How Small Businesses Aggravate Global Warming

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(Free-Press-Release.com) November 28, 2011 -- During the early 1990s, the term Global Warming was widely used to suggest that the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere is rising and becoming warmer over the years. Scientists found out that the major cause of this phenomenon is the trapped gasses in the atmosphere coming from the likes of carbon monoxide emissions from vehicles and coal-fired power plants.

How can we relate to the phenomenon of Global Warming in our everyday lives? First, let’s try to take a look at it at the micro level. Imagine a small business entity engaged, for example, in manufacturing electronic gadgets. To get to the workplace and back, employees will be riding public transport or their private vehicles. These modes of transportation emit carbon monoxide.

Raw materials are transported using vehicles that also consume fuel. Meanwhile, electricity is used to power their production line and products are then delivered to their clients by trucks, ships or planes, which all emit carbon monoxides.

That is just one day in a typical business cycle. It may seem to contribute only a small amount of gas trapped in the earth’s atmosphere. But as days go by, the gas continues to accumulate. And, that is just one small business entity. Imagine the impact if that is multiplied by the number of businesses that exist. Just leaving your lights on, and your computers and their monitors on overnight and on weekends is adding a tremendous amount of carbon waste into your atmosphere, and unnecessarily!

Now, let’s take a look at the bigger picture where globalization has taken over. The model of the business cycle is typically the same but the difference lies in the location. Take, for example, a large western company whose sales office is typically located on the western part of the globe but, whose factory where its products are manufactured is typically located in the east. Let’s also not forget that raw materials come from different parts of the world.

Logically, the longer the distance, the more fuels are consumed in transporting raw materials to the production line to the delivery of the finished product. And, the more fuel is consumed, the more carbon monoxide is emitted.

Moreover, the locations where products are manufactured are usually in Third World countries because of cheap labour costs. The implication in global warming is that more often than not, these Third World countries use coal-fired power plants for their electricity needs. And, as more energy is needed in the production line, more coal is used in producing energy, which in turn, emits more carbon monoxides. Imagine the gasses trapped in the atmosphere daily, and it keeps on accumulating as days go by.

Some companies still prefer lower production costs for bigger profits even if that means continuing to contribute to the ever growing problem of global warming. Yet presently, there are already numerous sources of alternative, clean energy that does not contribute to global warming. But these alternative sources of energy are costly to setup and not every company can afford them yet. But as a small business you can afford to take a serious look at your carbon emissions and how you can both reduce your emissions and save money. We are especially working with small business owners and managers to firstly help them see how they can actually save money by reducing their carbons emissions, and then, how to use this as a tool to attract more business,” says Lindsay Kelly of Emissions Management in Australia.

“We have amazing examples of this…one company reduced their energy bill by over 30%!!! And another small company won a lucrative council contract against very stiff competition, as they were the only tender to have a fully documented green policy. Our role is to work with small business to help them achieve both of these types of outcomes”.

If you would like a more in-depth approach tailored to your business, a carbon response management plan is what you need. Emissions Management International provides just that. Their site is at http://emissionsmanagement.com/

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