For U.S. companies, reducing carbon emissions is a sign of leadership and global competitiveness at a time when action on climate change continues to increase.  In today’s world, a low-carbon business strategy distinguishes a company as being ahead of the curve.

In 2002, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency started the Climate Leaders program.  Major companies successfully developed corporate-wide inventories of their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, set long-term goals to reduce their emissions, and achieved those goals; the companies included Raytheon, 3M, Anheuser-Busch, Bank of America, Kodak, Xerox.

The question is …

What are the rest of us doing as organizations and/or as individuals?

My precious granddaughter and her fiancée have pledged that they will go ‘remarkably’ green for one year and not use any NEW plastic what-so-ever!  Not even allowing a plastic top to be placed on top of their Starbucks® cup – using a porcelain cup instead.  They’ll be using recycled products and objects and making wonderful shopping bags for groceries out of old fabrics.  Their endeavor seems extreme to those of us who think because we simply use a little less water; a little less electricity; fewer plastic bags for groceries; and maybe – just maybe – recycle our trash that we’ve made this a better world.  I applaud their effort to protect in the future for the next generations to come.

Leaders of the world, take heart.  The X,Y and Young Lions of the next generations love to be associated with organizations that are involved in and with the communities they serve.  Being “green conscious’ within your business will improve the quality of life internally and externally and should have a huge rate of investment with your employees, the community, and the good of mankind in general.

GO GREEN!!!!

To change one’s life: Start immediately.  Do it flamboyantly.  No exceptions. – William James