Sustainability is a journey, not a flick of the switch if a firm wants to succeed. Small businesses can break into the sustainability game with a few changes. Low-hanging fruit is a good place to start for small and large businesses. This can include finding ways to use alternatives to products that contain toxic chemicals …
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What is the difference between compostable and biodegradable?
The basics of biodegradable and compostable are simple: the first order breaking down naturally with the other occurring through a process involving human intervention. The natural side of biodegradable means those materials that can be broken down by microorganisms, such as fungi and bacteria, into water, biomass and carbon dioxide. On the composting side, it’s …
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Organizing is challenging and fulfilling
Want those New Year’s resolutions to come to life? Organizing is a key to fulfillment. Like anything else, you can start off slow to start and advance. A good place to get going is to create a calendar and get into the habit of making sure you have a system to add things to it. …
Corporate gardens breed integration, sustainability
Integration is a big part of sustainability. Consultants look for ways to do two things simultaneously all the time when those two actions breed sustainability. One way to integrate sustainability into your building is to grow food at your corporate campus. This is a great way to reduce the temperature on the roof and save …
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How to enjoy your hot drink and stay sustainable
Your choice of housing for that hot drink matters when it comes to sustainability. And it doesn’t always come down to just using a reusable cup. The first part of using a sustainable coffee cup is to make sure it can be put in the dishwasher. Ceramic cups at diners or other eateries and coffee …
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TIP: How to choose your sustainable meat
The types of meat we choose at the grocery store or at a restaurant matter for the sustainability of the planet. The common meats start with lamb and beef as having the highest impact on the environment to the lowest being chicken or turkey. These rankings come based on different sustainability aspects: land use and …
How to cook with a sustainable mindset
To build a sustainability plan for your kitchen, the chef must have a sustainable mindset, meaning specific goals are sought. What does each sustainable plate look like? Well, that’s up to the chef. Remember, the menu can always change when new information or other details shift or are included on the plate. Becoming sustainable is …
Include a mental health day in annual planning in ’23
While you’re still clamoring to get your 2023 plans together, don’t forget to include your employees’ mental health on the list of this year’s initiatives. Mental health days can help bring back focus for your employees upon their return. Having days like these can also lead to better health outcomes, as employees, working at a …
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Plan your sustainability criteria for eating out
One of the best ways to make something happen is to plan—writing it down when you have a thought or idea is also a golden rule to making all those great ideas you get all day an eventual reality. The same can be said in making a list of personal sustainability actions you plan to …
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Stick to your goals in sustainability
We have our baseline and New Year’s goals for sustainability. Now what? Before we move forward, these baselines include figuring out how often we do an unsustainable practice such as how much solid waste we send to the landfill, where we do it creating a system to not do our identified unsustainable practice. Now, we …