Tips and tools for green purchasing ESSENTIAL GUIDE JULY 2011 Environment Business Media Essential tips for greening your office equipment Redefining costs as the total cost of ownership Case studies – Toyota, 3M Australia and Ford Rating the products and ranking the providers 3 3 3 3 3 OFFICE EQUIPMENT + IT OFFICE EQUIPMENT + IT to Australia’s leading Environment Business magazine since 1989 today TO SUBSCRIBE to Australia’s leading environment business magazine, go to wme.com.au/magazine, email: wme@wme.com.au or call (02) 9817 6400 Environment Business Magazine Subscribe Inside IT and office equipment W orldwide, information and communication technology is responsible for 3% of greenhouse emissions and this is predicted to rise to 6% by 2020. The suite of ICT products – including computers, TVs and, to a lesser extent, office devices – is also the source of massive volumes of hazardous electronic waste. But it is also one of the most dynamic areas in responding to these issues, with new business models (computing as a service), new technologies and new designs for the environment, from ensuring easy disassembly to phasing out toxic substances. Surveys repeatedly show IT professionals struggle to include green criteria in their mix of drivers, even to redefine costs savings by looking at the total cost of ownership over time. Yet the issue is starting to percolate up to senior management ranks and that creates an opportunity for environment and office managers to open up a broader conversation about buying and optimising for environment. Here’s some information to get you started. Richard Collins (Editor) 4. Towards sustainable procurement Green tech is no longer an ethical concern alone; it is a financial imperative for modern business, writes Ian Birks of the Australian Information Industry Association. 5. Buy green and be heard Greener purchasing is a powerful way to tell electronics manufacturers to clean up their act, writes Tom Dowdell of Greenpeace International. 7. IT practices still only pale green Business has merely plucked the low hanging fruit in green IT, says a Fujitsu study, which highlights areas for improvement. By Richard Collins. 8. Toyota drives Green IT Toyota Australia’s Green IT Policy, which ranges from procurement to disposal of equipment, aims to cut carbon emissions and eliminate landfill of office-based equipment. By James Scott. 12. Looking beyond the price tag Auditing the total cost of ownership of your IT and office equipment can reveal unexpected savings. Deborah Lloyd shares some tips on how and why it’s worth it. 14. New light for e-waste recovery Australia is on the brink of implementing an e-waste scheme that could recycle up to 2.5 million tonnes of materials by 2030/31. 16. Design and discovery on the printer front 3M Australia brought in HP to reduce the number of print and imaging devices on its floor by 45%. 18. The path to greener office equipment People often purchase and use office equipment in what they believe is a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way when in fact what they are doing is exactly the opposite. 20. Ford’s lean, green IT machines Ford researched its new green PC fleet with energy, enthusiasm and a lot of expert help from EPEAT. 22. Optimising the IT environment While a single computer uses little energy, scale that up to corporate level and there are some significant savings in optimising IT. 23. Inside the best of IT equipment A snapshot of the leading products according to the US Government EPEAT program. 24. Ranking the product providers Where EPEAT drills down to rate individual products, Greenpeace looks at corporate policies and performance. 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Copyright © WME Media Pty Ltd 2011. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo-copying, recording or otherwise, without the permission of the publisher. OFFICE EQUIPMENT + IT ESSENTIAL GUIDE Environment Business Media 3 WME ESSENTIALS GUIDE: OFFICE EQUIPMENT + IT • JULY 2011 3 S ustainable information and communication technology (ICT) procurement spans everything from the energy efficiency of individual products to the environmental impact of disposed equipment, with much ground in between. The good news is that developing an environmentally sustainable industry has been a long-term priority for the technology sector in Australia. During the past decade, Australia has made a great deal of progress towards an environment in which vendors can demonstrate high-quality credentials and purchasers can make informed decisions about the environmental impact of technology systems. At the highest level, ICT currently accounts for about 2.7% of Australian emissions. This figure is likely higher for the average business, translating into higher electricity costs. Green tech is no longer an ethical concern alone; it is a financial imperative for modern business. The growth of technology and its pervasiveness in modern life means energy consumption and mitigation are a high priority for both individual businesses and the broader economy. There is now a more robust understanding among the vendor and business community about ‘Green in’ ICT and ‘Green through’ ICT. The popularity of virtual networks, the concept of cloud computing, software as a service and the trend to product light-weighting driven by mobility are just some of the examples we can cite in a vast arena. PUBLIC PROCUREMENT POWER At an industry level, the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has been working with the Federal Government to finalise an agreement on appropriate Minimum Energy Performance Standards for technology equipment. This is based on the US Energy Star Program. To its credit, the