Corner Office: The Power of ‘One’
● The company also recently announced a full-scale environmental initiative (www.ThomasNelson.com/green). How did the company come to these specific environmental goals?
Hyatt: Because our purpose is “to inspire the world,” our employees are constantly looking beyond their everyday jobs for ways to be inspiring. Over the last few years, we have had a growing number of employees who started a grassroots campaign to bring the issue of the environment to the forefront of our minds. They encouraged us to begin recycling programs and to explore ways to produce more eco-friendly books. After meeting with the [nonprofit organization] Green Press Initiative and other environmental groups, we became even more excited. We defined specific action steps. In the summer of 2007, I created an official Environmental Task Force. Its mission is three-fold: to find ways to make publishing a sustainable, ecologically sound and economically viable venture; to implement environmentally friendly publishing standards; and to educate employees on how to live a “green” lifestyle.
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