If you own or manage a small business, you should consider implementing a green office policy. There are numerous reasons why you might do this and numerous ways to do it. For example, if you run a small SEO company that doesn’t absolutely require people to come to the office every day, you could add a work from home section that allows employees to telecommute when appropriate.
Similarly, things like recycling, sustainable resource use and end-of-day procedures should be outlined to reduce your office’s environmental footprint. In the rest of this article, I’ve explored exactly why you should implement a green home or green office policy and how to do it.
Why Are Green Office Policies Useful?
There are numerous benefits associated with green office policies. The obvious one is that implementing them will help you and your employees understand exactly what they need to be doing in the workplace.
For example, a well-written green office policy will deal with a range of things, such as:
- Waste disposal, including what is disposed of, where to put it and how things like paper and plastics are recycled.
- Electricity and other resource use, including what things are done at the end of the day.
- Printing, especially with respect to when it’s appropriate to print documents and when they should be kept in digital format.
As you can imagine, the exact details of your policy will depend on the type of business you run.
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