Eco-Office Gals

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

If you can, try to prepare any documents in digital format – most offices now use projectors or big screens for meetings – and keep paper usage to a minimum. Every office has the one person who uses an entire forest’s worth of paper (possible exaggeration) whenever they are preparing for a meeting.

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Eco-Office Gals

JULY 18, 2013

There are ways in which you can print all those important documents that you need and still help the world to become a greener place. Although slightly more expensive, it is a great choice for printing documents such as letterheads and reports, due to the quality of sharp lettering. photo by: dantaylr.

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Eco-Office Gals

OCTOBER 12, 2012

For one thing it takes up massive amounts of time what with employees creating and filing documents and then pawing through cabinets to try to relocate them later on, not to mention the time it takes to send your documents here and there. Old-school filing is wasteful on every front. photo by: Sean MacEntee.

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Eco-Office Gals

JULY 5, 2011

You can open and share documents, spreadsheets or any other data in the Microsoft Office. Scan2PDF Mobile: Scan2PDF Mobile is the application designed to help scan documents on the go. It saves time and prevents the need to carry a laptop. It helps keep the business going.

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Eco-Office Gals

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

In addition, the average number of pieces of paper saved by the use of digital documents at virtual events is 36,000 per show. Tags: Green Business autoweek Cisco digital documents environmental benefits Green green car GSX guest post on24 Tricia Heinrich virtual environments virtual events. GSX Green Facts.

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Eco-Office Gals

MARCH 6, 2012

Perhaps one of the most obvious is to print fewer documents; with the advent of email this is now easier than ever, and a quick internal email can replace the old fashioned memo, and save a sheet of paper in the process.

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Eco-Office Gals

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

You can also try printing in draft mode and a smaller font for internal documents, buying chlorine-free paper, avoid colour printing, PDF your policies and handbooks and host them online or on the company servers rather than keeping print copies and shred and reuse unwanted documents as packing material.

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Eco-Office Gals

OCTOBER 26, 2013

For example, if you have to print a number of documents in order to distribute to others, make sure you produce only one at first. If you tend to think that going Green will involve huge changes then think again. Often it is small changes made by individuals in our office and these can make a massive difference.

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Eco-Office Gals

JANUARY 15, 2013

How many times have you printed out a document, only to find it improperly formatted or ridden with typos? Proof all documents in advance and use the print preview function on your computer to make sure formatting is correct. Offices all over the world blow through tons of paper every day, and a huge percentage of it is wasted.

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Eco-Office Gals

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Send documents via email instead of using hard copies—there are even programs that let you sign documents online so you don’t have to print them out. Take these tips back to work with you and implement them in your office to help make a lighter impact on our environment!

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Eco-Office Gals

DECEMBER 2, 2010

This takes away the need for people print and sign physical documents and helping to change habits. It is well documented that staff that work from home are often more content, more organized and more productive and they take less sick time! Think about your own organization and how many paper based systems you still.

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Eco-Office Gals

MAY 14, 2019

With the well-documented effects of plant life on mental and physical health, professionals in management positions are beginning to consider an adjustment. While it’s common to see a potted plant here and there, it isn’t enough. Fortunately, the status quo is starting to shift, and green office design is growing in popularity.

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Eco-Office Gals

JANUARY 15, 2013

Even with as tech-savvy as businesses are becoming, we won’t live in a totally paperless existence any time soon.

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Eco-Office Gals

JULY 14, 2010

The award-winning Quickoffice is the first and only application to allow you to share, access, view, and edit Microsoft Office documents with the ability to connect to multiple cloud services, including MobileMe, Google Docs, Box.net, and Dropbox.

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Eco-Office Gals

MARCH 1, 2013

They could save you quite a bit of money during the year and your documents will still look just as professional. This handy product can cut out the need for staples altogether, as they work by weaving a tiny section of the paper together. 3) Recycled notepads. Most office workers need at least one notepad they can use to jot everything down.

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Eco-Office Gals

OCTOBER 23, 2014

You’ve embraced digital documents over paper ones. Being environmentally-conscious is a big deal for many businesses today and most likely your company has embraced practices that are eco-friendly. You recycle bottles, cans and paper. You opt for energy-efficient office equipment, and you’ve even worked on greening your business strategies.

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Eco-Office Gals

JANUARY 26, 2013

business could receive the document, expose it to sunlight, and then reprint on the same page over and over. Several more eco-friendly printers are in development and expected to become available in the marketplace soon. One is printer that uses disappearing ink. This special ink disappears when exposed to UV rays.

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Eco-Office Gals

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

When it comes to printing digital documents, refillable ink cartridges and efficient, ENERGY STAR-certified printers work well. As many of these companies still rely on pen-and-paper for much of their professional correspondence, refillable ink pens or markers are a great choice instead of their disposal alternatives.

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Eco-Office Gals

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

This means you don’t have to worry about forgetting important files or documents or showing up with the wrong slides for a presentation. Cloud computing allows your employees to work remotely, which means you can hire people from anywhere and allow them to work everywhere (teleconferencing tools are also a big help here).

