Environmental protection is an issue that cannot be avoided, as it affects everything and everyone from individuals to the largest companies, and impacts on every aspect of life, from health to the economy. For some time now, experts and researchers have been sounding the alarm: if we don't change the way things are now, we will be in big trouble, and in fact we already are. Of course, world leaders and decision-makers have the most important role to play in shaping events and the situation, but it is good to know that we can make decisions at individual and company level that can help to create a more liveable world. A good example is the proliferation of green offices.
What makes an office green?
Exactly what a household is made of. One of the most important efforts is to produce as little waste as possible, and to collect what we do produce selectively so that as much of it as possible can be recycled. By following the triad of reduce - reuse - recycle, which is the basis of environmental awareness, we can eliminate many bad habits whose harmful effects we have not yet considered.
There are many ways to green an office. For example, putting out separate bins, cleaning with environmentally friendly materials or using air conditioning sensibly are all good examples, but perhaps the most obvious is to reduce the use of unnecessary paper. If we stop using paper wastefully, it is almost a half success.
More digital documents, less paper production
Of course, legal requirements and efficient working mean that there are still plenty of paper documents stored in offices and institutions around the world, but there are also a lot of documents that are completely unnecessary to print out and then end up in the bin - these are digital document are just as valid and can be put to great use. These electronic documents are stored in a completely secure place in the electronic repository created as part of the document management process, among the other documents that have been digitised. In a green office, it is advisable to reduce not only the amount of paper handwipes, but also the amount of paper documents.