Why Sustainability



The Cone Inc. 2007 Environmental Survey (www.coneinc.com) shows what consumers expect of themselves and from businesses that they patronize.  Consumers indicate that they are focusing on pro-environmental actions in three areas:

  • Conserving Energy (93%)
  • Conserving Water (86%)
  • Recycling (89%)

As for business, consumers expect them to take the following steps to become more sustainable:

  • Reducing pollution throughout office & manufacturing operations (71%)
  • Designing products/packaging with more environmentally-friendly contents & minimal packaging (69%)
  • Distributing & transporting goods more efficiently (69%)
  • Communicate environmental efforts to employees and customers, so they can support those efforts (69%)
  • Donating money to environmental causes (59%)
  • Lobbying for more environmentally-friendly policies (57%)

Upstream is your single source business sustainability partner and drives this process, so you can focus on your core business.

Upstream provides sustainability metrics and indices: Sustainability

  • Single source program tracking & reporting via proprietary streamline program
  • Commodity recycling & reuse
  • Waste reduction goal setting
  • Energy & water use benchmarking & reduction
  • Overall program cost savings
  • Best practices & continuous improvement
  • Carbon foot print reduction & natural resource savings formulas
  • Data capture & reporting