Sustainable Tourism Tips:  Greening N.C. Travel:  Making a Game Plan

Every day, more businesses are implementing practices to reduce their environmental impact, but some are doing a better job than others.  One tactic that many successful attempts have in common is an organized approach to sustainability.  By developing a plan, organizations can focus their efforts on practices that will have the most significant impact and that best meet greater organizational goals.  The first step to developing a successful environmental program is to examine your organization's mission statement and decide what environmental goals will best further your organization's mission.  Some organizations also develop corporate responsibility statements as well.  Once broad goals of sustainability have been developed, it can be helpful to conduct an environmental audit or assessment to evaluate current practices.  After setting broad goals and conducting an assessment, set more specific and tangible goals that can be evaluated and benchmarked.  Select the following URL for more information on developing a sustainability plan, or contact Alex Naar at (919)715-3782 or via naara@ecu.edu.

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