federal Environment Department, in conjunction with the Department of Finance and with the support of the AIIA, has published a whole-of-government ICT Sustainability Plan that includes the adoption of the US’s EPEAT program. Essentially, this is a system to guide responsible procurement for government agencies based on a range of sustainability criteria. The government is seeking alignment to this approach through its ICT Sustainability Plan, which means the energy efficiency standards and other environmental guidelines we develop as an industry or with the assistance of government (regulatory or voluntary) are recognised as a benchmark and provide a market driver for ingraining sustainability measures into procurement decisions as a whole. Demonstration of green credentials is essential to procurement programs that seek to maximise environmental outcomes. The aim is to provide purchasers at all levels, whether individuals, businesses or government, with the ability to make informed decisions about the sustainability of their technology procurement, and assessment through this tool should be encouraged by purchasers. Over time, the corporate community and consumers will benefit from this approach. IT’S ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS While efficiency and emissions reduction are increasing priorities for government and Towards sustainable information technology procurement OFFICE EQUIPMENT + IT ESSENTIAL GUIDE Environment Business Media 3 4 WME ESSENTIALS GUIDE: OFFICE EQUIPMENT + IT • JULY 2011 Green tech is no longer an ethical concern alone; it is a financial imperative for modern business, writes Ian Birks of the Australian Information Industry Association. ManageMent of consuMption and deMand and appropriate weighting of environMental criteria in purchasing evaluation is essential – ian Birks, the chief itc industry officer. W e all make decisions every day that carry great importance for the environmental health of the planet. Every dollar spent is a political statement, like it or not. IT purchasing managers have an especially powerful voice when it comes to telling electronics manufacturers that the time has long passed when it was acceptable to offer products that contain toxic chemicals and are energy inefficient. Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics is an excellent tool to use when trying to decide which companies offer the greenest products (more on Pg 25). It shows which companies have made the most progress towards products that are free from hazardous substances such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs), and towards voluntary take-back of their end-of-life products globally. There are considerably more products on the market today than when the first edition of the guide was launched in 2006. Companies are in the process of translating these commitments into products on the market – for example, leaders such as Apple, HP, Nokia and Sony Ericsson have completed the phase-out of PVC and BFRs from whole product lines. Purchasing managers can speed up the action of these companies by rewarding those that have changed and telling the laggards they won’t get any business until they follow suit. Why does this all matter? To begin with, millions of tonnes of e-waste are dumped every year in some of the world’s poorest countries, often being burnt in open pit fires to obtain scrap metal. We are also facing a climate crisis purchasing Managers can speed up the action of these coMpanies By rewarding those that have changed and telling the laggards they won’t get any Business until they follow suit. – toM dowdell Every dollar spent is a political statement, like it or not WME ESSENTIALS GUIDE: OFFICE EQUIPMENT + IT • JULY 2011 5 business, it is only one of many elements required to assess the environmental impact of technology. E-waste and the disposal of end-of-life equipment has become a global issue in recent years and with constant innovation often leading to high levels of equipment turnover, it is now an essential consideration. AIIA has been trialling a viable end-of-life equipment and recycling scheme (Byteback) for a number of years that has recently been accepted as the basis for a national scheme, following the announcement of legislation by the Environment Minister late last year. The scheme will be based on a partnership between industry, government and the community through which ICT companies join an eligible Product Stewardship Organisation (PSO). Through the PSO, brands will be able to guarantee that all equipment sold by them into the Australian marketplace will be repurposed or responsibly recycled – in current trials, more than 97% of e-waste material is being successfully reclaimed. Under the model for the national e-waste scheme, individual brands will take responsibility for the products they sell into the Australian marketplace. This, in turn, provides a powerful incentive to improve the overall product lifecycle in areas ranging from raw material selection to designs that promote easy reuse and recycling. As the scheme is rolled out nationally, brands will increasingly be able to demonstrate this to the market. EDUCATION, AWARENESS, COMMITMENT The ability to make informed procurement decisions, of course, is only part of the story. Management of consumption and demand and appropriate weighting of environmental criteria in purchasing evaluation is essential. Education, awareness and commitment to these principles will be required to make it work. The Federal Government now requires agencies to adhere to mandatory environmental standards across six key areas aligned with relevant international standards. The power of government purchasing and leadership has a strong