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Lean is the Means to be Green

By Tim McMahon on August 5, 2011 2 Comments business sustainability, efficiency, environmental impact, green manufacturing, LEAN manufacturing, Lean organizations, Ohno, sustainability, Tim McMahon

Lean manufacturing practices and sustainability are conceptually similar in that both seek to maximize organizational efficiency. Where they differ is in where the boundaries are drawn, and in how waste is defined. Sustainability expands the definition of waste to include the wider range of consequences of business actions including environmental and social consequences. Lean processes are inherently less wasteful and in this sense promoting lean processes can help organizations become more sustainable.

Lean is Green

By Tim McMahon on February 7, 2011 3 Comments A Lean Journey, air, deadly wastes, energy, Energy Star®, environment, environmental waste, EPA, green, hazardous waste, lean, Lean and the Environment Toolkit, LEAN manufacturing, Ohno’s 7 deadly wastes, solid waste, sustainability, Tim McMahon, TimALeanJourney, Toxic Waste, Water

It can be said that lean is green. The obvious benefits of green and lean are energy savings, productivity savings, and savings from improved utilization of materials. They can also lead to innovations that involve creation of new products out of waste materials.

How Leading Companies are Pioneering Innovation in Carbon, Water and Waste

By Abhijit Khanna on December 13, 2009 2 Comments Abhijit Khanna, AquaSciences, AT Kearney group, BASF, biomimicry, business sustainability, Calera Corporation, Carbon, Carbon Disclosure Project, carbon footprint, CEO Water Mandate, Chicago Climate Exchange, Climate Change, climate change risk management. Mandatory reporting, climate risks, Coca-Cola, compliance, corporate sustainability, corporate water strategy, CorporateRegister, creative destruction, desalinization, DJSI, Dole, Domani Consulting, Dow Jones Sustainability Index, DuPont, e-waste, ecoefficiency, Ecopatent Commons, environmental, environmental performance, Environmental Protection Agency, Global e-Sustainability initiative, Global Reporting Initiative, green innovation, Green Policies, green products, Green Rankings, green rankings. KLD, greenhouse gas emissions, Greenhouse Gas Protocol, Hewlett-Packard, innovation, Innovation Opportunities in Response to Today’s Environmental Hot Buttons, Interfaceflor, LEAN manufacturing, Levi Strauss and Company, life straw, NanoH20, nanotechnology, Nestle, NIKE, Nike Trash Talk, Patagonia, PepsiCo, reputation, reverse osmosis, risk management, risk management practices, SAB Miller, SB Boot Camp, Serious Materials, social performance, Sprint, Subaru, supply chain, sustainability consulting, sustainability performance, Sustainable Brands Boot Camp, Sustainable Life Media, Tennant, Trucost.Green Score, Vestergaard Fransden, Wal-Mart, waste, Water, Water Disclosure Project, water footprint, Water Footprint Network, water management companies, water neutraility, water neutrality, water utilized upstream, water-resource management, Waxman-Markey Kerry Boxer, Will Sarni, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Xerox, zero-waste

A summary of the second webinar in the Sustainable Brands Boot Camp series, Innovation Opportunities in Response to Today’s Environmental Hot Buttons: Climate Change, Water & Waste. The webinar was led by Will Sarni, CEO and founder of Domani Consulting, an integrated sustainability consulting firm, and featured examples of new, innovative business and product strategies from various markets that are successfully being brought to market in response to emerging environmental and social strains.