Green is good! This slogan is not only useful for propaganda, but in reality the eco friendly office can help small business owners save money in the long-term. Not only that, studies have proved that by implementing eco friendly philosophy and policies in the office can boost employee morale and productivity by making them feel better overall.
A number of companies, large and small, have started looking at environmental impact of their business and implementing projects that reduce their overall footprint on the environment engage their employees in the process. How can your small business get started on this journey? Here are three ideas to begin with.
Redesign Your Office to Promote a Green Philosophy and Creativity
It can be very tedious to spend 8 hours a day in an office that’s looked the same for the last decade, so bring your workplace into the 21st century with a redesign that’s not only cool, but eco-friendly.
As with all makeovers, it is important to start with the DIY before you get onto the interior design, so begin your office re-over by looking at your heating, lighting and other electricity and gas sapping areas of your workspace. Use a site like My Four Walls to learn how to make your office environmentally friendly with insulation, and once you have done that you can move onto giving your office a funky new eco style. Spray paint your old furniture to give it a new life and bring potted plants inside to literally breath new life into your workspace.
Take Your Office Paperless and Implement a Bring-Your-Own-Device Policy
Next, you might have heard about the recent trend to take offices paperless that has swept the nation over the past couple of years. If your office still prints out documents, presentations and more on a regular basis, now is the time to quit.
But how is that going to raise team spirits? The answer is that by taking your office paperless your team will have to resort to using only digital technologies, and if you allow them to bring their own smartphone and tablet devices into work, they’re sure to be happy.
Start a Company Veg Garden
Finally, what better way could there be to keep your team happy than by allowing them to eat healthier, to exercise more and to work together through the creation, maintenance and harvesting of a company veg patch. Each of your employees could be assigned a day to help out in the garden, and for doing so, they could be rewarded at the end of the season following the harvest with some delicious vegetables. What makes people happier than free food?
So there you have it, three green projects that are certain to put smiles on your teams’ faces.
