Train all our employees
who drive cars in economic and energy saving
driving techniques whether on company and
personal activities.
Goods
and Services:
•
Provide the facilities for
Fair Trade drinks and organically produced
milk to all our employees and the Company’s
guests.
•
Buy eco-friendly cleaning product.
•
We have joined Envirowise and
are working to see how we can reduce our utilities
consumption overall.
•
The majority of suppliers are
used on a regular basis for a variety of reasons
- primarily reliability and cost - and all
should be asked for a copy of their environmental
policy which should be as much as factor in
sourcing goods and services as any other criterion.
•
On cleaning:
-
all cleaning
products should be environmentally friendly
- i.e. phosphate-free and biodegradable,
and no bleach-based cleaning material
should be used;
-
outside companies providing
cleaning [and laundry] services should
be required to use such products, provided
by Personal Group where necessary;
-
soap products in toilets
will be environmentally friendly;
-
the use of plastic bags
should be kept to a minimum (e.g. not
used in desk waste bins) and all bin
bags should either be biodegradable
or made from recycled plastic;
-
contractors for window
cleaning should be required to use environmentally
friendly cleaning products.
•
Stationery and other office
goods used should where possible be sourced
from a local supplier providing recycled goods.
Recycling:
•
Recycle where possible
all plastic, glass, light bulbs and cardboard.
•
Stop using plastic cups.
•
Encourage our tenants to recycle.
•
Stop printing Company Christmas
cards and send ecards.
