As environment awareness increases, people are now into activities that preserve and protect the environment. What’s good about this development is also the increasing market for green initiatives.
The Manufacturing and Technology eJournal carries the story about a Lean Green Six Sigma machine. According to the article:
Green Six Sigma is addressing the real challenges for leadership and senior executives to drive business process excellence while reducing environmental impact; the role of Six Sigma both now and in the future for sustainability, energy reduction and to boost profits.
Evan Miller, president of Hertzler Systems in Goshen, Indiana says, “In a global economy with environmental pressures high on the agenda, organizations are under increasing pressure to control costs, maintain high levels of safety and quality, and save energy. Energy conservation offers the parallel advantages of helping to reduce costs, improving efficiency, as well as reducing the carbon footprint. In this climate increasing numbers of companies are implementing Six Sigma techniques as an efficient and effective means to building a sustainable business and make their operations, products and services more socially responsible, particularly regarding the environment.”
Incidentally, there is the upcoming The Inaugural Green Six Sigma Conference on May 13 – 14, 2009. Check it out!
This post is also in time for Earth Day tomorrow. 
