Reducing energy, water and business travel is good for a company’s bottom line as well as the environment, while less chemicals mean a healthier workplace. You might also think about whether your company can develop more eco-friendly products or services – business opportunities are emerging as the demand for green alternatives grows.
Key Steps while Working:
Reduce car/air travel:
Commute and go to meetings by public transport, cycling or car pooling. Use e-mail and tele-conferencing to reduce business travel. Work from home once or twice a week. Replace company cars with public transport season-tickets.
Reuse and recycle paper:
Use both sides of a paper and only print if necessary. Recycle paper. Buy recycled paper. Reuse jiffy bags and envelopes.
Use less lighting:
Fit energy-saving bulbs; reduce lighting in low-traffic areas; install skylights; fit reflector strips behind lights to increase their effectiveness, and sensors to turn off lights at night.
Turn it off :
Don’t leave computers, copiers, lights etc. on when you leave the office.
Turn down air-conditioning or heating:
Reduce both by 1 – 2 Degree Celsius.
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- Refill/recycle printer and photocopier toner cartridges.
- Save water with dual-flush toilets, aerating push-button taps and a waterless urinal.
- Use recycled toilet paper and towel rolls instead of paper towels.
- Ask your cleaners to use natural cleaning products.
- Ask the canteen to use real crockery and cutlery, even if you take food back to your desk, and use real cups for coffee/tea.
- Buy tea/coffee that is organic.
- Buy second-hand office furniture and recycle your own old office furniture. Donate old PCs to charity or schools.
- Use an ethical bank and ask for ethical investment options in the company pension scheme.
- Use the stairs. Lifts can use 5 – 15 per cent of office electricity.
- Use laptops. They can use 90 per cent less energy than desktop PCs.
- Use shredded paper or biodegradable loosefill for padding parcels.
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