What is Corporate Social Responsibility? - InnoTrain CSR

ole is often assumed by environmental officers, employees of the human resources
department, the editorial staff of the employee newspaper or committed department
heads. Especially in small enterprises, the management itself is often the most
important multiplier.
The credible and sustainably promising implementation of CSR in the company
requires the cooperation of all employees. The "co-responsibility" of the workforce
can easily have a positive effect with specific measures especially in the CSR subarea
of the environment. A variety of practical guidelines have been developed by
companies and additional free information and motivational materials such as posters
are available which are designed to encourage employees to act in an
environmentally conscious way.
Exercise 3.7. (approximately 10 – 20 minutes)
Use the fields of action below to discuss simple environmental management
measures with your participants which can be generalised for employees in most
companies.
Tip for employees: office equipment
In many industrialised nations, the energy consumption in offices increases by an
average of about 1.5% every year, thus representing permanently rising costs for the
company. In contrast, the observation of some simple rules in connection with the
purchase and use of office equipment leads to a significant cost savings potential.
- What are the tips from your participants in this respect?
Tip for employees: paper & printing
An average of 800'000 tons of paper are used in offices and administrations
throughout Germany every year, corresponding to more than 320 million packages of
DIN A4-sized paper containing 500 sheets.
- What are the ideas of your participants for improving this ecobalance?
Tip for employees: waste reduction
The principle "Preventing waste supersedes recycling, recycling supersedes
disposal" should also apply to the workplace.
- Ask the participants to draft practical solutions!
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