Entenda porque o propósito de sustentabilidade está ligado a sua empresa

Understand Why the Purpose of Sustainability Is Linked to Your Business

Written by Paulo Nogueira

Published on 27/11/2019 at 07:27

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Sustainability Is Linked to Better Interaction Within the Environment We Live In, So Caring for the Environment, Animals, and Implementing Good Sustainable Practices Are Essential.

This is also important within companies, where employers, employees, and customers can see good results regarding sustainability due to the sustainability actions that have been applied.

Eco-Friendly Equipment

It is quite common for older equipment to consume much more energy than newer devices, so considering an upgrade may be worthwhile.

Look for those that have an energy consumption label, as it is much easier to get an idea of how much energy a piece of equipment is likely to use. Besides being beneficial for the planet, it also represents a way to save money for the company.

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Transparency

When both the internal and external audiences of a company can rely on transparency in the environment, credibility tends to be much higher, which in turn provides greater satisfaction to those involved with the company in any way.

Engaging employees with company matters and discussing possible sustainable actions with them helps improve the organizational climate, bringing employees and employers closer together.

Transparency with the external audience, meaning customers, is essential due to the credibility the company needs to have with its buyers, whether products or services that the company offers.

Social media often serves as a valuable tool for facilitating this exchange of information. Showcase the activities produced by the company, testimonials from employees as well as customers, this way, the connection is much stronger.

Fundamental Savings

Some classic actions need more attention, such as saving water, paper, and energy, for example.

When printing, for instance, check if there is a real need for it, whether drafts can be used, or consider using double-sided paper.

Whenever leaving a room, turn off all the lights and equipment, ensuring that nothing remains connected to power, thus avoiding unnecessary energy consumption.

And speaking of savings, maintenance care also helps keep the place in better shape.

It is important to perform gas heater maintenance when this equipment is present in the company, as well as for air conditioning or industrial air filters.

When using the sink, ensure it is closed properly to prevent dripping, thus avoiding water waste; and whenever noticing a dripping faucet, do not forget to close it and inform colleagues of the importance of this small care.

Simple actions that the company takes can help employees maintain good sustainability practices.

Having a Sustainable Company Is Possible

After learning a bit more about the sustainable actions that can be applied within companies, start implementing them and achieve the best results.

This article was written by Fernanda Silva, Content Creator at Soluções Industriais

Understand Why the Purpose of Sustainability Is Linked to Your Business

Sustainability Is Linked to Better Interaction Within the Environment We Live In, So Caring for the Environment, Animals, and Implementing Good Sustainable Practices Are Essential.

Eco-Friendly Equipment

Transparency

Fundamental Savings

Having a Sustainable Company Is Possible

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Brazil has been promising a nuclear-powered submarine since the 1980s and has yet to deliver, while South Korea, which didn’t even have the program, has already announced theirs.

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Understand Why the Purpose of Sustainability Is Linked to Your Business

Sustainability Is Linked to Better Interaction Within the Environment We Live In, So Caring for the Environment, Animals, and Implementing Good Sustainable Practices Are Essential.

Eco-Friendly Equipment

Transparency

Fundamental Savings

Having a Sustainable Company Is Possible

A giant printer called the “Ferrari” of concrete has landed in Latin America and can already build a 120-square-meter house in just 48 hours, making the traditional construction site look like something from the last century.

Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has ceased to be a climatic phenomenon and has become a biological system that feeds on itself, with 8,000 kilometers in length, 37 million tons of algae, and scientists confirm that it is now permanent.

A British company has installed in the middle of the ocean the world’s first floating platform that generates electricity 24 hours a day from the temperature difference between the surface and the depths of the Atlantic, without relying on wind or sun.

Brazil will harvest a record crop of up to 357 million tons of grains, but it does not have the capacity to store a large part of it. The storage deficit has reached the highest level in history and is equivalent to almost the entire production of Argentina.

Engineers had to pour concrete mixed with tons of ice throughout entire nights in the Dubai desert to erect the Burj Khalifa; any carelessness could clog the pipes half a mile high.

The James Webb telescope spotted a planet 700 light-years from Earth with mornings full of sand clouds and nights with clear skies, the temperature difference between the two hemispheres reaches an impressive 170 degrees.

Water hyacinth that blocks boats, oxygen, and channels gains a new function as a lightweight construction panel, creating a sustainable alternative, reducing waste, and offering efficient thermal insulation.

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About 500 kilos of green stones with juvenile algae are spread in the ocean to regenerate underwater forests, reduce costs, and accelerate the restoration of marine habitats.

Couple transforms a farm in the countryside of Minas into a rural retreat with a lake, expanded kitchen, and rooms to accommodate visitors, revealing an impressive change in before-and-after images and now awaits the highway access approval to finally open its doors to the public.

A vanished ocean on Mars left a detectable mineral ring billions of years later, Chinese scientists claim: manganese deposits indicate stable water for up to 1.5 million years in Utopia Planitia, a region that may hold clues about environments favorable to ancient life.

China sends to Australia its largest tunnel boring machine ever exported, a 15.7-meter giant that ‘bends at the waist’ to overcome underground curves and open a 6.5 km six-lane road tunnel under Sydney’s harbor by 2028.

Brazil has been promising a nuclear-powered submarine since the 1980s and has yet to deliver, while South Korea, which didn’t even have the program, has already announced theirs.

Canada mobilizes a 1,600-ton crane to replace eight steam generators at a nuclear plant that supplies more than 30% of Ontario, produces cancer-fighting isotopes, and will have its lifespan extended by decades in a six-month operation.