. Computers
2. Lighting
3. Paper and Ink
4. Commuting
5. Packaging
6. Water
7. Air
8. Furniture
9. Food
And the final, most ...
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
Choosing a sustainable diet is not only one of the best ways to reduce your impact on the environment, but it can also substantially improve your health and quality of life. Encouraging your employees to eat green will reduce your organization's impact on the environment, and just may give ...
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Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Hello, I'm Roy.
I have been working at Verteego for only and already one week as a sales consultant. I think it is time to share my first insights on the company, the industry and our customers.
First of all, I have to tell how amazing the Verteego team is. They are, ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Remember when you were a kid, and you had that one friend who had all the cool, crazy furniture all over his house like car seats for chairs and couches, road signs for coffee tables, and tobacco spittoons for water pitchers? Well that furniture is still cool because not ...
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
We speak to many small & medium business owners who come and ask us: why should my company execute a sustainability strategy? Isn't sustainability a waste of time & money in these difficult economic times?
Our answer is usually the following: SMEs who are not committed to expanding sustainably will die. ...
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
On average adults spend over 90% of their time indoors, and the air indoors is almost always more polluted than outdoor air due to dust, mold, radon, and other chemicals. Recently, it has been recognized that poor indoor air quality can lead to lower productivity, missed work days, and illness ...
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Monday, December 8th, 2008
If you look at the waste in your office's trash bin, I would bet the vast majority of it, aside from paper, is packaging: disposable coffee cups, yogurt containers, single serving food wrapping, cardboard boxes, etc. A friend of mine once spent a year in Africa, and when he came ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
There are so many reasons to make your commute to work more sustainable, and there are just as many ways to achieve a greener commute. On top of reducing your impact on the environment, greening your commute by walking, cycling, using public transit, or any other method can get you in ...
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
Paper and ink are two of the things most consumed by offices, and that consumption comes along with some hefty environmental side-effects. The effects of using paper are well-known (deforestation, energy use, water use, etc.), yet offices around the world still consume astounding amounts of the stuff. It was ...
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