Original posted on this site, which as recently been rebuilt, in late 2018.
United Nations Published SuperGreen Solutions® Partnership Project to Globally Enable Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to Operate More Sustainably RePost: WEST PALM BEACH, FL, May 29, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/
Skelligs Energy operates the SuperGreen Solutions® (SGS) in Ireland and Nth Ireland.
SuperGreen Solutions was at the time, one of the the world’s leading providers of sustainability advisory services with customers across the globe.
With initial support from universities such as Arizona State University, Palm Beach Atlantic University and University of Southern Indiana, SuperGreen Solutions developed a sustainability project partnership to identify and remove the barriers that prevent small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) from becoming certified and marketing themselves as sustainable businesses.
The United Nations later published the project on its business.un.org site.
Objectives and Targets of the Program
The target regions of the world for these efforts include: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Oceania. The partnership also pursued involvement from state and city governments seeking improved sustainability for their communities; universities and businesses.
This partnership’s primary objective is to collaborate with other global entities and expand the principles of sustainable business practices to businesses classified as SMEs.
Sustainable business practices are currently being pursued by the largest and most profitable companies in the world. However, as yet these practices are not yet being as aggressively implemented by the majority of the 99% of businesses classified as SMEs.
Strange as it may seem, however, as of the time of republishing this article, the businesses further up the food chain were increasingly demanding a change in sustainability practices in order to themselves comply with the supply chain requirements of for example ISO14001.
This partnership presents an opportunity to dramatically develop sustainability for SMEs.
“This project would pool resources from entities across the globe, answering the question ‘How do we define and eliminate barriers in order to accelerate global SME adoption of sustainability?’. We created this project without commercial intent to truly isolate and eliminate the roadblocks standing in the way of every business in the world pursuing sustainable business operations,” Michael Bernstein, operations manager of SuperGreen Solutions and creator of the published project, explains.
“We approach this project with the assumption that most SMEs spend more time driving revenues than lowering costs (their brand is not as established, their sales force not as experienced, their advertising not as robust, their costs not as large – as those of larger entities). We believe the SME tilt to revenue, in combination with lower overhead, impacts their concern for cost reduction. Not that they are disinterested in cost savings; just more sales and revenues minded. We believe SMEs can be ‘won over’ by presenting sustainability as a revenue-side benefit, not just a cost-side benefit. We believe this will help accelerate the advancement of sustainability to SMEs,” says David Goodman, president of SuperGreen Solutions.
About Skelligs Energy and SuperGreen Solutions
Skelligs Energy operates the energy advisory services under license for SuperGreen Solutions in Ireland and Norther Ireland. SuperGreen Solutions, with 80 operations in 18 countries, is the world’s leading sustainability advisor. It is the premier local business partner for driving revenue and lowering costs through green initiatives; offering a comprehensive sustainability certification by assessing, leading, implementing, procuring and installing all materials and operational updates needed for the green certification. SuperGreen Solutions also provides a public relations toolkit to the business to promote their GREEN status and compliance with ISO14001.
SuperGreen Solutions provides a comprehensive process which takes the client through a sustainability certification and promotes the client’s accomplishments to its audiences. SGS believes that true sustainability incorporates a recognised and accepted process and a third-party review/certification. SGS also believes, consistent with many industry reports, that once a business is certified as sustainable – and promotes same – the market will reward that business for its positive corporate citizenship.
The overall program generates four benefits to the client: reduced costs; improved operational performance and employee morale; competitive differentiation, leading to revenue enhancement; and establishment as a market leader.
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The parent company of SuperGreen Solutions is United Franchise Group
“The Global Leader for Entrepreneurs.” United Franchise Group is a group of affiliated companies and brands. Led by CEO Ray Titus, United Franchise Group is home to a variety of internationally recognised brands including Signarama, Fully Promoted, Experimac, Jon Smith Subs, Venture X, SuperGreen Solutions, Transworld Business Advisors and The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill. With over three decades in the franchising industry and more than 1600 franchisees throughout the world, United Franchise Group offers unprecedented leadership and solid business opportunities for entrepreneurs.