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Educate Yourself |
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- An information booklet is available online to all staff on how to go (and stay) green at work and at home!
- All staff trainings include "Staying Green" on the agenda, and a discussion to stimulate suggestions in open-forum;
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Transport |
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- Provide the tools and empowerment for all staff to work from home as much as possible thereby reducing vehicle emissions;
- Deploy remote-management and remote-assistance utilities to reduce the trips that our engineers make to customers sites to fix problems;
- Implement web-based tools to facilitate web-meetings with customers and reduce the number of travel to do customer visits for sales calls;
- Deploy inter-office video-telephony thereby reducing the number of inter-office trips required to get work done;
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Energy |
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- Upgrading all of our thermostats to computerized versions with the most efficient programming possible;
- Upgraded all of our computing equipment to more energy efficient models (including low-power LCD screens and laptop computing for most staff);
- Deploying tablet computers to "road-warrior" staff to reduce printing, and enable electronic contract signing;
- Changing all of our lighting to more energy-efficient technologies;
- Ensuring that all lighting is turned off at all locations as a part of our closing procedures;
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Water |
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- Upgrading water heaters to energy efficient models;
- Providing natural spring water to staff to minimize city water usage and bottled water usage;
- Washing of dishes and cups twice a week instead of multiple washes throughout the week;
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Food |
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- Deploy green-bins at all offices to minimize organic waste and encourage composting;
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Waste |
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- Move to electronic faxing to minimize paper usage;
- Implementing a new Enterprise Resource Planning and Customer Relationship Management system to eliminate paper filing all together;
- Recycling all cardboard, paper, plastics and any other materials that can be recycled with local recycling programs;
- Purchasing recycled paper and toners for the times we absolutely need to print;
- Reduce inter-office paperwork by changing manual paper processes that required shipping, faxing and printing to electronic methodologies;
- Deployment of Multi-Function centers to reduce photocopying, and enable network scanning for duplication and archiving;
- Deploy blue-bins at all offices and enforce a strict recycling rule within our organization;
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Threads |
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- All future uniform purchases will be composed of organic materials;
- All old uniforms will be donated to recycling programs;
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Personal Care |
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- Only purchase recycled toilet paper and paper towels for bathroom and kitchen use;
- Recycling of paper towels when possible;
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Furniture and Decor |
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- Purchasing recycled and/or reconditioned furniture for new office locations;
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Keep it Clean |
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- Purchasing of organic and environmentally friendly cleaning agents;
- Purchasing of bio-degradable soaps for bathrooms;
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