Not all organizations believe that sustainability can add value. Most direct their environmental capital expenditures toward downstream end-of-pipe pollution controls or clean-up technologies. This can seem expensive which is why many non-sustainability focused organizations view environmental management as simply a cost center and seek to minimize the expenses of complying with regulations.

Interface's experience, along with a growing stream of data from other sources, strongly suggest that the adoption of sustainability measures can be cost neutral or may even turn environment management into a profit center.

Initial investment costs may be (but are not always) required the return on sustainability-oriented investments can often be rapid and large. Small and mid-sized businesses can also benefit from adoption of sustainability measures.

Growing evidence suggests that, when sustainability measures are adopted through a wise and efficient process, they may be cost-neutral......

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Title: Organizational Sustainability
Approximate Word Count: 878
Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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