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BUSINESS CAN CHANGE: 
TAKE THE PLEDGE
Learn: Engage in the topic and seek to understand the issue

Think: Make a sustainable mindset second nature

Act: Put knowledge to work in daily work

Inform: Share information and build awareness for sustainability

Unite: Spark change through collective strength

Triple Bottom Line: People. Planet. Profit.

Going green is good for the earth. Your business can join the worldwide effort to save our planet and preserve essential resources for generations to come. Both our individual lifestyles and the way we run our businesses contribute to this rapid decrease in resources.

Going green in your business can work effectively to your marketing advantage —by keeping your costs down and saving you money, while helping you to connect with the $300 billion LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) market sector.

Did you know that “for every TON of paper that is recycled, the following resources are SAVED:

• 7,000 gallons of water

• 380 gallons of oil

• enough electricity to power an average house for six months”?

Thinking of going green?

Green Elephant Marketing suggests the following:

•    print only on papers that are:
•    100% Post-Consumer Waste
•    processed chlorine free
•    uncoated
•    FSC certified (Forest Stewardship Council)
•    Manufactured by green-e certified renewable energy or by renewable energy sources
•    use environmentally friendly inks: vegetable or soy based inks

•    choose paperless email campaigns over direct mail

•    use eco-friendly web hosting

•    sell your products online

•    request your design proofs via .pdf in an email and keep paper out of our approval process for ads, brochures and more

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