Becoming an environmentally friendly business

The community and your customers are becoming more environmentally aware and educated.An environmentally friendly business:

• operates in a sustainable manner, causing minimal damage to the environment and using renewable resources where possible
• considers where its supplies come from and how they are made—it will work with environmentally responsible suppliers and source materials locally to reduce its carbon footprint
• seeks to remove or minimise any negative effect it has on the environment
• considers the effect its products and services have on the environment
• limits unnecessary packaging and manages stock production to reduce waste.

Your business reputation, ability to sell products and services and attract staff may all be affected by the environmental policies and procedures that you have in place.

Read more: www.business.qld.gov.au/running-business/environment/environmentally-friendly