Awarded excellent Bonn forest investment provider ForestFinance for environmental competition environment in the Office is an issue that businesses of all sizes should still heed, because paradoxically, even the paper consumption in the computer age has increased. With the competition Office & environment”the German working group for environmental management e.V. (B.A.U.M.) urged that German companies in the framework of a project funded by the Ministry of environment to fill in a questionnaire, which was then evaluated by a competent jury. The Bonn party of sustainable forest investments ForestFinance won it for his actively implemented environmental protection Office. The award honors us, because we attach importance to environmental protection as a socially and ecologically sustainable management company in every respect”, ForestFinance Managing Director Harry Assenmacher pleased.
Above all she is an incentive to get better for us.” Set an example ahead for more environmental protection Office: The Environmental protection in the Office is in the selection of material and device for ForestFinance of great importance. So were purchased two expensive printers, which cause approximately 90 percent less waste. Both printers use not toner or liquid ink than color but a mixture of wax and resin. This is heated to only 90 degrees Celsius and sprayed the resulting liquid over the printhead nozzles onto the paper. Laser printers work, however, with higher temperatures, so technically due usually troublesome ozone is formed. Toner dust can cause problems in offices that do not have the new printer technology. Although these special printers in the acquisition much more expensive, but cheaper maintenance, and thus are a sustainable investment for more environmental protection Office. ForestFinance with around 30 employees refers to eco power also from the natural power AG and recommends this also.
An extensive waste separation and recycling, as well as use recycled or especially environmentally friendly products are also Business principle and contribute to environmental protection in the Office. From the calculation of the CO2 footprint for many companies by the ForestFinance climate protection subsidiary CO2OL is known that incurred the largest pollution almost always through the employees travel to the work site. Intensive Skype and Home Office use therefore greatly reduce employee trips. To perform unavoidable staff trips as environmentally friendly, ForestFinance encourages the use of usable also in leisure job tickets for public transport. Employees have to pay only a small price for a ticket that would cost otherwise well over 100 euros in the individual purchase. This has been achieved less than 15 percent of employees regularly take the car to the company an important aspect for the environment in the Office. Criteria for environmental competition Office & environment”: workplaces with respect to their environmental impacts generally apply as little problematic. But also in the Office, it is Impact on environment, for example, through energy and paper consumption. Inter alia the protection of the environment in the Office in the five subject areas were assessed Office Organization, Office equipment and materials, Office furniture, Office cleaning and disposal. More information about the competition Office & environment, see about ForestFinance: the Bonner ForestFinance Group specializes in forest investments, which combine a lucrative return on investment with environmental and social sustainability. Interested parties can choose between several sustainable forest investment products, through the afforestation see such as the BaumSparVertrag, a private tropical forest from 33 euro has monthly possible, ForestFinance forests, protected rain forests, CO2 for decades bound and newly created species-rich forests. The company currently manages sustainable for about 8,500 customers about 3,500 hectares of forest.