Learn the competitive advantage of going green. Green business practices, green manufacturing, and development of green products for sale to government agencies will expand your business opportunities with government agencies. A sustainable business is any organization that participates in environmentally friendly or green activities to ensure that all processes, products, and manufacturing activities adequately address current environmental concerns while maintaining a profit. In other words, it is a business that meets the needs of the present world without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs. It is the process of assessing how to design products that will take advantage of the current environmental situation and how well a company's products perform with renewable resources.

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Guide Index:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Leading by Example
Chapter 2: What is Green?
Chapter 3: Marketing for Green contracts
Chapter 4: Calculating Costs and Benefits
Appendix A: Glossary of Frequently Used Terms
Appendix B: Additional environmental purchasing resources (federal)
Appendix C: Green Purchasing Policy of the U.S. Department of Defense
Appendix D: Additional resources to search for green contracts
Appendix E: Examples of Environmental Costs Incurred by Firms