Green Premiums for Janitorial Business
During the time known as the Orange Era, citric cleaning products were brought to the market boasting of environmental safety, but left a stubborn mindset that these cleaning products were expensive and not as good as conventional products. The good news is that we are now in the Green Era, and the newer products are only 2% to 4% more expensive than commonly-used products. We are slowly discovering that the new generation of Green Products are as good or better than the products now in use by cleaning services.
One of the issues of the Green transition for any company is the costs for any project, and it is interesting to learn that “Going Green” has other benefits that can offset and overwhelm the modest cost of Green cleaning. We all want a clean building, but we should also want a healthy building, and using a Green Clean janitorial service is the way to have both. In the end, you will find that this transition is a financially-smart decision.
Instead of slowly aggravating the health of the employees, the Green program is designed to avoid harmful practices and introduce healthier alternatives. This new practice will alleviate acute and chronic illnesses, and that has a financial reward that can be a financial asset.
Absenteeism is always a cost factor because the employees make business (and revenue) happen for the company. Health costs may be a concern for the insurance company, but those costs are returned to the company’s bottom line through increased premiums. Part of the cost for health is paid in out-of-pocket expenses, but health costs are a big expense item to any business. It makes sense that a healthier workforce will lead to better health insurance rates.
More common than absenteeism is the problems of decreased alertness and lost productivity. Companies may actually spend money motivating workers while hurting their productivity through a hostile office environment. Most of us have experienced a strong smell, smoke, or fumes that caused a headache or depressed energy. These are subtle but very important factors in an empowered office.
When considering the larger picture, the health and vitality of any company’s workers has an even larger impact in the world. The chronically sick people ad to the societal burden and will certainly affect our taxes. The trash and waste from our companies must be handled by the government, and that will lead to more taxes. We are paying many times over for sick people who might have lived better lives.
As we consider the Green Premium, it is realized in savings through healthy employees. Health insurance, health costs, and taxes are part of the overall equation that we pay in one form or another. Therefore, the 2-4% costs of moving to a Green workplace seems powerfully overwhelmed by the health and tax cost savings.
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