How to make your organisation eco-friendly?

Climate change is no longer an issue of tomorrow, we see the extreme weather conditions and the inflicted problems almost daily in the news headlines. And we are accountable for the deteriorating state of the environment. Thus, it is time for us to turn our homes and offices into eco-friendly spaces.

What are eco-friendly spaces?

Being eco-friendly implies that the space is not contributing any negative effects on the environment in both long and short term. We are currently surrounded with plastic and other waste that flows into the environment for decades. Thus, we need to transform our spaces into eco-friendly places so that least waste is produced from our end.

To start with, companies carry a significant responsibility to turn their offices into sustainable and eco-friendly places. Thus, the higher-level management should guide all the employees how they can work towards sustainability goals.

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There are fundamental steps that every organisation needs to follow for bundling an eco-friendly work environment-

• Build an environment management plan: An environmental management plan consists of planning, implementation, auditing, and feedback. The top-level management needs to follow these steps for building a solid environmental management plan for the organisation.

• Set goals: The next step is to set goals. By goal setting, all the employees are aware of the objectives that the organisation collectively is aspiring to achieve. Goals can be both long and short term.

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• Training is a must: Not everybody understands the core meaning of sustainability and eco-friendliness, thus a detailed orientation regarding the deteriorating climate is needed. The committee can enlighten the members of the company on how they can contribute towards the betterment of the environment.
• Awareness and impact: The next step is to invoke awareness regarding how a small change can help multiple effects. For instance, employees should be made aware of how they can rather use recyclable products and discard the non-eco-friendly inputs.
• Reward is the key: Human beings are motivated by incentives. Thus, the management should employ incentives for building an eco-friendly space; so that all the employees work towards it religiously.

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Bottom line

Our environment is crucial for the generation of today and tomorrow. We need to savour it in its best capacity. Humans interfere into the natural environment to fulfil our needs; thus, it becomes our fundamental duty to work towards scraping the bad habits. Thus, every organisation should think about their environmental impact and work towards bringing positive change within their organisation.