Sustainable Business Practices: Strategies for Reducing Environmental Footprints

Savita Khanna

doi:10.36676/urr.v11.i1.08

Authors

Savita Khanna Department of Commerce

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36676/urr.v11.i1.08

Keywords:

Environmental footprints, Sustainability goals, Resource efficiency, Energy-efficient technologies

Abstract

In today's fast-paced, ecologically-challenged society, sustainable practises are gaining recognition among businesses as a way to reduce their environmental effect. has a summary of key strategies that companies may employ to increase their sustainability efforts and decrease their impact on the environment. As an example, a business may make sustainability part of its core values and how it does business. Because of this, measurable sustainability objectives must be set. Businesses may include environmental considerations into their decision-making process by incorporating sustainability into their overall company objectives.

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