Environment
Co-Operative Systems pursues and practices activities everyday towards preventing waste landfill and consumption of non-renewable resources.
These measures include:
- Re-Use
- Recycling
- Reducing Carbon Emissions
- Reducing Power Consumption
- Supporting Environmental Initiatives
- Raising Awareness
Re-Use
- Recycling of office waste
- Upgrading or repairing existing clients' computer equipment where feasible
- Suggesting alternatives in place of disposal, like passing on equipment to staff for re-use at home or in other organisations
- Auctioning off left-over working parts at reputable auctions (someone else can always use what you don't want)
- Maintaining contacts with smaller firms where the possibility of re-use exists
Recycling
- Putting clients in touch with computer recycling organisations
- Following and encouraging recycling initiatives, like EU regulations that require manufacturers to take back and decommission their own products.
- Alerting InfoBulletin readers about new recycling schemes
Reducing Carbon Emissions
- Avoiding unnecessary travel - for example 90% of support issues are now resolved remotely
- We use public transport when ever possible and encourage cycling
- Reducing power consumption where possible
- Carbon off-setting when possible and monitoring overall carbon footprint
Reducing Power Consumption
- Turning devices off when not needed for example computers and lighting at end of the day
- Avoiding unnecessary use of heating
- Encouraging take up of lower power-consuming IT technologies
Supporting environmental initiatives
As a major Dell and HP vendor, we are glad to see large firms like these complying with new environmental directives in the mid 1990s. In addition Microsoft are now designing software to reduce power load consumed by PCs and servers.
Raising Awareness
We use our website, newsletters and communications with clients to offer up ideas for better and greener IT usage.
