SUSTAINABLE Production

Ten years from now if a company does not have sustainability and environmental stewardship as a core ethic, it will be irrelevant. David Mahood, Olive Designs

Green will become the new normal. Trends come and go, but this one will leap off the bell curve and become permanent within 4-5 years.Michelle Lamb, The Trend Curve

Selling environmentally friendly products and services has gone mainstream...products that protect the natural environment by conserving energy or resources and reducing the use of toxic agents, pollution and waste. Entrepreneur.com

A guide developed by USAID and SENADA
content and the 5 modules:

• Sustainability: Global market trends are driving businesses to improve the sustainability of their products and poperations. Sustainabilty offers your business a valuable competivie advantage in the marketplace
  
• Sustainable Design and Materials: Sustainable designs and use of materials reduces costs and environmental impact, enables access to new markets and increases sales opportunities
  
• Sutainable operations: Implement sustainable manufacturing practices by making the most efficient use of resources and minimizing your impact on the environment. These practices will cut costs, improve performance and increase market access


• Social Responsibility: Investing in workers and communties increases the sustainability of your business, improves performance and increases your market competitiveness
  
• Managing for Greater Sustainabilty: Implement sustainable practices by managing change within your business and achieving buy-in from employees, suppliers and subcontractors
  
• Marketing Sustainability: Understand the global marketplace and identify your competive advantages to develop effective marketing strategies that promote your business and increase market access and sales.

The guide comes along with Quick Benefits, Tools, Links and "A step by Step Guide to Implement a Wood Certification System"

here is the guide: http://sustainable-production.ecoexotic.net/

The publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It was prepared by SENADA, under the management of DAI. A guide and moduls are available in English and Bahasa Indonesia and a website is under consideration for development. This guide is offered for general use.