How a Corporation Can Try To Become Green

While previously in my blog, the posts have been about companies that are trying to go green. When doing some research, I began to think about if a company was perfectly green, how that would look. I have found some very interesting tips on how a company can make efforts to go green. It would be helpful for all of the companies to look at this list and try to make a change. Some ways that a company can change to become green is by, using hybrid cars, making smart investments, using proper lighting, shipping material, using the internet as much as possible.

First of all hybrid cars, while they may not be the cutest cars or the least expensive, they really do help the environment. For any businesses that may drive or make deliveries, hybrid is the way to go. The cars get way better gas mileage, and hybrid cars are even good for our environment. Below is an image found on http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=667&tbm=isch&tbnid=9Me-bazqataNlM:&imgrefurl=http://www.hybridcars.com/2010-hybrid-cars&docid=QdBjLUb-CbJssM&imgurl=http://www.hybridcars.com/files/plug-in-prius-610z.jpg&w=610&h=293&ei=h7t0T4OxDMiI2gWatJHkDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=629&vpy=320&dur=343&hovh=155&hovw=324&tx=152&ty=63&sig=104812004664329353108&page=1&tbnh=104&tbnw=217&start=0&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0 of a hybrid vehicle


According to “Care 2 make a difference”, it is important for companies to go green by making smart investments. The website states, “Changing traditional business habits to more low-impact alternatives, and investing in smart technology that makes this transition smoother and more attractive, is one way many businesses are going green. For example, investing in better communications technology to facilitate conference calls helps a company reduce the impact of traveling to meetings.” I have never thought about that but I agree. If companies are smart with their investments then they will also have more money to buy the more expensive things that make a company “green.”
In any corporation, lights are on all of the time. Lighting is something that is critical to be used every day. Companies can go green even by using lights! There are energy efficient light bulbs that can be used. Companies such as Wal-Mart even have a roof so that natural lighting can be an option. In my opinion, natural light is better than electricity anyways.
The next way is the way that the company decides to ship products. Mostly all of the corporations ship things daily, and so they could help out the environment while shipping their goods. The best way is to use recycled materials and to use boxes to fit the size of the object, not any larger.
The last way is by using the internet as much as possible. By this, I mean for bills and tax returns. Not only is it easier for people to pay for things online, it truly does help out our environment. It saves lots and lots of paper for starters. The less mail means less gas for the postal companies. When people are usually done with looking at their bill, then they throw it away. So by using the internet we save paper, fuel, and waste.

These five tips stated about can really help a company to go green and to help with our environment. If only half of the companies would go by the guidelines, the world would be a better, more green place.  

http://www.notepage.net/steps-businesses-can-take-to-go-green.htm

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/how-businesses-can-go-green.html

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