Green Business Services and green business ideas by A1 Enterprise helps educate and deploy sustainable business models utilizing resources more efficiently and maximizing energy and resources of an organization. A1 Enterprise measures how a company spends its time in work activity, then better utilize resources to reduce waste and promote a more environmentally-friendly green business operation. There are three basic rewards for any business implementing green business ideas:

• Environmentally friendly businesses create less waste, landfill, and carbon emissions.
• Profits and funding go farther as company funds are more effectively invested.
• Business activity speeds up with greater employee efficiency and increased accuracy in reporting.

You might ask, "how can my business go green and how much money will my business save?"

A1 Enterprise has evolved as a green business since 2001. Speaking from experience, the path to a green business model is best taken one step at a time, starting with a green business assessment. There are many factors that contribute to a sustainable business model. Basically, the less time a company spends waiting for follow ups, searching for, sending, and receiving documents, the more time a company has for increased productivity and as a result will increase the accessibility, accuracy, and quality of work. A1 Enterprise lowers business costs with software products that support both telecommute offices as well as organizations with multiple locations. Some of the cost savings included with A1 Enterprise Green Business Services include:

• Staff time spent doing data entry, corrective edits, and running reports.
• Staff time processing and distributing paper mail.
• Storage and consumption of office supplies including paper, ink, and desk supplies.
• Storage facilities and associated liabilities of paper records.
• Office equipment such as fax machines and printers.
• Third party professional services such as accountant, tax, and lawyer fees accessing and updating company records.
• Communication services such as telephone and fax lines.
• Loss of productivity by staff being required to physically locate, distribute, or receive a document to another party.
• Transportation, natural resources, and building resources such as electricity, fuel, travel costs, shipping costs.
• Instant communication to reduce or eliminate reminders to take action with a vendor, employee, or customer.

In addition to the cost and environmental benefits to green business ideas and sustainable business practices, there is a strong positive psychological impact on staff and management. The feeling of greater productivity with the absence of clutter provides for a healthier work environment for people. This is one of the many aspects contributing to the tag line of A1 Enterprise: "People make companies Great. Software makes companies better."

Like the company, employees also benefit from green business ideas and sustainable solutions. By reducing time spent commuting to and from work, as in a telecommute office, businesses recognize greater work productivity by eliminating variables which prevent employees from arriving and starting on time. Green businesses and green business services also reduce IT costs by consolidating data storage, file storage, and data backups.

A1 Enterprise will conduct a comprehensive green business assessment for your organization, and assist with the process of determining where to best start or how to take the next step in with your organization's green business initiatives. Click here for more information about Green Business Services. A1 Enterprise will work with your organization on green business initiatives, documentation, planning, and strategies for implementing green business ideas.