Firm shares how it went green

Guidance, a technology adviser in Marina del Rey, Calif., published a best-practices guide to help companies large or small “operate as environmentally aware organizations.” The guide is based on the company’s own successful steps.

It covers strategies for reducing or eliminating consumption of non-renewable resources like energy, paper and plastic; ideas for incorporating recycling programs; and suggests ways to offset the amount of carbon dioxide the company releases.

The guide outlines 7 basic steps:

• Assemble a task force.
• Develop a mission statement.
• Evaluate consumption of non-renewable resources/develop strategies to reduce or eliminate consumption.
• Recycle.
• Offset your remaining carbon footprint.
• Take the environmental commitment to the community.
• Encourage vendors and business partners to follow suit.

Download the guide to get the how and the why.

-- Kelli