Going Green at Work

GOING GREEN AT WORK

General Theme

 It’s

Not Thinking Outside Of The Box, It’s Realizing That There Is No Box

The Plan

 Make



“going green” a part of our culture

Not the program of the month

 Culture



means:

The integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations

Mundane Ideas – Not Sinking In

 Such

  

as:

Printing on both sides of the paper Turning off the computer when you go home at night Recycling paper, batteries, and plastic bottles.

What Are The Benefits of Going Green At Work

 Better



talent

One-third of workers would be more inclined to work for a green company

What Are The Benefits of Going Green At Work – cont.

 Healthier



Employees

Workers are less likely to be sick if they are employed within businesses that are more eco-friendly

What Are The Benefits of Going Green At Work – cont.

 Energy



Savings

Heating, cooling and powering office space are responsible for almost 40% of carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. and gobble more than 70% of total electricity usage

Doable Green Ideas

 Generating

ideas that are outside of our norm, or do not reside in some kind of “box” takes time and effort

Re-Usable Water Bottles



Supply each employee with a re-usable water bottle such as the Nalgene water bottles.  Eco-friendly water bottle can cost anywhere from $11.00 to $19.00 each. If the company just bought one per employee (400 employees) they would spend $4400 to $7600 once. -VS Spending $3,600 per month on individual bottles of water – that equates to $45,900 for the year.



Not Including all the recycling of the thousands of plastic water bottles!

E-Books

 Supply

workers in the field with a “Kindle”, “Nook”, or I-Pad to download procedures or other documents.

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 The

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