SME Edenark ISO 14001 sustainability certification

1. It is the right thing to do

Your company, stakeholders, community, environment, and future generations will thank you for it

2. The world is demanding it

3. Overall performance improves

Per a study by BAR, Certified Sustainable companies enjoy +24.6% Net Income and +11% EBITDA gains.  Costs go down; brand image, revenues, margins, profit and valuation go up; and employee health and performance go up.  Data shows there is nothing a business can do, that will have a bigger positive impact on combined increased revenues, lower costs, improved employee performance, enhanced brand image, profitability and valuation, than to become a certified sustainable business.

4. Growth

Per NYU/Stern, sustainable brands are growing 5.6x faster than their non-sustainable peers.  Researchers believe the gap between certified sustainable brands and their non-certified competitors will expand, as the global community continues to seek, and reward, certified sustainable organizations. 

5. Outperform competition

Per A. T. Kearney, sustainable companies outperform their peers by +15%.

6. Margin

Per Nielsen, a certified sustainable company, enjoys a 5% YOY price increase.  Its non-sustainable competitors grow prices 1% YOY. If you are not a certified sustainable company and enjoying the promotional benefits of same, you are sacrificing margin every year.

7. Competitive differentiation

Per MIT / Boston Consulting Group, the biggest challenge to your organization is competitive differentiation.  Per Nielsen, sustainability certification is the top competitive differentiator, as +80% of consumers want to buy from a company that is certified sustainable.

8. New consumers

There is +$1 Trillion (and growing) in consumer/corporate spending, looking to move to certified sustainable companies.  This is fertile ground for certified sustainable organizations to grow market share.  Further, this business will be lost by non-certified sustainable organizations once the buyer finds a certified sustainable alternative.

9. Employee performance improves

Morale, production, empathy, mood, health improve.

10. Attract/retain staff

Per many studies, certified sustainable organizations can attract and retain quality employees better than their non-certified peers.