Driving sustainability through innovation
The experts from Interclean Amsterdam discuss ways professional cleaners can be more sustainable and reduce waste.
As protestors pour onto the streets across the world, it’s hard to ignore the issue of climate change and our industry’s place in the wider world.
Last year, we reached a watershed moment when the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that we only have 12 years to act if we want to prevent a global catastrophe.
With the clock still ticking away, professional cleaning and hygiene compainies have to realise that environmental responsibility and sustainability are fast becoming a requirement simply to continue attracting customers.
More and more people are signalling their support for drastic action to meet climate change targets. This means that, around the world, companies are waking up to the fact that they can’t simply carry on with business as usual. Things need to change – and soon.
Four methods
Fortunately, providers in the professional cleaning and hygiene industry have been hard at work for years, innovating to create more sustainable products and services. There’s a real shift taking place as companies get on board, but there’s still plenty to do. That’s why we’ve put
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together four effective ways to improve sustainability in your business:
1. Join the Circular Economy
Let’s start with the big one. For decades, companies around the world have known that creating a viable business model that generates profits and creates employment isn’t enough to connect them to their local communities. The relationship needs to go deeper – it needs to have shared goals; it needs to have purpose.
This search for purpose is why charity partnerships exist in business, with companies and their team members giving something back to those who need it most. However, as the climate crisis becomes ever-more pressing, business leaders are realising that they need to focus on the environment – at a local and global level.
You can no longer afford to talk a good game when it comes to sustainability if you can’t or don’t back the rhetoric up with action. That’s why you must invest in the Circular Economy, helping to create sustainable ecosystems both locally and worldwide.
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