Whether you have a small or large office it is important to have an administritive plan in operation. Here we list the key elements to help reduce the cost of your office to the environment, and to your profits. Today it is often said that good environmental practice is also good business practice.
Get full staff commitment
Everyone from MD downwards needs top be fully committed to implement eco friendly office procedures. Put together an action plan at senior management level and cascade down to other members of staff. Send out an email for suggestions to help to try and get everyone involved.
Evaluate all business processes
Consider all the processes within the office and how you can reduce the environmental impact of these processes. Much of good environmental management is down to good housekeeping and common sense.
Be systematic
Aim for continual improvement within the processes. Assess where you are now, then plan what needs to be changed and how you are going to do it, monitor progress.
The obvious areas to green on are your company’s air-conditioning, lighting, water usage and transport systems.
Eco friendly office ideas
Get full staff commitment
Everyone from MD downwards needs top be fully committed to implement eco friendly office procedures. Put together an action plan at senior management level and cascade down to other members of staff. Send out an email for suggestions to help to try and get everyone involved.
Evaluate all business processes
Consider all the processes within the office and how you can reduce the environmental impact of these processes. Much of good environmental management is down to good housekeeping and common sense.
Be systematic
Aim for continual improvement within the processes. Assess where you are now, then plan what needs to be changed and how you are going to do it, monitor progress.
The obvious areas to green on are your company’s air-conditioning, lighting, water usage and transport systems.
Eco friendly office ideas
- Consider your company’s air-conditioning usage and simply by adjusting by a degree in right direction savings can be made without anyone noticing!
- Lighting, check that right type of energy saving bulbs are in use and that there is a notice or automtic timer to turn them off when the office is not used.
- Water usage, dripping taps cost money and precious resource, dishwashers may be overused, consider putting a procedure in place. Are duel flush toilets used?
- Transport systems
- Recylcing - paper, metal, cardboard, plastics, printer cartridges for a full list visit www.recycle-pla.net
- Business travel, consider using eco friendly cars and cut down on air travel by using a video conferencing application.
Other ideas
stapleless staplers, solar mobilephone chargers, water powered calculators, USB rechargeable batteries, sustainable storage solutions, wind up torches, wind up radios and computer energy savers that combine technology and sustainability.
Source:Eco Friendly Ideas
