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Greening Your Business
"This book represents huge savings that will go straight to your bottom line, and help the planet.”
Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy and The End of Nature

"Destined to become a bible for any company seeking to stay competitive in the growing green economy.”
Joel Makower, Executive Editor, GreenBiz.com, and author of Strategies for the Green Economy

"Offers a step-by-step game plan for bringing environmental sensitivity into business strategy (and) practical advice on how to respond to the green wave that is sweeping across society.”
Daniel C. Esty, co-author of Green to Gold, and Professor of Law, Yale School of Law

Now, for the first time, business owners have a hands-on guide to saving energy, saving materials, and saving money by reducing their businesses’ impact on the Earth.

Every element of a business’s impact on the environment is examined in this comprehensive book—energy and water use, waste generation, transportation, computing and office equipment, supply chains and purchasing, building practices, and product and service design.

The included CD contains dozens of fillable worksheets for developing a comprehensive business environmental plan, many Excel® spreadsheet programs for business carbon emission calculations and other green business strategies, and over 1,500 pages of additional business environmental publications.

“This guide helps to show the way for businesses to save money, save energy, save resources, and maybe–just maybe–save the world.” From the Introduction