Its Businesses Who Can Really Change The World
We’ve all seen the TV campaigns, news stories and general buzz about reducing your carbon footprint at home. An army of newly-enlisted eco-warriors are going about switching to energy saving bulbs, insulating their lofts and stopping putting their TVs on standby. That’s all well and good, but carbon emissions from individuals is just a tiny piece of the pie. The fact is that the majority of the world’s carbon footprint comes from businesses, offices and workplaces.It’s like an economy of scale – if you change a small thing within a big company you can see tremendous results.
Yes, I hear you say. But its not my responsibility. Reducing the company’s carbon footprint is my boss’s job, not mine. But that’s just not true. Everyone who has a place of work can have an impact on their company’s carbon footprint.Plus it can be a lot more effective than the actions you take at home.
Here are some pointers, small and large, on achieving a greener workplace:
- Recycle office waste. Offices throw out a huge volume of paper and other recyclable waste every week – much more than any family could manage. Try and get recycling collection bins on every floor of your workplace. Oftentimes there are government initiatives to help you get this done for free.
- Reduce car exhaust emissions. Get a car pooling system going to reduce carbon emissions from all those unneccesary exhaust pipes. Even better, ditch the motor and get a bike, or walk to the office.
- Change to energy saving bulbs. Switching a few bulbs in the house conserves only a small amount of energy. But think about how many lightbulbs there are in your workplace and you’ll begin to see how effective it could be to get them switched.
- Green Computers. Information Technology is everywhere in the modern workplace and can often be the primary source of energy usage. Switching off your computer monitor is one simple but effective measure you can start with. The next step is to get onto the IT department where you work and tell them to review their “green baseline”. Get them to perform some proper asset tracking on all office IT equipment, using professional asset management software, a business can dramatically reduce its carbon footprint and help meet increasingly stringent government environmental requirements.
- Campaigning. From small acorns mighty oak trees grow. Get like-minded colleagues together to run green campaigns and the real revolution begins.By putting pressure on our bosses to take seriously their green duties we little guys can make a real difference. A lot of the time going green also saves the company some green, as the IBM ad shows brilliantly.Many companies are involved in using corporate vehicles in some way, from company cars to global freighting of goods, and this is a huge source of carbon emissions. Pushing them to properly review their transport and logistics management and make the smallest of improvements can save them big money and dramatically reduce their carbon footprint in the process.
This is just my opinion on the matter. My main aim with this article was to get people thinking about how powerful being green at work can be. Looking forward to hear your ideas!
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