# 4 Ways Companies Are Helping the Environment - Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2017/10/4-ways-companies-helping-environment/ - Published: 2017-10-04T19:24:28-04:00 - Author: greenlivingguy Let’s talk serious green business change. Many of the world’s top organizations are investing billions of dollars into environmentally sound processes and procedures. The consumer climate has changed. Also and customers are switching [to green business](https://greenlivingguy.com/2016/06/to-green-business-make-big-changes-not-adaptations/) products. Buyers are paying closer attention to what they purchase and how it affects the environment. Thereby remaking the current marketplace of many industries for the better. While this is great news for the environment and our future, change over to [green solutions has also become a sound financial investment](https://web.archive.org/web/20181105204907/https://www.energymanagertoday.com/big-name-companies-moving-toward-renewable-energy-0171216/). Here are four methods various companies and industries are using to be more sustainable and help the environment. ![Get your janitorial team to change from harsh chemicals to more natural and eco friendly cleaning supplies](https://i0.wp.com/greenlivingguy.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2017/04/img_0316-e1507145030845.jpg?resize=299%2C300&quality=52&ssl=1 "img_0316 - The Green Living Guy") Enter a caption # **Switching Out The Small Things** The easiest way to begin going green is to start small. Go around your office and switch out your regular light bulbs with LED bulbs or T8 lamps. You know those that might not to replace the ballast and/or fixtures. Switch out light switches with motion detector options. Also Include more in-office plants and shrubbery to improve the air quality of your office. Finally, get your janitorial team to change from harsh chemicals to more natural and eco-friendly cleaning supplies. ![Go around your office and switch out your regular light bulbs with led bulbs or t8 lamps You know those that might not to replace the ballast andor fixtures Switch out light switches with motion detector options](https://i0.wp.com/greenlivingguy. com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-14650858154501-e1640410296510.jpeg?resize=329% 2C219&quality=52&ssl=1 "wp-1465085815450.jpeg - The Green Living Guy") Go Green Lighting ## **Talk to your Human Resources** Check the HR Department to ensure a safe, non-toxic environment. Replace your vending machines and other unhealthy break room foods. Those with sustainable brain food options. These include nuts, organic fruits and vegetables and health drinks. Eliminate your use of plastic bottles and other disposable tableware. Instead, encourage the use of plates, silverware and cups that can be cleaned and reused. ### **Going Paperless** Going paperless at the office might not seem viable but thanks to the today’s technology, paper is becoming more obsolete as the years go by. Email on its own has changed business communication forever, but with the invention and prevalence of smartphones and tablets, which are basically small computers, we can share and transfer information much more easily. Rather than printing out document after document for our coworkers to read, we can go over business information on screens that fit in our pockets. Consider investing in a projector or large screen for company presentations as this can eliminate the need to pass out documents for people to use. Instead, you can keep everything digital and save trees. ![Wind power](https://i0.wp.com/greenlivingguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1114. jpg?resize=780%2C520&quality=52&ssl=1 "IMG_1114 - The Green Living Guy") Source Bloomberg #### **Embracing Innovation** Levi’s have begun selling jeans made from recycled plastic bottles. General Electric’s“ Ecomagination” business strategy is boosting the energy production via wind farms by 20%. New commercial jet turbines are under development that are intended to cut fuel burn and carbon emissions by more than 10%. And unless you have been living underneath a rock for the last decade, you know about the surge of the electric car industry. All of these inventions and ideas are reshaping age-old industries and bringing them into the future. Part of the reason for this surge of innovation and improvement is the fact that companies are making green thinking a part of company culture. Instead of seeing nature as something separate from industry, environmentalism has become an inspiration for invention and investment. #### **Changing Traditional Business Ideas** Believe it or not, some companies are persuading their customer base to buy less of their product. It’s called [green business purchase behavior or green purchasing](https://web.archive.org/web/20190416204242/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2306774815000034) and it goes against every established business practice ever conceived. The idea encourages consumers to consider the environmental impact of their purchases, including usage and disposal. While the notion contradicts traditional retail models, it fosters corporate responsibility for future developments and investments. These are only a few examples of the change in green business corporate culture in connection to the environment and the future of the planet. While there are still many issues involving pollution and waste within the business world, change is occurring and gaining speed thanks to shifts in the consumer marketplace. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/df91669667126e1290c21ee0342c386e2da19d588d4d9ca6560bd82ed59a9641? s=300&d=monsterid&r=g) greenlivingguy The Green Living Guy, Seth Leitman is an independent power producer, a green living expert, and Editor of the McGraw-Hill, TAB Green Guru Guides. Seth is also an Author, Radio Host, Reporter, Writer and an Environmental Consultant on green living. The Green Living Guy writes about green living, green lighting, the green guru guides and more. 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