Scott Green

For a number of years everyone at Scott Recruitment has embraced an environmentally conscious philosophy not just in around the office but at home as well.  Along with many of our clients, all our team recently observed the Earth Hour initiative to raise awareness of the fundamental issues of energy consumption and environment damage the world must address.

We won't pretend we're doing this for entirely altruistic reasons though!  In fact, as part of our continuous monitoring of many aspects of business practice, often in concert with our clients, we fully appreciated the economic benefits of the "green office". 

In fact it's so important both economically and in terms of sustainability that we would like to highlight a few facts from the Green Office Guide (Australian Government) for you to consider¦

• Buying and using energy-efficient equipment saves you money. It can provide enormous savings in electricity use alone, saving you up to $180 per 1,000 kilowatt-hours of energy and cutting up to 80% off your electricity bill. It can also cut 20-30% off your air-conditioning bill because you are reducing the amount of heat that your equipment generates and that needs to be cooled.
  
• Paper costs can be almost halved simply by printing double-sided, and you can save $100 on toner and $30 on ink by refilling your printer and toner cartridges. You also save on waste disposal costs because the amount of waste you generate is reduced.
  
• Second, the environmental benefits of using energy-efficient equipment are tremendous. By reducing the electricity you use you are reducing air and water pollution from power stations and saving a tonne of greenhouse gas for each 1,000 kilowatt-hour of electricity you save.
  
• Refilling, reusing and recycling the materials you use reduces the amount of waste and pollution you generate. In addition, making equipment from recycled metals, plastics and other materials saves at least two kilograms of greenhouse gas per kilogram of product.
  
• Using recycled paper saves trees. Every 100 reams of recycled office paper that is printed double-sided saves two trees, more than a tonne of greenhouse gas and almost a cubic metre of landfill space compared to 100 reams of paper that is not recycled or printed double-sided.

Makes you think doesn't it?  It certainly changed the way we operate for the better and in turn has increased our efficiency in operation for our clients.  It's a win-win!