No, this is not an ad for some new Kermit the Frog promotion; another title for this post could have been Environmentally Responsible Profits.
I used to always hear that objection that recycling or using recycled goods costs too much time and/or money so people were not interested. The one area in which I have repeatedly found that to be true is in the purchasing of recycled copy paper. The difference is significant. Last time I checked (and feel free to weigh in), the cost of a carton of recycled paper was about $3 more than regular paper.
Even small companies use hundreds of thousands of sheets of paper for copies and printouts in a year. Large companies use millions. The price differential is significant. It's awfulyl difficult on a purely financial basis in that circumstance to suggest "green" purchasing.
Regardless of my little pet peeve with paper prices, there are companies who are finding ways to turn their environmentally sound polices into equally profitable policies. Read this article and learn how Interface Inc., the world’s largest carpet manufacturer of commercial and modular carpet, has saved over $ 260,000 in waste reduction alone as well as established best-selling brands because of the CEO's committment to implementing "greener" policies in manufacturing and purchasing.
What is your company doing?
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