effect on the market that will both drive continued improvement in the industry marketplace as well as increased demand and awareness for green procurement across other industry sectors. Lastly, it’s worth noting that technology will play a key role in tackling emissions across the other 97% of Australia’s greenhouse sources, which translates to even more significant savings for individual businesses. Sustainable ICT procurement is not just about making informed decisions on the footprint and lifecycle of individual pieces of equipment. The strategic decisions that an organisation makes in the acquisition of technology can have a huge impact on its overall environmental footprint. A ‘smart’ printer may halve the carbon impact and costs of running a traditional printer; smart building systems can potentially do the same for an entire organisation. Similarly, the introduction of teleworking and intelligent transport and logistics systems, among many others, have the potential to deliver exponential environmental and financial benefits to any business. Finally, AIIA has released a Green IT eBook – the first of its kind in Australia – that provides a detailed analysis of how to develop environmentally sustainable business through technology. Ian Birks is CEO of the Australian Information Industry Association (www.aiia.com.au). More on EPEAT on Pg 24. Greener purchasing is a powerful way to tell electronics manufacturers to clean up their act, writes Tom Dowdell of Greenpeace International. aspectfurniture.com.au aspectfurniture.com.auschiavello.com.au The Environmental Choice Australia Ecolabel has provided architects, procurement and building industry professionals with an independent and convenient way to make environmentally preferable choices for green office fit-outs since 2001. GECA’s standards and licences are widely recognised in Australia and trusted thanks to the consultative, transparent, stringent and robust features underpinning this program, developed in line with ISO14024 principles. Many GECA certified products score maximum points under the Green Building Council of Australia’s Green Star rating scheme. To find out how GECA can assist with your sustainable procurement needs: Call 61 02 6287 3100 Email management@geca.org.au or visit www.geca.org.au The GECA Ecolabel Helping you make a Good Environmental Choice OFFICE EQUIPMENT + IT ESSENTIAL GUIDE Environment Business Media 3 6 WME ESSENTIALS GUIDE: OFFICE EQUIPMENT + IT • JULY 2011 and inefficient office devices unnecessarily sap power that urgently needs to be conserved. Now, many companies, including Acer, the Indian companies Wipro and HCL, Hewlett-Packard and Philips, are offering smart phones, computers, monitors and televisions that are free of the most toxic chemicals. We are seeing similar gains in product energy efficiency, and in companies embracing the concept of financial responsibility for their products – and offering more opportunities for convenient and free take-back of their products. This is especially crucial in areas outside of the EU that do not yet have e-waste collection laws. Whenever you are purchasing IT equipment, be it for the home, office or entire company, you can help make the electronics industry more sustainable by insisting on products with the least hazardous substances, the best recycling programs and the most energy efficient. There’s one voice we know all companies listen to – their customers. So it’s vital you make sure they hear the demand for truly greener products loud and clear. Tom Dowdell is a Greenpeace climate and toxics campaigner. there’s one voice we know all coMpanies listen to – their custoMers. so it’s vital you Make sure they hear the deMand for truly greener products loud and clear. WME ESSENTIALS GUIDE: OFFICE EQUIPMENT + IT • JULY 2011 7 B usinesses have scored just 56.4% in their readiness to embrace green IT, according to a recent benchmarking study of practices in the UK, US, India and Australia. The Fujitsu study is based on work by Connection Research and RMIT University, who surveyed more than 630 CIOs and senior IT managers across various industries in the four countries. Fujitsu’s global sustainability executive director, Alison Rowe, said “the results of our benchmarking survey provide an invaluable international perspective on global best practice trends and enable comparisons within countries against similar organisations”. It has benchmarked Green IT maturity based on five criteria: green IT lifecycle (procurement to disposal), end user efficiencies, enterprise and datacentre efficiencies, usage of IT as a low-carbon enabler and measurement and monitoring. Information and communication technology is responsible for up to 60% of the energy use in organisations. Of the industries studied, the finance sector is the biggest user. “The consumption of energy by IT within the financial services sector is greater than in any other industry as information systems – with large scale infrastructure, data storage and transaction requirements – are central to its operations. This makes energy sourcing, usage and pricing important management issues,” says the report. But even the financial sector in Australia is only in the early stages of green IT, mostly just reaping the benefits of quick wins at the end user level, such as turning PCs off at night. The Australian industry average score in terms of the equipment lifecycle, which includes procurement, disposal and recycling and reuse, is just 56%. That is behind the industry in the UK and US, which both rate over 63%. And it is yet to really step up to using IT for sustainable business at the broader ‘enterprise’ and ‘enablement’ levels, scoring 59% and 52% respectively. For