Reducing Wastage As A Firm Via Property Inventory Management

Julie Starr • October 15, 2021



As general citizens living day to day, it’s true that many of us have understood the value in reducing the wastage of our homes. Throwing out food is never a good feeling, for example, and so planning our daily intake of meals can help you avoid purchasing and ultimately never using a vital resource that someone else could have. The same goes for throwing out our possessions when donations to charity stores or selling them outright could be a healthier option .

Unfortunately, many businesses fail to conform to the same mindset. It’s not uncommon to see bakeries throwing out huge quantities of day-old pastries, for instance, despite those who are less fortunate going without. Thankfully, in these cases, initiatives like donation drives for supermarkets have helped the less fortunate in society have access to foods that cannot be legally sold as part of that brand.

With that kind of worthwhile initiative in mind, it’s healthy to look at how to decrease wastage in our own firm, especially related to the inventory and assets we acquire and use. In this post, we’ll discuss how to get the best out of that:

Consider Purchasing Used

You may be able to acquire large amounts of purposeful inventory should you purchase used. For instance, opting for excellent used office furniture can help you give a new home to perfectly good furniture that may have been thrown out otherwise. Not only this, but you could save vast amounts of money on this compared to purchasing new, while still giving your staff a worthwhile experience working in the office and sitting on ergonomic chairs and using ergonomic desks that improve their health in the long run.

Repurpose Inventory

From time to time, repurposing your inventory can be key in helping you get the most out of a given product. Instead of throwing out computer monitors that are no longer viable for the terminals you use, for instance, you could repurpose these as wall-attached displays you use to present your company logo and play introductory promotional material in your waiting rooms. You’d be surprised what kind of creative asset management you can apply should you avoid throwing goods out and find a way to subvert your storage requirements.

Large Job Lot Sales

A large job lot sale can do plenty for selling large quantities of inventory off. There are many people that browse auction sites for great deals when an office downsizes or upgrade their equipment. For instance, reselling your old office furniture at auction can help it find a new home compared to disposing of it. Additionally, making sure to sell to parts companies that deconstruct and recycle the inventory you may have to offer, perhaps from an old production line, can be key in ensuring wastage is reduced. To that degree, your office and manufacturing facilities can strive to lessen their impact going forward.

With this advice, we hope you can learn to reduce wastage as a firm via property inventory management.

Earth Day is a Moment. Sustainability is a Journey.

By Julie Starr • April 7, 2025
Every April 22nd, Earth Day reminds us of our shared responsibility to care for the planet. It’s a powerful moment for reflection, recognition, and renewed commitment to environmental stewardship. But for companies like Taiga, Earth Day is not just a day—it's a checkpoint in a journey that spans all 365 days of the year. Beyond the Day: The Power of Year-Round Storytelling While Earth Day is an excellent opportunity to spotlight your company's environmental efforts, the true impact lies in consistent, transparent communication about your sustainability strategy. Customers, investors, employees, and partners are increasingly interested in how companies plan, act, and improve over time. To build trust and inspire action, companies should: Share clear targets: What are your goals for emissions reduction, circularity, or biodiversity? Make them specific and time-bound. Report results honestly: Celebrate wins and be candid about setbacks. Progress, not perfection, is the story. Connect efforts to impact: Highlight how your initiatives benefit ecosystems, communities, or supply chains. Leveraging Earth Day as a Strategic Moment Think of Earth Day as a milestone that anchors your broader communications. Some ideas: Launch or preview new initiatives that reinforce your long-term strategy. Tell human stories: Showcase employees, community members, or suppliers contributing to sustainability. Host interactive events: Webinars, volunteer days, or innovation showcases invite people into the journey. Publish a sustainability snapshot: A visual, engaging recap of the past year's progress. Engaging Stakeholders Year-Round To keep the momentum going beyond April: Create a sustainability content calendar to share updates, behind-the-scenes looks, and educational content. Invite feedback: Use surveys or listening sessions to understand stakeholder priorities and ideas. Collaborate: Partner with NGOs, academics, or startups aligned with your mission. Recognize champions: Celebrate employees and partners who go above and beyond. Bringing It Together: A Continuous Narrative Earth Day is a valuable opportunity to raise awareness, but lasting impact comes from building a continuous narrative. At Taiga, we see sustainability not as a series of campaigns but as a shared journey with our stakeholders . When we connect the dots between moments like Earth Day and the year-round work behind the scenes, we not only deepen engagement—we accelerate change. So this Earth Day, let’s celebrate progress and recommit to transparency, collaboration, and bold action. The planet needs more than promises. It needs a plan. And it needs all of us.

Greener Clicks: How to Reduce Your Environmental Impact with Sustainable Digital Marketing

By Julie Starr • March 31, 2025
In the race to decarbonize our world, one area often overlooked is digital marketing. While it might seem inherently clean compared to print or physical campaigns, our online activities have a real and measurable environmental footprint. From servers powering your website to emails filling up inboxes, every click, stream, and scroll contributes to carbon emissions. At Taiga Company, we believe digital strategies can be powerful and low-impact. Here’s how to get started. Optimize for a Low-Carbon Web Why it matters: Websites and digital ads are hosted on servers that consume electricity, often powered by fossil fuels. Every time a user loads your site or ad, it uses energy. How to reduce your impact: Host green: Choose web hosts that use renewable energy or offset emissions. Clean up your code: Streamlined, efficient code reduces load times and energy use. Compress and reduce images: Smaller files mean faster pages and fewer emissions. Limit heavy media: Videos and animations are carbon-intensive; use them mindfully. A faster, leaner website isn’t just better for the planet—it also boosts SEO and user experience. Email Marketing with Intention Why it matters: Every email sent, received, and stored requires energy. Multiply that by millions of sends, and the impact adds up. How to reduce your impact: Clean your lists: Remove inactive subscribers to avoid waste. Segment wisely: Only send emails to those who will truly benefit. Use plain-text when possible: It’s lower in data and often more accessible. Reduce frequency: Send fewer, higher-quality emails with genuine value. Intentional emailing reduces not only emissions but also improves deliverability and engagement. Sustainable SEO and Content Strategy Why it matters: Search engines crawl, index, and serve up billions of web pages daily. Thoughtless content and bloated sites add to the load. How to reduce your impact: Create evergreen content: Focus on high-quality pages that stay relevant longer. Streamline your site structure: Fewer clicks to find content = less energy use. Use minimal plugins and scripts: Especially ones that load on every page. Green your CMS: Some content management systems are more resource-efficient than others. Sustainable SEO isn’t just eco-friendly—it’s good strategy. Fewer, better pieces often perform better than content mills. Rethink Marketing Automation Why it matters: Automated emails, ads, and data syncing can create a lot of digital clutter. That clutter eats up storage and energy. How to reduce your impact: Audit regularly: Retire old workflows and outdated automations. Optimize syncing: Reduce how often and how much data is transferred. Segment with purpose: Better targeting means fewer wasted sends. Use expiration dates: Don’t let outdated content or assets live forever. Efficient automation can reduce emissions and improve performance. Digital marketing isn’t going away—and it shouldn’t. It offers powerful tools for connection, education, and growth. But like all tools, it can be used more sustainably. At Taiga Company, we’re committed to helping organizations lower their environmental impact without sacrificing reach or results. Sustainable digital marketing is not only possible; it’s essential. Ready to make your marketing aligned with your company's corporate sustainability plan? Let’s start the conversation.
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