Understanding the Benefits of Going Green

Understanding the Benefits of Going Green

You may have heard that businesses should go green, but do you know why? Green corporate strategies offer a range of benefits to companies and the world around them. Let’s look at some of the advantages of going green and how a company like Closed Loop can help you make the switch to green processes.

Key Concepts

This post covers the following concepts:

  • How green strategies benefit your business
    • Reduced costs
    • Improved environmental impact
    • Increased brand recognition
    • Financial incentives
  • How green business strategies affect supply chains
  • How Closed Loop helps you implement green business initiatives

How Green Practices at Work Improve Your Business

Green practices and corporate strategies make your business more environmentally responsible. They also save you large amounts of money in the long run. The benefits of green business practices include:

Reduced Costs

When you switch to green initiatives and business strategies, you reduce the amount of money you spend on utilities, products, and services. For example, if you run a manufacturing plant and you switch all your light bulbs and lighting systems from fluorescent to LED, you’ll get more light at a reduced cost. LED systems also use less energy than traditional lights. Green strategies like this lower both your energy usage and your utility bills.

Improved Environmental Impact

If you’re still using strategies that generate lots of waste and rely on fossil fuels, you’re contributing to air pollution, global warming, and other environmental problems. By investing in green products, services, and strategies, you improve your business’s environmental sustainability. For example, products manufactured from recyclable materials can be reused once they’ve reached the end of their lifecycle. This type of strategy reduces waste and pollution in your immediate environment.

Increased Brand Recognition

Once you adopt green business strategies, it’s an excellent idea to announce these changes in your marketing. Consumers appreciate companies that take the time and energy to switch to eco-friendly business practices. Companies that use green practices are seen as ethical and concerned about the world, and consumers like getting their products and services from businesses that think that way. Overall, going green is a great way to refresh your brand in the eyes of your customers.

Financial Incentives

State and federal governments now offer financial incentives for companies that go green. By taking advantage of these incentives, you receive money for improving your business practices. These often cover or offset the costs of switching to green practices and technologies, making the switch worthwhile from a financial and economic perspective.

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How Do Green Business Strategies Affect Supply Chains?

When you switch to green corporate strategies, you have the opportunity to include local small businesses in your supply chain. By sourcing materials from these businesses, you spend less money on transporting the materials to your facility than you would if you transported them across the country or imported them from another country. You also support small businesses in the process and reduce your energy and transportation costs while giving back to your community.

How Do Closed Loop’s Services Help with Green Initiatives?

Closed Loop Recycling is all about minimized waste—it’s in our name. Our recycling solutions help you integrate reusable equipment into your business processes. We launder personal protective equipment (PPE) for companies that require their employees to use gloves, aprons, jackets, safety vests, and sleeves to stay safe and clean on the job. These services keep your reusable equipment clean so it lasts longer.

We also provide reusable wipers and absorbents (mats, rags, and shop towels) to give you clean equipment to mop up spills with. Single-use absorbents and wipers become wasteful quickly. Our reusable alternatives allow you to clean up spills as often as necessary without adding waste to landfills when you’re finished.

Why the Benefits of Going Green Are Worth Organizational Changes

When you make the effort to go green, it really is an effort. You have to make long-term organizational changes to your business, so it’s best to plan them in advance. It may take weeks, months, or even years to fully implement your green business strategies, but they’ll be worth it in the long run.

If you’re not sure that the organizational changes are worth going green, consider our manufacturing plant example above. When you switch your plant’s lighting system from fluorescent to LED, multiple changes are necessary. For instance, you have to figure out how to adjust your lighting system to put out the same amount of light with a newer technology than your building and its occupants are used to. Your employees also have to adjust to working under LEDs instead of fluorescent bulbs. These changes all take time to adjust to, but they lower your lighting bills and energy consumption significantly.

The same is true for our reusable solvents and other equipment. You may have to create new processes for sending your equipment to our laundry facilities. You may also need to show your employees how to care for the reusable equipment. But you create very little industrial waste with your equipment, which has a positive environmental impact.

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If you’re ready to reduce industrial waste from your equipment usage, reach out to us today. We’re here to help you create greener practices for your business.