Michael Ellis on Going Green: Initiatives in the Workplace
Series: Just Business
From: Carnegie Council
Length: 00:29:18
Just Business is a series of audio interviews that examines some of the tangled pathways that companies and civil society face. Host Julia Taylor Kennedy sits down with thought leaders across a variety of sectors to discuss the intersection between business and society.
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Just Business is a series of audio interviews that examines some of the tangled pathways that companies and civil society face. Host Julia Taylor Kennedy sits down with thought leaders across a variety of sectors to discuss the intersection between business and society.
Transcript
JULIA KENNEDY: Welcome to Just Business, a series of interviews on global business ethics. Today I'm talking about green workplaces with Michael Ellis, associate principal at the sustainability consulting firm, GreenOrder.
Educated at Harvard and Yale, Ellis has worked with General Electric and others to create truly sustainable practices that are linked to cost savings and green marketing.
Ellis has a wide range of expertise, but today we'll focus mostly on how companies can work with employees to make sure they are on board with green initiatives and why that's such an important part of green workplaces.
Michael Ellis, welcome to Just Business.
MICHAEL ELLIS: Thank you very much for having me.
JULIA KENNEDY: Let's start with the topic of the day. Tell me why it's so important for companies to include employees in their sustainable initiatives.
MICHAEL ELLIS: For so many reasons....
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