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Why Go Green?
Why Go Green?
In addition to going Green for environmental reasons, being a sustainable organization can add to your bottom line. Greening your facility offers real, practical business benefits – for your people, your profits and your reputation.
Financial Health
Financial Health
Improve productivity by improving the work environment.
Researchers found increased worker productivity between 0.5% and 7% after improvements were made to the work environment.
Using non-toxic cleaning products improves the work environment for employees who have a sensitivity to chemicals (exhibiting headache, rash, brain fog, fatigue, etc)
Decrease Workman's Comp Claims
Decrease Workman's Comp Claims
Studies show reductions in workman's comp claims and in absenteeism rates when improved cleaning methods are used.
Utilizing green cleaning chemicals leads to:
- Reduced training time due to less safety concerns or chemical precautions
- Reduced inventory costs when using one cleaning product for several uses
- Less potential damage to surfaces from using harsh cleaners
Employee Health
Employee Health
Building contaminants contribute to performance-robbing illness.
When employees are not fully functioning in their positions due to illness or injury, their performance suffers and productivity is lost. This phenomenon is called "presenteeism" since employees are still present at work during illness.
Harsh chemical cleaning products are one such cause of presenteeism.
Presenteeism symptoms relating directly to toxic cleaning products include:
- Headaches, migraines, brain fog
- Asthma, sinus congestion, shortness of breath, cough
- Fatigue, dizziness, joint pain, skin rash
Removing harmful chemical agents from the workplace alleviates symptoms creates a safe working environment.
Environmental Health
Environmental Health
Sustainable business practices support local and global environments that depend on a healthy planet. Industry has become a big part of climate change, making it more important than ever for business owners, leaders, and administrators to make environmentally conscious decisions. This means being socially responsible and protecting our planet's resources. The overuse of water, land, and fossil fuels, causes downstream devastation on wildlife ecology and their habitat.
"Greening" your business takes initial investment, but, over time, businesses save money, improve operational efficiency, and cut costs. Using more efficient lighting or being creative in reusing existing materials are great ways to save money. Converting to solar energy saves the average commercial company around $500 per month that would otherwise be spent on electricity.
Aside from savings on energy and materials, operating a sustainable business improves a company's reputation with their existing customers. And, when marketed correctly, green businesses can branch into a whole new consumer pool, targeting customers who value sustainability and are thus more likely to purchase from them.