Greening Your Business for Greater Profitability.

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Greening Your Business for Greater Profitability

Some people think that… Add-on activity Costs more Time consuming Marketing ploy Too much change in current operation Leave the problem up to others Turning into a hippie Trend

The truth is that… A way of life that can change your life, your business life, the life of the others and the life of this planet!

Business is the only mechanism on the planet today powerful enough to produce the changes necessary to reverse global environmental and social degradation. Paul Hawken Natural Capitalism

Green Workspace

Our first organic farm

Fereikos Organic snail farms Seminars -Volunteering program Support regional economies Contribute to the prosperity and economic health of the community Slow food movement Snail products without conservatives or additives Recycling Use of renewable energy sources Commitment to sustainability

Advantages (and only advantages) Environment Save or spend less Reduction in waste- utility costs Improve brand image Favorable customer reaction Improved customer loyalty Pleasant, employee friendly office Better relations with suppliers Increase appeal to ethical investors Collaborations Competitive advantage, credibility Legal, tax benefits New marketing opportunities Grants-funding PEOPLEPLANETPROFIT

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. Native American Proverb

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