Latin America. The Colombian firm specialized in services, Facility Management Corp., highlighted six actions to take care of the environment from the company.
The company comments that "We would be scandalized if we knew the number of businesses that do not recycle what is consumed or used within the organization, it is here where companies play an important role as broadcasters and / or educators in terms of training and fixing in their workers a sense of environmental responsibility that benefits us all. If your company starts recycling paper, cardboard, glass, etc., you will be taking an important step in protecting the environment."
What can your company do to take care of the environment?
Facility Management proposes six actions that contribute to meeting the objective of caring for the environment:
Take care of water use
Nowadays, some people leave the taps open and using water in manufacturing without any limitation, making a responsible and measured use in its use, will help not only to reduce costs for the company, but also to support the responsible care and use of our natural resources.
Improve the management of hazardous materials and waste.
It is necessary to recycle as much as possible, encourage your employees to do so by conducting campaigns for waste management by using baskets that help identify and classify by type of material. since, even if they are small actions, everything adds up.
Optimize the packaging of your products and use of plastic bags
Make a specific packaging prevention plan using biodegradable materials. With the new regulation that forces merchants to charge for bags, it is intended that supermarkets and other stores reduce the use of plastic. If you want to contribute to the cause, you could use packaging made from recycled material instead of bags or even consume products that are not wrapped in plastic.
Save electrical energy
A simple method within everyone's reach is to use energy-saving light bulbs. Although the initial investment is a little higher, than using normal bulbs, you will spend much less light and the bulbs will last you much longer.
Reuse electrical elements
For every kilogram of electronic equipment reused, a saving of one kilo of fuel is estimated. In addition, the saving of a kilo of garbage.
Use of paper
If you must use the printer quite often in your workplace, try to make the most of the paper by printing double-sided and do it with recycled paper.
It is possible that, at first, the employees of your company are not very involved with carrying out sustainable actions, but small incentives can be used that encourage them to get involved with the care of the environment.
* Written by: Ángela María Gómez – BP Marketing for FM
Source: Facility Management Corp.
