Green Office Initiative

If you are ready to take responsibility of your business’s impact on Earth’s climate and want to make a difference then its time for your organization to Go Green. WWF- Pakistan Green Office Initiative will start you on the path to greening your office and business practices.  The Green Office team at WWF- Pakistan will provide you with Environmental Management System (EMS) and walk you through its implementation.
WWF- Pakistan’s Green Office Initiative is extension of WWF Finland's Green Office concept which provides working community the opportunity to join hands with WWF’s international goal for better living environment. For further details on the project please visit the following site:

http://www.wwf.fi/green_office/
Click here to download the Green Office brochure

Introduction

WWF's Green Office is an environmental service for offices. With its help, workplaces are able to reduce their burden on the environment, achieve savings and slow down climate change.
Green Office is a practical environmental program that is easy to implement. Its aim is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and offices' ecological footprint.
Green Office is suited to offices – both large and small – in private companies, the public sector and other organizations.
Office premises hold a key position in energy consumption and in sustainable solutions. Green Office motivates office staff to act in an environmentally friendly way with regard to everyday tasks, and it improves environmental awareness and brings cost savings. The scheme will benefit both the organization and the environment.
WWF awards the Green Office designation to offices fulfilling the criteria of the Green Office program.

Criteria

An office whose EMS fulfils the required criteria will be granted rights to the Green Office logo and presented a diploma by WWF.
A Green Office
• selects a Green Office co-ordinator and team
• plans a practical environmental program
• improves energy efficiency continuously in order to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions
• reduces waste, and recycles and sorts out waste according to local requirements
• pays attention to green issues in procurements
• informs and educates its personnel about Green Office practices
• aspires towards continuous improvement in environmental matters
• chooses the indicators, sets numeric objectives and monitors the fulfillment of the objectives
• reports to WWF annually

Benefits

• Considerable cost savings in energy and material expenses.
• An opportunity for you company to take responsibility for its impact on Earth’s climate.
• Gain a better understanding of the environmental impacts of business activities and build awareness of environmental concern among employees.
• Employees are better motivated when environmental values and practices are in harmony.
• Possibility to utilize Green Office label in marketing, thus creating love and trust among target audience or customers.
• An opportunity to implement corporate environmental responsibility with one of the largest and best known global conservation organization.
• Networking with other Green Office organizations.

WWF Services for Green Office

• Calculation of carbon footprint of the organization
• Consultation for Environmental Management System (EMS) development and implementation
• Regular EMS audits and evaluation visits
• Optional lectures on eco-efficient practices for the employees
• Eco-tip mailing list for employees
• Access to GO net, an international intranet that offers helpful information regarding Green Office tools.
• Subscription to “Natura”- WWF-Pakistan’s magazine.
• Publicity of the participating organizations such as;
• Organization’s exemplary eco-efficient practices presented in educational materials
• Organization’s name and links published on WWF’s website.

GO Networks in Pakistan

WWF- Pakistan has introduced the concept of Green Office in Pakistan and to date we have the following organizations that have opted to Go Green with us:
• Synergy Earth Global (Pvt) Limited (Certified, November 2010)
• Packages Ltd (In-process)
• Tetra Pak Limited (In-process)
• Unilever Pakistan (In-process)