eBizBlog

Inspired by David Suzuki’s “Nature Challenge” program, our office decided to sit down and take a look at how we do business. Yes, we carpool when we can, we NEVER print anything before asking ourselves if it’s truly necessary, and when we do print documents, we ensure that we share paper copies among 2 or 3 of us at a time. We save all our documents on a shared drive so that we can all easily access them without further printing. Every team member brings a garbage free lunch daily, and we make tea/coffee in the office kitchen to reduce the take-out cups and lids.

We do as much online teaching to our clients as possible and actively promote eLearning as part of our business. In comparison to traditional in-class training, we’ve seen that eLearning can save learners the expense of travel, and it reduces the need for printed materials. It even eliminates the logistics of catering for a large group.

Our company’s team building activities have included discovering cool second-hand stores to supplement our “business casual” attire. This year and each year moving forward, we will be taking one business day to volunteer our time as a team to a cause related to the environment.

While our office is already pretty green, we accept Mr. Suzuki’s challenge to become even more conscious of our consumption. We know that finding new ways to be green will not only be fun, it will keep our creative juices flowing!