Setting Up a Sustainability Initiative in FM w/ Josh Witte @ Dollartree

<p><strong>Shownotes:</strong></p><p>(2:56) Introducing Josh Witte</p><p>(4:41) What Are You Reading?</p><p>(6:44) What Lead Up To This Initiative?</p><p>(11:14) Updating Multiple Assets</p><p>(14:02) Sustainability Across Regions</p><p>(15:42) Electric Vehicles </p><p>(18:49) Preventative Maintenance &amp; The Sustainability Initiative</p><p>(22:05) National Vs. Regional Companies</p><p>(24:15) Recycling Programs </p><p>(32:02) Wrap Up</p><p><strong>Links:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnmblack">Shawn Black</a></p><p><a href="http://linkedin.com/in/joshua-witte-rfmp-58200119/">Josh Witte</a> </p><p><strong>Books:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/British-Are-Coming-Lexington-Revolution/dp/1627790438">The British Are Coming</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Leviathan-Wakes-James-S-Corey/dp/0316129089">Leviathan Wakes</a> </p><p><strong>Quotes:</strong></p><p><em>"W</em>e are committed to reducing our carbon footprint by 25% across our scope on scope to emissions. We've committed to new in-store energy standards and or efficiency standards and also committed to sustainable sourcing and working with our vendor partners across all of our, all of our different markets to make sure that the companies we're working with have a sustainability plan in place are working towards carbon reduction." </p><p>(8:17) - Josh Witte</p><p><br></p><p><em>"Build a team to build momentum... have everyone on the same bus driving the same direction."</em></p><p>(10:38) - Shawn Black</p><p><br></p><p><em>"That way you have the ability to push even more aggressive. Those are the big, scary goals as we like to call them in the industry." (10:30) - Josh Witte</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>"... You know, guys up in the C-suite by saying, 'Hey we got rid of all of our fluorescents, now we're all LE, check, we're done!' You've to look at wholesale recycling and PM programs for those LEDs because they don't last forever. And the technology is continually evolving." </em></p><p><em>(13:38) - Jos