Opinion

Archie O’Donnell, projects coordinator for Éasca and the Irish Passive House Association

Ramon Arratia, sustainability director for InterfaceFLOR in Europe, Middle East, Africa & India

If you’re not assessing the environmental performance of your suppliers and their products, it’s rapidly becoming a case of “caveat emptor”. Many of the world’s biggest companies are now buying green, and the Irish government is about to follow suit. Ignore the issue and you put your company at a competitive disadvantage, argues Brian O’Kennedy, managing director of Clearstream Solutions