James Shields & Company joined the 12 month VECCI 'Grow Me The Money' environmental sustainability program in June 2009. This program provided us with a framework around which we were able to put into action a number of sustainability initiatives, some of which we have listed below.
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Switching to Australian-made, 100% recycled paper (made from 100% post-consumer waste) for all invoicing and standard printing and copying.
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Switching to 25% acdredited GreenPower electricity.
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Installing a compost bin for organic waste, including paper towels (composted on site in our front garden).
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De-lamping office light fittings to reduce electricity consumption.
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Installing a water-saving shower head and flush restrictors to toilet cisterns to reduce water consumption.
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Switching off the toilet exhaust system overnight and at weekends.
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Fine tuning and expanding our recycling programs to include recycling of CDs / DVDs, e-Waste items, household batteries, mobile phones, toner/printer cartridges, polypropylene banding/strapping, polystyrene packaging.
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Adjusting power-saving settings to computer monitors and turning off non-essential equipment overnight and at weekends.
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Conducting regular waste audits to monitor waste streams.
- Encouraging staff to turn off lights to work areas that are not being used whilst they are absent, eg at lunch or working elsewhere in the premises.
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