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By introducing sound environmental management practices and reducing your environmental impact overall, your business can profit from cost savings through efficiency or productivity gains.

Your business can also profit in a number of other ways including:

* receiving assistance and grants from the government
* spending less on raw materials, energy and water
* receiving recognition through numerous environmental awards
* finding new market opportunities for "green" goods and services
* improving workplace safety through reduced use of industrial chemicals and reduced waste.

You can also increase your benefits through achieving environmental best practice. You can follow voluntary industry codes of conduct or the international environmental standard ISO 14000 series.

What to do...

* Read the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts' Profiting from Environmental Improvement in Business information kit.
* Learn about how you can follow best practice by visiting our Codes of conduct page.
* Visit the Standards and labelling page to find out how to include your green products on supplier directories.
* Find out what environmental grants and assistance you may be eligible for by visiting our Grants and assistance page.