Need a Business Change: Get Started Today!

Blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company
Jul 5, 2010 10:41 AM ET

Taiga Company Blog

Green or sustainable business practices are rapidly becoming mainstream in the day-to-day business world. Companies both large and small are learning first-hand the value of integrating eco awareness into their operations and business strategies.  If you are a small business or a larger company on the front end of the business sustainability continuum, you may be asking yourself and others: where do I begin?

With the changing landscape of business and greater evidence now pointing to sustainability as critical component to future business success, companies that are ready to get started today can make some quick progress.  Our sustainability consulting encourages clients to go beyond a simple vision and focus on business and culture change.
  • Review current performance as an opportunity for sustainable improvements.

  • Focus on what you want to achieve going forward.

  • Encourage stakeholder discussion in business change.

  • Get employees engaged in the business sustainability direction of the organization.

  • Create motivation and enthusiasm to promote innovative thinking and business sustainability implementations rolling.

By raising organizational eco awareness, encouraging employee participation, and taking specific actions to promote business sustainability, your organization can have a positive impact on the environment and facilitate the sustainable lifestyle choices of your employees.   Still stuck?  Here are a few ideas from leading companies with whom our sustainability consulting is currently working:  click here to continue reading.  

Home to one third of the earth's trees, the Taiga is the largest land-based biosphere and encircles the globe. Its immense oxygen production literally changes the atmosphere and refreshes the planet. It is this continuous renewal that has shaped Taiga Company's vision to drive similar change in the business world. Taiga Company seeks to be the "oxygen for your business".

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