If you have read all the articles in our Thinking Green series, and put the ideas into practice, you will have worked through 17 months of activities to make your practice or business more sustainable. Now is the time to see how far you have come.
Revisit the ABDO Sustainability Self Assessment Tool and see what score you get this time. Even if you have only taken on board a handful of the ideas in these articles, you will have made progress towards a more sustainable business.
Looking for more things to do? Why not:
• Submit a case study about your journey to sustainability
• Grow some plants in your practice or business
• Review your banking and switch to an ethical bank
• Look for green web hosting services
If you have not done so already, now is a great time to develop a sustainability policy for your business – covering waste reduction, disposal, recycling, social responsibility, energy reduction, sustainable and ethical supply.
And if you want to ensure that sustainability is deeply and permanently embedded in your business, take the next step and investigate becoming a B Corp. Certified B Corporations are a new kind of business, which balances purpose and profit. B Corps are legally required to consider the impact of their decisions on their workers, customers, suppliers, community, and the environment. It’s not easy to achieve B Corp status, but the work you have done up to now means that your business has taken some of the steps it needs to achieved B Corp status.
Stay in touch
Tell us how you have got on. Let us know on social media and help inspire others. Use the hashtag #thinkinggreen and we’ll reshare it. Then why not go back and review the other articles in this series to give you more ideas? This article includes some of the tips that you can get after you complete the ABDO Sustainability Self Assessment Tool. If you haven’t yet done the questionnaire, it is a great place to start your journey to a more sustainable practice. You can also opt in to get tips to your inbox each week.