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The Future is Sustainable: How Small Businesses Can Adapt and Thrive

April 18, 2023

By Leora Price

The future is green, but it can be hard to keep up with all of these eco-friendly policies and buzzwords. (What’s a carbon offset, again?) Still, making your small business more environmentally friendly doesn’t have to be an expensive drag. In fact, it might just save you a different kind of green.

Small businesses make up 90 percent of all enterprises worldwide, according to the World Economic Forum, and yet many have yet to invest in sustainability.

At the same time, governments and regulatory organizations around the globe are ramping up environmental, social, and governance (ESG) regulations. The WEF now warns that businesses that don’t go green could soon be left behind.

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