The document discusses the importance of making companies eco-friendly in today's environmentally-conscious market, highlighting strategies for both existing and new businesses to minimize their ecological footprint. Key methods include saving energy, waste sorting, using green suppliers, and promoting sustainable practices among employees. Additionally, it outlines the potential for securing environmental grants to support such initiatives and provides immediate tips such as reducing paper use and planting trees.

1. How can you make a company eco-friendly?
In today’s world, where technology is developing very rapidly, every company
must keep up, because ones that do not have time to adapt to the new orders of
the market will simply be crushed mercilessly by their competitors.
In the future world of renewable energy, there will be no room for companies
that do not pay enough attention to the environment. Because more and more
people around the world are paying attention not only to the quality of
products but also to the environmental aspect of the production of large
companies.
If you own a company, it is better not to wait for the harsh changes and invest
your time and resources right now to make your business eco-friendly, thereby
opening the door to future opportunities.

2. What is an environmental business?
The term “environmental” means the conscious behavior of corporations or
companies aimed at minimizing or eliminating damage to nature from human
activities.
Such behavior can be expressed in political, and corporate strategies,
technological advances, legislation, production of goods and services, and
people’s resistance to harmful initiatives. Synonyms: nature-friendly, green.
An environment-friendly business is a business that tries hard not to harm the
environment during production. All environmentally friendly businesses use
renewable energy sources, are attentive to the daily consumption of energy and
raw materials, and sort and recycle waste. If you want to become a green
business, you have two options:
 The first option for turning a business into an environmentally friendly
one is — to transform an existing business.
 The second way is — create a company from scratch.
Make your business eco-friendly
A ready-made business is an entirely self-sufficient enterprise that can be
transformed into a more eco-friendly business in a fairly short period. To do
this, your company needs to do and adhere to the following X things:
1. The first thing is — Saving Energy. Different businesses waste different
amounts of energy, but whether you have an office-based business or a
large enterprise, you need to stick to basic conservation principles, such as:
 Turn off appliances when you are not using them.
 Use air conditioning only on critically hot days, and on other days it is
better to limit yourself to open windows.

3.  Always replace all incandescent bulbs with LED ones for convenience you
can apply motion sensors.
If you want to significantly reduce energy consumption then you should pay
attention to renewable energy sources, namely solar panels. You can put them
on the roof of your building and save significantly on electricity.
2. The second thing is — Sorting Waste. Each eco-company must have
sorting garbage cans designed for different types of waste. Then it will be
possible to give this waste to recycling companies, which use it with benefit.
3. The third thing is — Green Suppliers. Cooperating with other socially
responsible companies offers a number of advantages. For example, you can
order raw materials, services, or even clean energy in case solar panels cannot
be installed for you for whatever reason.
4. The fourth thing is — Quality Over Quantity. The philosophy of conscious
consumption calls for a change in the consumption system, and technological
progress stimulates this development. Interestingly, today brands are already
making materials from apple and orange pomade, and grape skins and even
spider silk are used to produce fabrics. Moreover, it solves the massive
environmental problem of food waste.
5. The fifth thing is — Transportation. Car exhaust gasses contain harmful
and toxic substances that pollute our atmosphere more and more, get into the
ground, poisoning people and the environment. It is important to reduce the
level of CO2 in the atmosphere, which raises the temperature of the earth: in
one flight, an airplane emits an average of 985 tons of CO2 — the same as 320
cars. Hire electric cars for your company. They reduce the harmful impact on
nature as their running engines do not emit any harmful gasses or other
substances. You should also pay attention to cars with a hybrid engine, bicycles,
public transport and car sharing. If you don’t plan to buy cars, you can make

4. your contribution to the purification of the atmosphere by using the new Uber
service — Green, which consists of 100% zero-emission electric vehicles.
In doing all of the above, you’ll not only make your company eco-friendly but
also impact on changes in the Earth’s climate, depletion of fresh water and
pollution of the waters of the World Ocean, destruction of the soil cover, and
the disappearance of various species of animals and plants.
Create an Eco-Friendly Business
The option of creating a business eco-friendly from scratch is very similar to
the previous one, but there is one huge difference. You do not have a business
and since you do not have one yet, you just need a detailed plan on how to
create one. When making a plan, you should outline the following for yourself:
1. The first is — The Field Of Activity of the company. Foremost, you
need to clearly define for yourself what the company will do, and what it
will produce. To do this, write down five types of activities and choose what
you like most and what you know best.
2. The second is — Financing. Without sufficient financial investment, you
cannot start producing your own goods or buying and reselling other
people’s products. So you need to determine right away where you are
going to get the money to start.
3. The third is — Customer Traffic. You can produce a quality eco-
friendly product, but if no one knows that your store exists, then your
product will not pay off. Determine how you will attract customers.
4. The fourth one is — Supplier Companies. It is important to find a
quality environmental company that can supply the raw materials you need
or clean energy for your business.
So first you determine the scope of business, the financial side of things, how
you will find customers, and which companies you will use as suppliers. Then
you are 99% likely to be able to build an eco-business. And in the future, if your

5. project is really high quality, you can get a grant that will help you get on the
list of big eco-friendly brands.
Grants for Business to Improve the Environment
For those who do not know, a grant is a giving of money to enterprises,
organizations, and individuals for business development, scientific or other
research, training, and other purposes with a subsequent report on its use.
The main goal of environmental grants for businesses is to encourage small
businesses to find solutions to equipment efficiency, waste management, and
energy supply issues. To be considered for such grants you need to meet many
criteria, but the most important thing that will increase your chances of getting
a grant is a brilliant idea on how to improve something for example: how to
reduce carbon dioxide emissions, how to improve waste management, how to
reduce energy costs, etc.
If you have a project that you want to implement, getting a grant can help you
a lot. To make it easier to find the grants you need, you can use specialized
sites, for example — Grants Online, which contains various searchable
databases (the link will be at the end of the article).
Easy Tips to Make an Eco-Friendly Business
Grants and various long-term methods to make the business environmentally
friendly are certainly a good things. But what can be done in the near time to
let the company be more eco-friendly? There are three quick and easy
solutions to make your business greener:
1. The first thing you can do is — To Get Rid Of Paper. In a digital world,
we are using paper less often day by day. So why not make all our
paperwork electronic? You will make a big difference if you significantly
reduce the consumption of paper. Did you know that for the sake of paper
production for one year, they cut down about 125 million trees? Modern

6. technology makes it possible to convert all documents into electronic
format completely.
2. The second thing you can do is — Plant Trees. The importance of
planting new trees cannot be overemphasized, especially in an era of
massive deforestation around the world. After all, the preservation of the
planet’s ecosystem, namely the protection of water resources, purification
of air from pollution, stopping wind erosion of the soil, preventing
desertification, and providing shelter for many species of animals, directly
depends on the number of trees. If each employee of your company will
plant at least one tree every 4 months and will take care of it. Then in a few
years, you can plant a whole beautiful park to be proud of.
3. The third thing to do is — To Encourage Employees. It is important to
create an atmosphere of rational, not wasteful, consumption and to
encourage employees to think that way. Even if the reward system is not
significant, it will still improve collective thinking.
By incorporating all of the above eco-tips into your business, you will be
making a great contribution to a brighter future for humanity.