How to Downshift: Companies
- Recycle
- Contact your local recycling centre and organise bins for tins, plastic, paper and other waste
- Food Miles
- Find local vendors of fresh, healthy snacks and drinks and re-think your dispensing machines
- Donate
- Give unwanted furniture and equipment to your employees or local charitable organisations
- Responsible
- Implement suggestions from The Carbon Trust; make huge savings for your firm and the planet
- Fundraise
- Organise a Charity Sports Day for your employees and their families and donate funds locally
- Breathe
- Take the greener, cleaner option for your vehicle fleet
- Time Saving
- Organise and implement a travel plan and car share scheme
- Healthier
- Set up a keep-fit room with equipment, or organise local instructors to offer lunchtime classes
- Eco-consumer
- Source local suppliers of eco friendly paper, office supplies and cleaning products
- Share
- Use corporate power to get discounts for various green products and offer them to your staff