Sustainable Business Practices
I had a meeting yesterday with Pam Pickens from the City of Portland’s Office of Sustainable Development. Pam and I got together through our mutual friend, Suzame Tong, who is brilliant at putting people and events together selflessly.
Pam has a big (but fun) job - she’s helping businesses learn sustainable business practices - as described on the Best Business Center website:
Don’t think your business needs to go green?
Ask yourself these questions:
- Will your business remain profitable as energy and utility costs continue to rise?
- Are your customers asking if your business is “green?”
- Do you believe that your business practices affect your customers and your community?
Their services are free, and there’s a sustainable practice audit that any business can sign up for, where auditors will come in and look at your business practices and tell you how to improve them.
In this time of “drill, drill, drill” echoing in our ears, and our dependence on foreign oil costing billions monthly, even a relatively small step toward sustainability will do wonders for our earth and our economy at the same time.
Go! Go green!
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