{"id":2907,"date":"2010-11-08T11:34:08","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T18:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unrbep.org\/?p=2907"},"modified":"2010-11-08T11:34:08","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T18:34:08","slug":"7-tips-for-creating-a-sustainable-biz-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/7-tips-for-creating-a-sustainable-biz-model\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Tips for Creating a Sustainable Biz Model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are seven ways that businesses can start transitioning toward a sustainable business model, according to Dr. Sally Uren, deputy chief executive, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forumforthefuture.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Forum for the Future<\/strong><\/a>, in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/sustainable-business\/blog\/sustainable-business-not-answer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>contributed article<\/strong><\/a> for The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>The Forum for the Future recently held its second Business Network event, which looked at sustainable business models in practice.<\/p>\n<p>Here are Uren\u2019s seven tips for starting on the path toward sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>1. Try new financing mechanisms. Uren says these could include forward purchase agreements for suppliers to allow them to experiment with new production methods, match funding arrangements with government bodies and a sustainable innovation or investment fund, which could be used to kick-start sustainable innovations.<\/p>\n<p>2. Aim for profitability. She tells organizations not to view the sustainability program as a cost, but rather as an investment that will yield financial benefits to the business. As an example, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentalleader.com\/2007\/01\/16\/mark-spencer-launches-5-year-eco-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mark &amp; Spencer\u2019s Plan A program<\/strong><\/a> generated \u00a350 million (approximately $81 million) net profit from resource efficiencies and new product developments in year three of the five-year program.<\/p>\n<p>Read the remaining tips at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentalleader.com\/2010\/11\/08\/7-tips-for-creating-a-sustainable-biz-model\/\" target=\"_blank\">Environmental Leader<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are seven ways that businesses can start transitioning toward a sustainable business model, according to Dr. Sally Uren, deputy chief executive, Forum for the Future, in a contributed article for The Guardian. The Forum for the Future recently held its second Business Network event, which looked at sustainable business models in practice. Here are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/7-tips-for-creating-a-sustainable-biz-model\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">7 Tips for Creating a Sustainable Biz Model<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2908,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2907\/revisions\/2908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}