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Reviews
“Here, in one handy guide, are all the things you never needed to worry about when energy was cheap. This book represents huge savings that will go straight to your bottom line, and help the planet . . . . Comprehensive and useful!” Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy and The End of Nature “Greening Your Business is just what the doctor ordered: A smart and sensible, hands-on guide any company can use to align environmental responsibility with business success. Finally, in one place, is the full menu of possibilities, from small steps to large ones, clearly spelled out, combining checklists with concise and compelling context. It’s 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 “With charts, worksheets, and other practical tools and advice, Dan Sitarz’s Greening Your Business: A Hands-On Guide to Creating a Successful and Sustainable Business offers a step-by-step game plan for bringing environmental sensitivity into business strategy, especially for the small business person. With material covering the full spectrum of issues from energy to water to waste, Sitarz gives 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 "Greening Your Business is a handbook for environmentally conscious business owners. The author states many reasons for creating a more sustainable business beyond the benefits for the environment, including employee motivation, customer loyalty, and competitive advantage. Energy use, water use, transportation, office equipment, purchasing, and waste and recycling, are all discussed. Action worksheets are included in every chapter to help business owners see where improvements could be made and how to sensibly put the chapter’s suggestions into practice." ForeWord Magazine Amazon.com Bestseller in Sustainable Development "In the next few years, energy and carbon restraints will affect every small and medium-sized business owner. This hands-on guide shows entrepreneurs how to save energy, materials, and money by reducing their businesses’ impact on the Earth. Unlike any other similar books, this book provides a step-by-step and hands-on approach to analyzing any businesses’ operations and developing detailed plans to make those operations much more efficient and energy conscious while increasing the bottom line." Amazon.com "Part One (of Greening Your Business) provides a background on the need for greener business practices and the benefits for your business. Part Two provides a blueprint with which you can assess your own operation and develop a comprehensive plan for taking your business green. We’re not kidding! It touches on every element of a plan - energy and water use, waste generation, transportation, computing and office equipment, supply chains and purchasing, building practices, and product and service design. And to support all this, the CD contains 30 forms, 20 articles and documents (PDFs), 10 dynamic worksheets, and dozens and dozens of Web links to all kinds of public and private organizations." Going Green: Resources for Today's Green Business (WhatTheyThink.com) "Sitarz’s latest book ... is about looking at all aspects of your business, and how to save money by getting greener. An attorney and entrepreneur who has worked on United Nations environmental efforts, Sitarz delivers a guide book with tips on saving energy, supplies, water consumption, etc. In doing so, he joins a growing number of people trying to show how a more eco-friendly business world is simply more efficient." The Business Review "Greening Your Business: The Hands-on Guide to Creating a Successful and Sustainable Business, by well-known eco-author Daniel Sitarz, helps create green standards by providing a step-by-step approach to analyzing business operations and developing detailed plans to make those operations much more energy and resource efficient. Sitarz points out that all businesses have “a truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lead the world in the effort to solve our common environmental problems, with climate change leading the list. Business, really, is the only force on the planet with the resources, personnel, reach and power to produce the rapid changes that are necessary to solve our problems. And every business, regardless of size, can be a part of this effort, while simultaneously saving money and becoming more competitive." Living Green Online Magazine "Writing for small and medium-sized businesses, Sitarz, an attorney, author, and entrepreneur who lectures on sustainability and environmental issues at Southern Illinois U., provides guidance on making companies sustainable. He discusses sustainable methods for energy and water use, waste generation and recycling, transportation, computing and office equipment, supply chains and purchasing, building practices, and product and service design." Reference and Research Book News "This hands-on guide shows entrepreneurs how to save energy, materials, and money by reducing their businesses' impact on the Earth. Unlike any other similar books, this book provides a step-by-step and hands-on approach to analyzing any businesses' operations and developing detailed plans to make those operations much more efficient and energy conscious while increasing the bottom line." AccountingWEB.com "A guide to turning one's company into one that is environmentally friendly with little or no damage to one's efficiency and profit. "Greening Your Business" is a must for any environmentally-minded entrepreneur." Internet Bookwatch Business Book of the Month, February 2009 Cheyenne WY Chamber of Commerce and Laramie County Library System Recommended as one of the Top Books on Green Business City of New York, Department of Small Business Services
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