A Dozen Tips for the Total Greening of Your Business
During the past several years, the word “green” has taken on new meaning and usage as it has quickly entered the business vernacular in its many forms.
What was once strictly an adjective has quickly evolved into a noun and verb as we use green to describe everything from household products to office buildings to the process of becoming more environmentally responsible.
What does it mean to design and operate a business in the era of green?
To that end, executives from the real estate, legal, technology and design services industries recently joined together for “The Green Symposium; Your office in the Era of Green.” The event was hosted by Howard Ecker + Company and panelists from Gensler, Workplace2go, Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber, Schreck, LLP and Ecker Green headed up a focused discussion on new ways to think about locating, planning and tech-ing, and living in office environments in the era of green.
As one of the panelists, the following is my take on the key takeaways from the discussion:
- The time is now for companies to start thinking about sustainable practices. It isn’t something we are going to see coming in the future. It is already happening.
- Businesses that align their practices with …
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