#peter graf

o.T.     -   Peter Graf,    2015

German,b.1937-

Folgende Worte gefallen dem Autor am besten einpaschen Dampfbeiboot naszieren Nobelgarde Afterweisheit beleibzüchtigen Flugmaschine nonen verballasten Nachmittagsruhe Nachmittagssonne kuranzen Nachhausekunft boisieren dankbarlich Nachgenuß Nirgendland rauschelig schabernackisch zerknallbar zersorgen vermannigfachen e-Moll-Arie Hutgerechtigkeit nachdenksam Nachschimmer Empfindelei beauflagen…

Sungevity’s New Energy System

By Roy L Hales

Imagine being able to see how your solar panels are performing at any given moment, day, week or month? This not only lets you know how much you’re saving, it gives you the power to choose how and when you use energy. Sungevity’s new Energy Hub enables homeowners to track exactly how much energy their household is using, down to within a few seconds. It is one of the key components…

The article I selected for this week is a great example of how companies need to start implementing green strategies. The article argues that the best way for companies to be able to become fully green, with employees and managers on board, is to start implementing internal sustainability initiatives first and then developing them for the customer. The idea here is that a company shouldn’t just end up making a product that is green, but instead build sustainability into the very foundation of what the business is trying to achieve, both within the company culture and the community at large. Here, Peter Graf, the Chief Sustainability Officer of SAP made a quote stating that “the key hurdle is to ensure that sustainability is built into how the company creates value.” There are several examples of how SAP does this. I think the most innovative and effective strategy was to create a rideshare program that not only reduced the amount of carbon emissions employees were creating during their commute, but with the CEO joining in, it showed the employees and the world that the company was truly committed to sustainability practices. The best part about this strategy was that employees were able to share ideas with each other which fueled employee morale, company innovation and greener products! If a company truly wants to be committed to making a difference and cutting waste and emissions then it needs to involve its employees. If the employees and managers are only in charge of creating green products they may not be fully committed or interested in the idea because they are not truly engaged in it.