Differentiation - Stand out from the crowd by proving your sustainability credentials. Don't try to fool your customers with "Greenwash", they want to see real and provable commitment both to changing our environment and to saving costs and resources.

Cut costs - By streamlining your processes and by identifying and improving areas of waste and inefficiency through your reporting, you could reduce costs even further - several companies have pinpointed significant, tangible savings from their sustainability programmes. By collecting and managing information you will be able to set performance improvement targets enabling you as a company to reduce and cut costs - the adage "If you don't measure it, you can't manage it" is very true.

Your obligations - Nowadays, as a SME, you are required by law (COMPANIES ACT 2006) to act in a way you consider to be the most likely to promote the success of your company; however, you must have regard of the interests of your employees (however small you are) and the impact of your operations on the community and the environment (often known as Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR). This includes your suppliers and also your potential position as a supplier. This translates into the need to capture key employment and environmental data and report on it either in a Sustainability Report or in your financial end of year report. You may also form part of a supply chain to a larger corporate entity - as part of that chain, you will need to comply with their stringent standards, if not now, very soon. Don't get left behind.

Your customer - Your customer cares about the environment, so make sure they choose you over others because you can clearly demonstrate your environmental and sustainability credentials and actions.

You - You as an individual or group of individuals want to make a difference and want to make a positive impact on our world - with a clear, straightforward Sustainability Policy and some simple reporting on as few as 5 key measurements, you can track and demonstrate your environmental commitment and improvements.

What? Where? How? - It is often the case that you want to show your commitment to sustainability, eg. your 'carbon footprint', or community investment or perhaps energy use, but don't know how or where to start and what to measure and quantify - at SustainIT we can help you, and we promise to keep it clear, simple and cost-effective.

Clarity - Simply click here to receive our FREE Sustainability Policy Guide, which will give you a clear statement outlining your company's vision and commitment towards its objectives, targets and performance improvement in all four areas of sustainability.

Information - You can also sign up for our free monthly Sustainability update which will keep you right up to date with what's going on in sustainability terms, provide useful information and tips and keep you in tune with future developments. Simply register here and don't worry, we absolutely promise that we will never share your e-mail address or details with anyone else unless you ask us to.