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Outsmarting Carbon, Squeezing Out Dollars
Climate Smart is a social enterprise based in Vancouver, BC that works with small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) to take action on climate change. In three short years Climate Smart has trained 550 businesses, worked with more than 25 host partners and built a business network of climate smart intelligence.
Supporting Businesses With Braun
Last week I met with Christine VanDerwill from Climate Smart, Morten Schroder from Van Houtte Coffee and Mark Hendrickson from Ocean Mama.
Using custom-developed online greenhouse gas management software, Climate Smart helps businesses and non-profits create sustainability strategies to measure and reduce carbon.
It's Not Just Singing Kumbaya
We may often get involved in sustainability to help the planet and because it's the right thing to do. While that's a grand fuzzy feeling, those running businesses are often interested in saving money.
In fact, Bob Willard, recently told me that he's had to recalibrate his number crunching because the business case for sustainability just keeps getting better. In fact, he estimates a "typical company" can profit by at least 51 to 81% within five years or less!
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