At Work
At our Panda House headquarters, we have introduced a number of energy- and
waste-saving measures to reduce our impact on the environment, and more are
in the pipeline. Reduction, re-use and recycling are the key to our working
practices - make them yours, too.
Getting to work
- Use public transport, cycle
or walk rather than using a car to get to work.
- If you drive to work, try to
share your journey with colleagues who live near you or on your route.
- Consider joining the Environmental
Transport Association (ETA), which provides a national reliable breakdown
service and campaigns for a sound and sustainable transport system for Britain:
www.eta.co.uk.
Company policy
- If your company has an established
enviromental policy, consider applying for formal accreditation to an environmental
management standard such as the EU Eco-Management Audit Scheme (EMAS).
- Find out whether your place
of work uses "green" or renewable energy. If not, encourage it
to change.
- Switch off lights in meeting
rooms and turn off computers and electrical appliances when they are not
being used.
- Try to persuade your company
to purchase FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) furniture from Blueline Office
Furniture at www.blueline.uk.com.
- For advice on how your place
of work can "go green", contact Diana Brown, WWF's Environmental
Management Officer, on 01483 426444, or e-mail her at: dbrown@wwf.org.uk
- Find out whether your company
uses recycled paper, and if not, encourage it to change. Panda paper, from
Antalis (www.antalis.co.uk), is made from 100-per-cent post-consumer waste.
Recycled storage boxes can be purchased from Fellowes: www.fellowes.com.
- Collect used printer cartridges
and send them to Office Green to be recycled: www.officegreen.com.
- Encourage your company to invest
ethically, but ensure that professional advice is taken first
- If your place of work receives
unsolicited faxes, contact the fax preference service, fps@dma.org.uk to
have your fax number made unavailable
- Personal policy
- Set your printer to print on
both sides of the paper
- Use e-mail where appropriate,
rather than faxing or writing
- Re-use envelopes
- Recycle paper after use
