Get your employees to go green - Reach Out!
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Create a "Green Team"
Create an in-house "Green Team" that is explicitly responsible for managing all environmental initiatives and that meets at least quarterly.
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Host an In-office Educational Session
These sessions will inform staff of the company's participation in the Green Office Challenge and can help staff "go green" in the office and at home.
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Celebrate Earth Day in the Office or Designate a “Green Week”
Celebrating Earth Day and having a "Green Week" full of sustainability related activities are great ways to engage employees.
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Create a Sustainability Policy
Having a sustainability policy informs management, employees, stakeholders, suppliers, public, etc of the company's sustainability practices. Including a green purchasing portion in the policy is tantamount.
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Encourage Fellow Businesses in the Houston Area or Fellow Tenants in Your Building to Joi
Refer others to the Challenge.
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Implement Innovative Green Practices
Enact innovative green practices (conduct a waste audit, compost food, encourage energy reduction competitions within your office, recycle plastic bags, calculate the company’s carbon footprint, etc).
