Eco-Friendly

I'm still doing all I can to save this world from global warming. So yesterday, I sent an email to a big-wig at my office. Here ya go:

Dear ****,
I wanted to send you an email complimenting your presentation yesterday. I think it’s wonderful that we are taking purposeful steps to become an eco-friendly company.

I know your presentation focused mostly on eco-friendly design, but I think there is something we could do here at corporate that would have a large impact on not only the economy but also our bottom line. I think it would be wonderful if we took a look at the paper we generate on a daily basis. I think small changes could be made that would have a great impact. For instance, my morning reports always print in duplicate. So already the first thing I do is toss out ½ of the paperwork in my inbox. There are reports that generate on a daily/weekly/monthly basis that are never used. Last week I witnessed someone taking a huge print-off (approx. 1 foot thick) that had been stacked on the printer and shoveled it into the recycling container. “I can’t figure out how to stop this from printing” was her comment.

I think a lot of us feel this way. If we could get a group of people together, both Merchandising and MIS, and weed through these reports and delete the ones that are obsolete and never used, we would save a ton of paper. And there must be a way to get the printer to stop printing two of everything. We could cut our paper supply costs in half! Literally!

I am not sure if this is what you had in mind when you were discussing eco-friendly, but I think it’s a good start. :)

Thanks,
Olivia

and her response:
Olivia – you’re ideas are rock-star-worthy. I’m going to bring this up with the right people right away. Cross your fingers. And if it doesn’t improve, let me know. Maybe I can shift into arm-twisting mode. Thanks!