Securing Sustainability
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  Running Time: 5:28 Date: 01/08/2012 Sustainability's one of the buzzwords of modern life, but how can we apply it in our businesses? Sustainability - making scarce resources last longer by using them more carefully - has been given a fresh impetus by the introduction of carbon pricing. But how can we apply it to our own businesses? Veteran businessman and consultant Alan Hargreaves says high-flown mission statements won't do the job: what's important is to find improvements that benefit your business model while at the same time helping with the bigger picture. How can you cut back on fuel or power usage, for instance? If you can, you'll reduce costs, as well as helping the environment . Topics: Business Processes, Management |
 Alan Hargreaves |