Online Sellers Increasingly Environmentally Friendly

You would think online selling would be pretty green from its inception. But companies selling online both to businesses and consumers are increasingly buying and selling green products. Many companies are cooperatively designing products with suppliers.

Their major objectives are to reduce waste and energy consumption costs, although some companies are also trying to polish their corporate images and provide better customer satisfaction.

In some companies, the effort is informal, and consists of putting recycle bins in the break room or copy room. On the other end of the spectrum are companies with formal written policies.

The study on which this post is based can be downloaded from Online Market World.

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