How green is your office?

Think you work in a low impact office as far as environmental responsibilities go?

You may be right, but every office can do their bit to make a difference.

The focus for most offices needs to be on energy efficiency and recycling, so, as this is something which is close to our hearts at Badenoch & Clark, we thought we’d share with you what we do.

If you get just one idea and make it happen where you work, you’ll be doing the right thing. And if you’ve got ideas to share with us, we’d love to hear from you.

Here you go…

All of our paper is either 100% recycled or 50% recycled & 50% from FSC managed forests.	We use vegetable inks and print on demand where possible reducing the amount of resources used, waste produced and money spent.	By using electronic ordering, we are reducing waste paper and saving energy.
We proactively manage and merge stock deliveries and orders to reduce our vehicle usage (and carbon footprint).	We recycle toners and mobile phones.	In the London office we recycle our glass, plastics and paper waste reducing what goes to landfill.
We recently ‘closed the loop’ on paper waste in the London office so it all goes back into making more paper at the same paper-mill we buy it from in the first place.	Where we can, our drinking water is mains-fed (so no carbon-pumping vehicles there). Where we can’t do this we donate 40p per bottle to Christian Aid water projects.	We donate any spare equipment to charities with a surplus photocopier recently going to Employment Café.
We think through the designs of all of our corporate materials so that they save resources, energy and money on print & postage.	Last quarter we planted 60 trees to offset the CO2 used in our paper production. Our Treebate scheme and the paper we use helps reduce our Carbon footprint and reduces waste to landfill.	The new document scanning programme which is rolling out now to the business will reduce our paper trail, reduce filing space and paper files and, is rather clever.
This year so far we have donated old and surplus furniture to a small local business saving us money on storage as well as supporting our reduce, reuse, recycle ethos.	We now have PIR motion light sensors in head office, saving energy and cutting bills.	Badenoch & Clark raised an amazing £2,213.06 on Sport Relief Day by organizing a range of activities during the lunch time.
We’re working towards a zero to landfill scheme in London and continue to work with Government and not for profit agencies to improve our environmental practices and reduce our Carbon usage.	We’re pushing hard towards sustainable, ethical and local procurement.	We’re working towards minimising waste streams throughout our office network by promoting our reduce, reuse, recycle ethos.