Greening Your Business:
There are many reasons to carry your “Green Practices” into your workplace and into the way you run your business. Saving money for your business or employer is just one bonus. When you choose to share positive options that make our world safer, cleaner and more naturally enjoyable, you promote a better life for everyone.
ON THIS PAGE, YOU WILL FIND...
- Tips on How to “GREEN” Your Business
- Educate Employees on How to Live a Greener Life
- Promotional Items
- Green Office Products
- Quantity Discounts
- Green Tips for Employees
20 Quick Tips on How to “GREEN” Your Business
- Use the backside of printed documents for scratch paper.
- Re-label manila folders and re-use.
- Save and reuse packaging materials such as boxes, envelopes, boxes, bubble-tape, and Styrofoam filler.
- Purchase refillable pens and pencils.
- Reuse paperclips, folders, binders, and other organizational supplies.
- Install a water filtration system and encourage employees to refill their own containers rather than drinking out of plastic bottles.
- Provide all employees with reusable stainless steel water bottles; click here for more info.
- Implement and enforce a recycling program with various bins clearly labeled and effectively managed. List separate containers for plastic, glass, paper, cans, compost & trash.
- Buy large bulk containers of coffee, cream and sugar, and then put in smaller containers.
- Reduce the use of plastic and one-use items such as paper/plastic cups, plastic utensils, napkins, stir sticks, etc.
- Encourage employees to bring their own coffee mugs to reuse and keep at their desk.
- Provide reusable plates, silverware and glasses, and then each person are responsible for washing their own kitchenware.
- Provide cloth napkins and hand towels rather than disposable ones.
- Organize potluck lunches and encourage employees to share with others.
- Find secondary and even tertiary uses for products you would otherwise throw away.
- Convert all power strips/surge protectors to the Smart Strip. Click here for more info.
- Change all lighting to CFL bulbs or LED lighting.
- Create company newsletter with green tips, eco-news, classified ads for buy, sale or trade, green resources, co-op shopping, etc.
- Offer incentives for green efforts for employees with contests and prizes
- Offer public transportation passes or incentives for carpooling
AND … Join our Billion Bag Bottle and Bulb Challenge! – Sign up your company TODAY!!!!
Educate Employees on How to Live a Greener Life
For those of you in the Phoenix Metropolitan area, schedule a “Green Awareness Day” and bring in one of our green experts to speak to your staff on what it means to go green with education on green living and how we can all make a difference on our environment and the future of our planet with simple every day choices.
Useful & GREEN Promotional Items
Effectively market your business by offering useful promotional items to clients, prospects, customers, employees, affiliates, etc. Create green-image awareness and company name recognition with customized green products.
Your Guide To Green offers several terrific green gift ideas that promote good health and improve the environment such as customized stainless steel water bottles . Refill drinking bottles and reduce the use of plastic and one-use items!
Quantity discounts vary depending on the specific product and customization process; i.e. for 100 colored stainless bottles with your logo or marketing message imprinted, the cost would be only $11.75 per bottle!
We also offer customized tote bags, other stainless steel products and glass bottles. Promote your business as well as a healthy environment. Contact us to place your custom order.
Green Office Products
Check out our great Green Office Products to get you started in greening your business and lifestyle, one step at a time.
Quantity Discounts
When you purchase our products in large quantities, Your Guide To Green will provide you with tremendous savings in quantity discounts. Contact us at: green@yg2g.com or 800-678-8848 with any questions or to get a price quote on custom green products or special quantity discounts.
For Employees – What Can We Do to Be More GREEN in the Office?
Reduce the Use of Paper : The average worker uses 1,000 sheets of paper each month-and the vast majority of those pages end up in the trash (or the recycle bin) within a few days of being printed. Think before you print (do you REALLY need to print out a 3 page memo just for the phone number in the signature line?), and be sure that when you do print a document that you make it double-sided.
BYOL: Bring your lunch to work! Brown bagging it takes a little more time and energy, but the benefits are worth it! You'll be saving gas (no need to drive to grab take-out), reducing your trash (no wasteful packaging for single-serve items out of the vending machine), and eating healthier (better organic and locally-grown options). Try our reusable Organic Canvas Lunch Bag or the Stainless Steel Lunch Container .
Spend Less $$ on Gas : One of the biggest monthly expenses is the amount we spend on fuel to get to and from work. With the ridiculously high prices of gas, consider alternate transportation such as carpooling with co-workers, riding your bike, walking, or take the bus, train or light rail system.
AND REMEMBER TO REDUCE… REUSE… RECYCLE -- (in that order : )
