A recent report released by the World Green Building Council (WGBC) has highlighted a number of benefits that can occur within a business that adopts greener, more sustainable practises. For example, there have been documented differences in productivity in green offices over conventional offices. Many employees are far more productive in a more sustainable environment, which can help to save money for small businesses. Even an improvement of one per cent - or five minutes a day - can work out to an additional 18 hours and 20 minutes a year for an employee working in an office. Multiplying this across your entire business could work out extremely well for your overall cashflow. Furthermore, taking the time to make your offices greener will help to improve the health of your employees. You can reduce the incidence of communicable respiratory diseases by nine to 20 per cent, allergies and asthma from 18 to 25 per cent, and non-specific health ailments by 20 to 50 per cent. Therefore, having a healthier workforce can result in happier employees, increased productivity and and an overall increase in benefits for you and your small business. Another way to help reduce the overall stress of your employees is to invest in new software. Rather than expecting your staff to work effectively with outdated programs, taking the time to invest in new small business software could help you increase your output. For example, the CashManager range of accounting software from Accomplish offers a number of streamlined functions that will aid your worker's productivity and help them to achieve their goals easily. Overall, the report highlighted that green offices are continuing to outperform more traditional office spaces, delivering a 10.8 per cent annual total return on their business, compared to the annual 9.4 per cent for the rest of the office market.