Moving in a greener direction – Moving in a greener direction – What can you do?What can you do?

Develop new product ideas

Refine production methods

Make your operations environmentally friendly

Review your marketing practices

Developing new product ideasDeveloping new product ideas

Primary sources of new product ideas:Primary sources of new product ideas:Personal needsPersonal needsPersonal knowledge of the needs of othersPersonal knowledge of the needs of othersThe mediaThe mediaResearch in Business Data BasesResearch in Business Data BasesBusiness Journals and booksBusiness Journals and books

Our HeritageOur HeritageTravel and Networking experienceTravel and Networking experience

Emerging but critical sources of new Emerging but critical sources of new business ideasbusiness ideas

Resource shortagesResource shortages

Increasing cost for resourcesIncreasing cost for resources

Rising energy costsRising energy costs

Changing regulations Changing regulations

New customer attitudes and needsNew customer attitudes and needs

Increasing cost of travelIncreasing cost of travel

New technologyNew technology

Local OpportunitiesLocal Opportunities

New Waste management and

energy conservation rules

New products that create less

waste

Utilizing waste products

Developing environmentallysound products

Local examplesLocal examples East Coast Converters develops the Billy Boot East Coast Converters develops the Billy Boot

garbage bag from recycled resins garbage bag from recycled resins Enviroplastic Lumber uses a mixture of post Enviroplastic Lumber uses a mixture of post

consumer and post industrial plastics to create an consumer and post industrial plastics to create an assortment of products ranging from lobster pots to assortment of products ranging from lobster pots to mailboxesmailboxes

Inland Technologies recycles glycol used in the Inland Technologies recycles glycol used in the de-icing processde-icing process

Wildland Tours develops ecotourism for small groupsWildland Tours develops ecotourism for small groups Eastern Newfoundland Home Builders Association Eastern Newfoundland Home Builders Association

members construct Enviro-Homesmembers construct Enviro-Homes

National OpportunitiesNational Opportunities

Kyoto Accord

Developing Pollution control

equipment

Develop new energy sources

Evaluating ProductionMethods to

Increase OperationalEfficiency

National ExamplesNational Examples

The development of Bio diesel and biomass The development of Bio diesel and biomass fuelsfuels

Future Aqua Farms integrates aquaculture and Future Aqua Farms integrates aquaculture and hydroponics to utilize fish farming wasteshydroponics to utilize fish farming wastes

Beach Laundromat uses solar energy and Beach Laundromat uses solar energy and energy recovery to reduce costsenergy recovery to reduce costs

Vision Quest’s Windelectric produced ten Vision Quest’s Windelectric produced ten million kwh of electricity for the Alberta million kwh of electricity for the Alberta marketmarket

International OpportunitiesInternational Opportunities

Resource DevelopmentAnd Depletion

Environmental Remediation

Services

More efficient Extraction

Knowledge transfer

ExamplesExamples

Product stewardship legislation in Germany Product stewardship legislation in Germany results in the development of new technologies results in the development of new technologies for dealing with mixed plastics for dealing with mixed plastics

Scottish Tourism encourages pollution Scottish Tourism encourages pollution prevention and energy conservation in tourist prevention and energy conservation in tourist establishmentsestablishments

Florida Power and Light implements business Florida Power and Light implements business wide recycling programwide recycling program