As a business, everything you do influences the company’s impact on the environment. While everyone is responsible for the environment around us, there’s a higher expectation on the shoulders of organizations that are contributing a lot more waste and, therefore, putting a bigger carbon footprint on the world around them.

Making your business more environmentally friendly will benefit the world in many ways. However, from a company’s reputational standpoint, customers are becoming more concerned and mindful about who they shop with.

That means you’ll get a much better reputation from making your business environmentally friendly, and hopefully you’ll get more people buying from the business too. So here are some top tips for making your business environmentally friendly in 2025:

Look at how you can reduce waste

Reducing waste is something that we can all do when we purchase things that will ultimately become waste on the environment. While a lot of things are now recyclable and there are more solutions in place to tackle waste management, it’s good to know what you can reduce your usage of in order to minimize that waste produced.

A lot of waste can actually be recycled nowadays, including scrap metal, paper, computer equipment and much more that’s used in and around the business. Consider what waste you’re producing, the volume of waste being produced and how you might want to tackle that when it comes to making your business more environmentally friendly. The more you can reduce waste, the better it’ll look for your business and it’s overall carbon footprint size.

Conserve water

Water is something that must be conserved and saved to help reduce your water bill. While it might not be possible for all businesses to do this, you could look at the option of conserving water on your business premises.

Conserving rainwater can help you save on using water from the taps for gardening and various other business tasks that would use water, like washing windows, etc. It’s easy enough to conserve water but you’ll need a large water tank on your property in order to capture all the rainwater. Make sure you’re looking for a tank that has a filter if you’re using it for anything other than gardening.

Being able to conserve water on your business property is just another way of helping the environment and reducing the demand on local water supply.

Use renewable energy

Renewable energy (RE) should be considered when it comes to making your business more environmentally friendly. There are numerous RE sources that might be worth considering and embracing to help better your efforts on improving the environment and environmental practices in general.

For example, solar panels have long been a good source of renewable energy with many businesses and domestic households alike, investing their money into solar power. What was once an expensive investment to make, it has become quite accessible in recent years. Today, you’ll get your investment back within a few years and ultimately save money on your utility bills by relying mainly on solar power.

Use sustainable products

Sustainable products can be a great way to reduce your impact on the environment. There are lots of sustainable products out there that you can utilize in the business work environment. You can look to use recycled packing for example within your manufacturing and production department. There are a lot more options for packaging than ever before and so there’s no real excuse nowadays to not use sustainable packaging.

Making use of energy-efficient equipment is handy, as well as using renewable energy resources. You might also want to expand further on sustainable products being used within the business. You could offer your services or invest your finances into sustainable organizations and initiatives being taken by local communities to boost the sustainability in your local area and beyond.

Work with the right suppliers

Every supplier you work with is influential to how environmentally friendly your business is. Why? Well, by working with a supplier, you’re aligning with their values and morals when it comes to how they run their business. If they’re not very eco-friendly or don’t have much in the way of sustainable practices in place, you might want to shift focus and work with another supplier who cares more for the environment.

Take a look at your suppliers right now, particularly in terms of energy efficiency and sustainability. You are likely change your supplier relationships over the years for a number of reasons beyond just alignment with being eco-consicous. Some suppliers might not be able to grow with you and others may need to change because they no longer provide the same quality of services you had when you first started with them.

Reduce your disposable plastic usage

Reducing your disposable plastic usage is always worthwhile because it ultimately helps to reduce the amount of plastic in landfills. Single-use plastics and plastic in general is one of the most damaging of waste materials because it takes so long to break them down and also contributes a lot of carbon emissions to the environment.

Try to find ways to reduce your disposable plastic usage where you can so that you are using less of it as a business. Speak to your employees about what they’re bringing into your business premises so can be avoided for the most part.

Go paperless

Going paperless is a great way to help reduce the amount of usage you have on the environment when it comes to cutting down trees to produce the paper in the first place. It’s important to be aware of the digital advantages that we know have as businesses in 2025.

There’s a lot more that we can do online now and with electronics that we couldn’t do some three or four decades ago. A lot of businesses nowadays exist online or at least use a lot of their documents online, which means for less paper usage as a result. Look at going completely paperless , or significantly reducing your paper usage where possible.

Educate your employees to be more eco-conscious

Education is imperative when it comes to making your business more eco-conscious in 2025, particularly when it comes to your employees and customers. Your employees are your responsibility and therefore, anything you can do to influence their carbon footprint on the environment is worthwhile.

Find ways to encourage your employees to be more eco-conscious and make use of training materials where possible to educate them about the impact they can make on the environment – for the better. Hope these tips can help ensure your business is more environmentally-friendly in 2025 and beyond.