Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Okanagan have teamed up with
GreenStep Sustainability Coaching to help local businesses learn new ways to grow their bottom line.
As a follow up to the tremendous response to the Green Business Awards, SIFE Okanagan students Matt Cosar and Sattu Dhaliwal approached Angela Reid and Lindsay Eason of GreenStep to put together a workshop series to continue building upon the environmental successes of the business community. “We want to make sure the momentum continues and other businesses have the chance to benefit from the advantages of going green, and to help prepare them for competing for prestigious awards like the Sustainability Leader of the Year, which requires excellence,” says Dhaliwal.
The outcome is a four part workshop series called “The Sustainability Advantage,” which provides small and medium sized enterprises with the opportunity to understand and apply the tremendous benefits that arise from creating a long term sustainability strategy. “We want companies to see profitability in not only improving energy efficiency and resource conservation within the workplace, but also from improving employee productivity and retention,” says Eason. “Thinking about the long term sustainability of a company is something every business owner must do to survive in a decade that is set to bring more uncertainty with rising energy and resource costs. These workshops will help local businesses to develop goals for 2010 that will carry them into the future with a strategic advantage.”
SIFE and GreenStep are looking for 20 Okanagan businesses to participate in the series that includes four half-day workshops, beginning September 17th 2009. Businesses can learn more and register at
www.green-step.ca or by contacting Lindsay Eason at 250-868-5121 or
info@green-step.ca.
