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Sustainable business practices

Businesses can meet the challenges that come from a local carbon economy by taking steps to operate more efficiently, increase profitability, and retain competitiveness and jobs.

Challenges businesses may face include:

  • rising production costs
  • rising operating costs
  • managing supply chain risks

Businesses, of all sizes and in all sectors, can go green by taking the following steps:

  • attend business networking sessions and workshops to connect to other businesses and learn how to operate your business more sustainably
  • create new jobs through developing and adopting new and emerging green technologies and products
  • promote your green products and services to local businesses and residents by adding your business details to our online directory of Local businesses offering sustainable solutions
  • provide us with information that we can use for case studies to encourage other businesses to follow suit and promote yourself as a business sustainability ‘champion’

 

Reduce your carbon footprint

A number of resources are available from State and Federal Government agencies to help you save money by reducing your business’ carbon footprint.

 

Reducing your environmental impact

You can find out valuable tips about reducing the impacts of lighting, heating, hot water and office appliances through the Moreland Energy Foundation's website.

Get tips on reducing your business' energy consumption from Sustainability Victoria.

 

Resource efficiency and best practice

Find out more about supporting your business’ profitability through improving resource efficiency on the EPA website.

 

Water consumption

Businesses wanting to reduce their water consumption can access resources including case studies, a best practice guide, sector-specific initiatives and a business e-newsletter through the Yarra Valley Water website.

 

Join the BYO Container program

Are you a food business that accepts reusable containers, coffee cups or other items? Or are you looking to introduce BYO reusables into your business? If so, we welcome you to be a part of the City of Whittlesea's BYO Container Program. 

How can you get involved?

  • Complete our online application and survey to give us an indication on the processes you currently have in place to reduce single use plastic.
  • Download the BYO container toolkit for more information about the program
  • Or download an accessible word version of the toolkit
  • Use our poster and decals (provided by us for free) to encourage customers to bring their own bags and containers and promote that your business supports residents to bring their own reusables

We will also list your business as BYO container friendly on our Visit Whittlesea website.