Mohawk University Course Addresses Sustainability

Dalton, GA, July 22, 2009--Mohawk University is offering a new course for retailers on sustainability.

The course, Environmental Advantage: Business Growth Through Sustainability, was designed for owners, sales associates, and anyone else involved in retail operations.

It teaches how to decrease expenses and increase business, and then helps stores create ongoing plans for being greener, and more profitable.

“This course proves a year of change,” said Tim Gray, director of Mohawk University.

“That’s how many ideas we can bring to the table in this short time. Sustainability is more than just recycling or reusing materials. It’s about achieving effective economic, social, and environmental balance for your business.”

Gray said the course focuses on three key principles profit, people and the impact on the environment.

“This simple framework allows a dealer and his team to start taking action the day after they finish the course,” Gray said.

“Dealers have finished the course and made immediate changes to reduce their utility costs dramatically, rearrange their floor plans to sell more green products, and switch from throwing things away to recycling and getting positive media coverage for their actions.”

Mohawk University has teamed with Abeo Partners to teach this course. Abeo Partners is a firm that focuses on providing strategies and solutions that support lasting behavior change in areas including sustainability, environment, and health.