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Eco-Office Gals

JUNE 1, 2011

While the health benefits of green living, ranging from the immediate respiratory benefits of lowering indoor air pollution to the increased exercise that goes along with lowered car use, have long been well documented many people do not realize that green construction and green living inside their workplace is extremely important as well.

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Eco-Office Gals

APRIL 28, 2015

While we’re working towards the paperless office, why not use our digital devices to sign and mark up documents. By going paperless, one secures HIPA compliance, and the privacy of your visitor’s personal information. Over time, you will save more than a few trees as well. There are many apps that do this task remarkably well.

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Eco-Office Gals

OCTOBER 23, 2012

You can communicate via email; you can use things like Google Docs, Adobe and e-Signature to send documents and contracts; even faxes can be sent and received online thanks to companies like FaxZero and MyFax. Thanks to the internet and the myriad of services that it provides, there really is no need to use as much paper to conduct business.

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Eco-Office Gals

OCTOBER 22, 2012

And there is secure, cloud-based software that allows you to pass documents and contracts back and forth between business partners, clients, and vendors. Online project managers allow you to post schedules and updates, assign tasks, communicate with team members, and virtually keep everyone on the same page, even when working remotely.

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Eco-Office Gals

JUNE 24, 2013

Request Soy Ink For Your Printed Documents. Order these pens in bulk to save money, and distribute them at events or keep them in your office as part of your office-wide green initiative. There is some conflicting evidence about the benefits of soy ink for customers seeking an eco-friendly printing alternative.

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Eco-Office Gals

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

These experts will ensure that you implement the correct practices, document them correctly, and report them correctly in order to get the maximum benefit. So when it comes time to plan these changes, make sure your tax professional walks you through the right way to do it. There’s an added bonus to the tax break you get, of course.

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Eco-Office Gals

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Reduce paper use: Let everyone in your organization know that they should not be photocopying or printing documents when it is unnecessary to do so. Just by adopting small, simple measures, any size organization can help their business to go “Green.”.

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Eco-Office Gals

APRIL 18, 2011

Simple tasks such as reprinting documents unnecessarily and repetitively boiling the kettle all have their negative effect on the big wide world. When it comes to wastage, offices can be one of the main culprits. With such busy schedules and deadlines to meet, saving the environment can be one of the last things on a worker’s mind.

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Eco-Office Gals

AUGUST 23, 2011

If possible print on both sides of the paper, send memos via email and store documents digitally. Although recycling is an excellent way to improving your company’s green credentials, the best way (and most cost effective) is to avoid unnecessary waste in the first place.

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Eco-Office Gals

JUNE 3, 2013

Virtual offices help a company maintain its green-friendly goals by making it much more likely for the electronic communication of documents and other paperwork to be used. As I stated before, virtual offices aren’t for everyone.

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Eco-Office Gals

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The power of colour and its effects on us is a complex subject and is further complicated by the fact that our own individual personality traits mean we can all experience a slightly different response to different colours, although each specific colour has a general influence that has been well-documented by scientists and even psychologists.

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Eco-Office Gals

MAY 17, 2013

Digital documents can be also used in meetings to reduce the need for printed paper. This also has the added advantage of the employee being happy and contented. ??Reducing Reducing Paper Consumption. Go digital. Digitization goes a long way in reducing paper usage. Using less paper can help conserve more trees.

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Eco-Office Gals

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Rather, they cut out tiny strips of paper in the corner of documents and use the strips to hold the pieces together. Eco-friendly paper stapler. These crafty office staplers use no metal staples to hold pieces of paper together. Try a fun and funky animal-shaped stapler produced by Made by Humans. Cost: $12.49. Gift Basket.

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Eco-Office Gals

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Use a smaller font to print documents when possible. Print and copy on both sides of the paper whenever possible, and post instructions near the copy machine and printers to eliminate excuses. Or consider making this the default option on office equipment. Reduce junk mail in a variety of ways.

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Eco-Office Gals

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

For example, look to do business with a company that complies mainly with communication via digital documents and files. The first is that you want to make sure that you are working with someone reliable, as well as someone compatible for with business vision.

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Eco-Office Gals

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

With these tools, you no longer need to worry about misplacing files, accidentally printing out unedited documents, and other problems that come with multiple people working on a single physical document. After all, larger companies still keep stacks of decades-old documents, right? Saves space. Tightens your security.

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Eco-Office Gals

JULY 13, 2012

Virtual meeting platforms often have ways for participants to share documents and presentation material that replicate the experience of charts and projections. Further, virtual meeting platforms are often integrated within larger business software suites, allowing users to make changes to collaborate documents while in the meeting itself.

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Eco-Office Gals

JANUARY 24, 2019

Try to use electronic documents as well when signing contracts like a statement of work or NDA. Finding consistent clients can be a godsend for a freelance writer as it helps them stabilize their freelance income. Printing out articles that are written can be done for editing purposes but make sure to print on both sides of the paper.

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