Although sceptics might characterize environmental policies as “greenwashing”, there’s no question that these policies have moved into the mainstream. Companies are not making this move for altruistic reasons; the fact is that responsible environmental policies can make a company more competitive—more attractive to customers and other stakeholders, less expensive to operate, and more compliant with a growing number of government regulations.
The California Integrated Waste Management Board has an excellent webpage that discusses all the reasons your company might consider developing environmental policies.
The cost of malware
After a carefree summer, here´s just the thing to help you prepare for the terrors of the modern workplace: a recent OECD study entitled Computer Viruses and Other Malicious Software: A Threat to the Internet Economy, which estimates that the average business spends between 6 and 10 percent of its total technology budget addressing issues arising from malware.
Economy vs. the environment
When discussing the environment; it´s often presented as the flip side of the economy, and people are presented with a black and white choice of which they´d rather have - a healthier planet or more jobs.
