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2.5. Management, Staff and Administration – A Green Team Contents
Eco-friendly Office
For internal purposes, all our employees
print on 100 per cent recycled paper. This
In addition, from 2010, we will be
introducing FSC-certified (FSC Mix ® ) paper
and envelopes for all correspondence
with customers, brochures and other
Total paper consumption from 2005 - 2009
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Paper consumption
in pieces
Canteen
1 gram of fat is enough to contaminate
1,000 litres of drinking water. To prevent
paper has been recognised under the
purposes. This is backed by the credibility
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waste water containing fat from entering
German Blue Angel scheme as an eco-
of the international, independent Forest
the groundwater, the waste water from
friendly product. We followed a rigorous
selection process in choosing the product’s
Stewardship Council (FSC).
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our canteen passes through a grease trap,
before being drained into the public sewer
manufacturer, who operates (as we do)
according to ISO certified management
As a result of the “CO 2 neutral Postage”
project, which is part of our environmental
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system. The grease trap operates to the
principle of gravity, dividing 99 per cent of
systems 9001 and 14001.
programme for 2010, we are taking
fats and oils from used water.
advantage of existing opportunities to
make sustainable practices part of our daily
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2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
business. Since October 2010, we have sent
Although paper is made from a renewable
our entire letter post with “GoGreen” – the
resource, we aim to use as little of it as
CO2-neutral service provided by our postal
possible, because of the energy intensive
partner, Deutsche Post DHL*.
paper production – across the entire
CO 2 -emissions are going to be compensated
company. The figures corroborate the
in reafforestation projects all over the world.
success this policy over the last few years.
* We are unable to provide exact figures on the
amount of CO 2 offset for the almost 50,000 letters
we send annually.
The request “Save paper – think before
you print” is attached to all our e-mails,
appealing to readers to avoid printing
unnecessarily. Double-sided printing is
another cost-effective method we deploy to
save paper.
Using a CO 2 neutral letter post service and FSC-certified
printing paper demonstrate our commitment to an ecofriendly
office.
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