Business Treading Lightly is a business sustainability coaching and mentoring service for businesses in the Illawarra, Highlands, Shoalhaven, Eurobodalla and Bega Valley regions.  Business Treading Lightly operates on a fee for service basis and is heavily subsidised by Shoalhaven City Council.

So what will BTL actually do for my business?

BTL knows that businesses don’t need more reports, websites and self-help guides. Most of the businesses we know have great ideas of how they want to change – it is finding the time and space to prioritise and work on these projects.

BTL uses a number of structured tools to help businesses create the habits and routines for managing their business more sustainably.

You can find out more about the tools at How can I Get Involved, but at their heart is development of an action plan, and practical help from BTL in obtaining and understanding baseline data, prioritising your needs, and calculating the savings and return on investment.

We know that running a business is more than a full time job. That’s why we provide you with significant one-on-one time with a locally based sustainability advisor until you get some runs on the board.

Every business is different, and we don’t pretend to be more of an expert on your business than you. But as each program is tailored to your business BTL can help in getting you started, facilitating the development of an action plan, and giving you the tools to understand and measure the benefits.

There are many businesses in this region who have had amazing success in reducing their costs and becoming more sustainable.

You can read about them at Case Studies.