Street Smart Sustainability

You already know why your company should go green. This comprehensive guide tells you how to do it profitably. It details every step of the process--from getting employee buy-in and conducting a current sustainability audit to developing a plan of action and measuring progress. Nuts-and-bolts guidance helps you make continuous, cost-effective improvements and shift the prevailing business culture by infusing green practices into your organization's very DNA. Through illustrative examples from a wide variety of industries, this book shows how to

- Design sustainable products - Green your facilities - Find green vendors - Use renewable energy - Reduce harmful emissions - Recycle waste products, and more The emphasis is on practicality--stand-alone chapters you can read when you need them and tools you can use to implement change in any area of your organization.