Protecting the environment can benefit your business in a number of ways. You can significantly cut costs by reducing the amount of energy and raw materials you use, and the waste you dispose. There may also be an opportunity to reduce your insurance premiums through improved environmental practices.

Then there are the wider benefits, such as how your business is perceived. Tackling environmental issues can improve your reputation with all your stakeholders - staff, customers, regulators, investors and your local community. While your business must comply with environmental legislation, there is much to be gained by taking your commitment further:

• Sustainability management planning
• Feasibility studies
• Sustainable procurement
• Life cycle analysis

Sustainability management planning If you are seeking understanding, control and an action plan to improve your sustainability, Olive can help. A Sustainability Management Plan (SMP) will set targets and delivery methods to cover each associated aspect of sustainability. A SMP communicates your intentions, policies and objectives to staff, stakeholders and shareholders. This can be used to support green marketing statements. SMPs also allow you to compare your plans, benchmarks and actions with other businesses and organisations. Olive can work with you to develop your SMP and identify:

• Areas of your operations that have direct sustainability connotations

• Opportunities for improvement

• Gaps in knowledge or data

• Where Carbon reduction/sustainability initiatives have begun and to what extent

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Feasibility studies

If you have ideas for environmental improvements for your business and would like to investigate the practicalities of implementation, pay back periods and necessary infrastructure, Olive can help. We have conducted feasibility studies in sustainable waste management options, rainwater harvesting, on-site energy production and alternative transport fuels, to name a few.

Contact Olive for more information, and discuss your ideas.

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Sustainable procurement

With central and local governments focusing on reducing their environmental and social impacts, their procurement processes are increasingly seeking assurances about the sustainability performance of suppliers. Progressive businesses large and small are leading by example, not only by making their activities more sustainable but by being able to report effectively on the benefits.

Olive can assist you in engaging with your suppliers and customers, in order to ask the right questions and be able to provide the right answers to embed sustainability throughout yor supply chain.

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Lifecycle analysis

All businesses should be fully aware of their products' or services' history and future. The source of all raw materials and the destination of waste is a critical component when calculating the environmental impact of your business.

We can work with you to examine your supply chains, and report on the full lifecycle of all your products and services.

Contact Olive for more information on any of our services.

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