The whole category in one page.
THE COMMERCIAL CASE IS USUALLY STRONGER THAN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ARGUMENT
Energy, water and waste are costs, and being excluded from a larger buyer's supply chain for having no answers is immediate and commercial.
MEASURE BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, USING BILLS AND RECORDS THAT ALREADY EXIST
Express consumption per unit of output, because total consumption rises with activity while per-unit consumption shows whether efficiency is actually improving.
FIND THE FEW THINGS THAT ACCOUNT FOR MOST OF THE IMPACT, BECAUSE EFFORT GETS WASTED ON SMALL ITEMS WHILE THE LARGE ONES CONTINUE
READ THE WATER METER WHEN NOTHING SHOULD BE RUNNING — ANY CONSUMPTION WHEN CLOSED IS A LEAK
Failed float valves on tanks waste enormous volumes silently.
MAINTENANCE IS THE CHEAPEST EFFICIENCY THERE IS, SINCE DIRTY FILTERS AND BLOCKED CONDENSERS RAISE CONSUMPTION SUBSTANTIALLY
REDUCE LOAD BEFORE INCREASING GENERATION CAPACITY, BECAUSE GENERATOR POWER COSTS FAR MORE PER UNIT THAN GRID POWER
MOST WASTE INDICATES A PROCESS PROBLEM RATHER THAN AN INEVITABILITY — REJECTS MEAN QUALITY, EXPIRED STOCK MEANS ORDERING, DAMAGE MEANS HANDLING
NEVER POUR ANYTHING TO DRAIN WITHOUT ESTABLISHING THAT IT IS PERMITTED, AND KEEP EVIDENCE THAT WASTE WENT TO AN AUTHORISED DESTINATION
MAKE SPECIFIC EVIDENCED CLAIMS RATHER THAN VAGUE ONES, BECAUSE UNSUPPORTED ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIMS DAMAGE CREDIBILITY MORE THAN HAVING NO POLICY AT ALL
AND WHEN A BUYER ASKS FOR SOMETHING YOU DO NOT HAVE, SAY SO AND ASK WHAT IS ACTUALLY REQUIRED — HONEST PARTIAL ANSWERS ARE ACCEPTED AND FALSE COMPLETE ONES ARE NOT
