Sustainability and Triple Bottom Line: A Small Business Perspective��

OVERVIEW

ABOUT: Texas Nameplate Company (TNC) is a two-time Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winner. TNC is aiming to set an industry standard for environmental responsibility, and is challenging other firms to do likewise.  They initiated an acid rejuvenation process, have gone paperless, reclaim solvent, and invented equipment to reduce its impact on the environment in several ways. TNC has calculated that its annual environment efforts save approximately 1,200 gallons of solvent waste, 250,000 gallons of water, 12 tons of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), 30 trees and 25,000 rags each year.

WHO'S THIS FOR: Company Owners, Production Managers, Sustainability Teams