Business sustainability it’s a matter of choice
By Staff writer
With pressure to cut costs, save time and generate profit, many business leaders still adopt a ‘stick to what I know mentality” for business sustainability.
Tag: Sustainability
Doing good should be on every company’s to-do list
Ice cream chain Ben & Jerry’s won’t serve two scoops of the same flavour in Australia until same-sex marriage is made legal. Creative moves such as this has garnered the company a fabulous reputation for doing good.
Energy efficiency dismissed as a key business priority
Less than half of British companies believe energy efficiency in the workplace is a key priority, with the same amount failing to put any kind of Active measures in place.
Engaging and inspiring people plays a big part in the success of a business
By Staff writer
Social enterprises are businesses that exist to tackle social problems and protect the environment. And while many may suggest embracing the dualism required to both do good and make money isn’t easy, the number of small social enterprises in the UK suggest otherwise.
Why investors need to look at a company’s environmental, social and governance structures
Sustainability is one of the world’s most important goals; but what groups can really make environmental progress in leaps and bounds Sustainable investment champion Chris McKnett makes the case that it’s large institutional investors.
This clothing site has boycotted Black Friday by closing down for 1bn shopping day
By Paul Vale
Black Friday was once an American trend but it has crashed into the UK to signal the start of the Christmas shopping season, thus shoppers will run riot searching for bargains. But Paul Vale, MD of TVSC Clothing has closed up shop determined to boycott the big day (27 November) and promote a much more wholesome message.
How one SME is working for real sustainability and what it can teach others
By Simon Brooke
Ever since it entered the corporate lexicon a few years ago, “sustainability,” is something that almost every large company has aspired to. But shortly after this appearance another phrase developed along side it.
Plastic shopping bag levy could boost one particular SME with a social conscious
By Simon Brooke
New regulations introduced this week, requiring shoppers in England pay 5p for a plastic bag and hoping to reduce the 7.6bn bags shoppers use every year, will please some consumers while annoying others. However, the change is music to the ears of one SME.
Sainsbury’s serves up new innovation drive to cut waste
By David Craik
Major high street supermarket Sainsbury’s is hoping new technology can help the nation use food better.
The UKs fastest growing private companies: Hot 100 2015 (96) Peter Duffy
Yorkshire-based civil engineering, utility and construction company Peter Duffy has maintained and built on its values of great service and reliability, making the cut at 96.