May 2011 OK. You’ve heard the business arguments for going green (see our website!). You know you can save your company real money, savings that can last many years. You also know that a green program can attract new revenue and satisfy stakeholders, like customers and employees. But there’s still some hesitancy. You want to [...]

As I write this newsletter, the price of crude oil has exceeded $110/barrel level, affecting costs ranging from gasoline to electricity. This is now a barrier for business and will affect our recovery from our recent rough economic times. Energy now is a prime factor in business growth. In many cases, energy now consumes 20% [...]

January 25, 2011 Last week in my blog, I discussed the growing issue of energy risk. It is almost a certainty that we will have future energy price volatility and overall cost increases, as we see this winter with gasoline prices and news reports of more accidents (i.e., Deepwater Horizon) and potential impacts on the [...]

January 18, 2011 Some companies are unwilling to devote the time and effort to reduce their energy usage because of the initial cost (which is coming down as technologies improve) or the thought of investing in something “green” during an economic recession. Well, investing in energy savings is a core business issue with many benefits. [...]

May 23 2010 Special thanks to Dennis Shelly of Apex Companies (www.apexcos.com), leader in due diligence assessments for his contributions to this article. As I’ve written a number of times, climate change has moved in the last year from being a voluntary program for companies that’s good for the bottom line and the Earth to [...]