example, businesses would benefit from greater strategic migration to the efficiencies of scale and superior energy saving practices of datacentres and the cloud. But where industry is really falling short is in the area of metrics. Measurement is a precondition of effective energy and emissions management. “Increasingly, IT practitioners are realising that the general term Green IT is about specific areas of operation, and that the key driver is cost. Energy costs, as a proportion of IT budgets, are increasing substantially in most countries. Green IT is an obvious and easy way to improve the bottom line,” said Rowe. Green IT is not a single action, policy or technology. It comprises a number of aspects, in a number of different disciplines. It is best implemented through a holistic approach, in areas as diverse as procurement, end user operations, data center management, and applications implementation. Fujistu argues the first step in this Green IT journey is strategic alignment. Organisations need to ensure their sustainable IT strategies align with overall strategic objectives and gain executive endorsement. In turn, a Green IT strategy should dovetail into the organisation’s environmental sustainability strategy. IT practices still only pale green Business has merely plucked the low hanging fruit in green IT, says a Fujitsu study, which highlights areas for improvement. By Richard Collins. increasingly, it practitioners are realising that the general terM green it is aBout specific areas of operation, and that the key driver is cost – alison rowe, fujitsu There is still room to improve in all industries. the Moore’s law of efficiency The upside of the fast pace of IT renewal is efficiencies come on board quickly. A study for the Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI), a wide-ranging coalition started by Google and Intel to address “end-to-end energy use”, claims emissions reductions of 32 million tonnes in three years through equipment redesign. “When CSCI was established in 2007, desktop computers wasted 50% of the power coming from the wall,” said CSCI president Lorie Wigle, Intel’s GM of the Eco-Technology Program Office. “Today, through the collective efforts of our organisation, hardware manufacturers, large IT buyers and other key partners, the IT sector has cut that waste by at least 25% for new systems.” E nergy efficiency is a hot topic these days, but Green IT at Toyota Australia means more than finding servers that burn fewer watts; it is part of the company’s plan to achieve environmental leadership across the vehicle lifecycle. We are a company focused on building and selling vehicles, but we are also a company based on technological innovation. Across the company, environmental sustainability is being embedded into everything we do – from every aspect of our manufacturing operations; to the energy efficiency of our vehicles; to the places where we sell our cars. Consistent with this direction, the Information Systems Division (ISD) has set an objective for Toyota Australia to become the country’s leading organisation in Green IT. Toyota’s Green IT journey began in 2008 when ISD, with assistance from the company’s Environment Policy Group and strategic partner Fujitsu, audited all IT equipment at the company’s corporate headquarters to understand its baseline carbon emissions output and to identify areas for improvement. The audit concluded Toyota Australia was emitting 1,592 tonnes of CO 2 per year from its corporate headquarters office equipment. It also gave us a baseline to work from and provided broad recommendations on what our targets and timing should be for the whole organisation, as well as actions to achieve them. From there, we developed the company’s first Green IT Policy. The policy features four dimensions: disposal of IT equipment, infrastructure optimisation, managing energy and procurement. Each dimension includes actions and targets aimed at supporting ISD’s key targets, such as reducing carbon emissions from office-based equipment and operating systems by 20%. To help ensure the policy and its actions were embraced by ISD team members and Toyota employees, it was presented to Toyota’s senior management and the Environment Committee for endorsement. This step was mission critical and gave us the green light to begin to communicate our plans and implement several Green IT initiatives across all Toyota Australia sites. PC POWER SAVINGS The largest IT contributor to CO 2 emissions was Toyota’s PC fleet, numbering about 2,100 devices. In June 2009, Toyota enforced a policy whereby all PCs and notebooks would switch to power save mode after 10 minutes of inactivity. This resulted in an 8% CO 2 reduction and led to a similar solution being deployed across the energy hungry CAD PC fleet used by design engineers and stylists. Other activities involved reprogramming multi-function devices such as printers, copiers and scanners to switch to panel off mode after two minutes, resulting in a 39% reduction in emissions, and upgrading video conference equipment with energy efficient LCD screens that switch to low power mode when not used, reducing carbon emissions by a further 51%. ISD’s Green IT activities across end-user equipment resulted in a 19.8% reduction, meaning the company reduced its emissions from 1,592 tonnes of CO 2 in 2008−09 to 1,277 tonnes as at March 2010, representing a cost saving of $16,170. Although we fell short of our first target by 0.2%, ISD was very satisfied with the results. We learnt a lot from the project, including how important it is to engage employees at all stages of the journey so that they are on board, and how critical it is to have reliable measurement Toyota Australia drives Green IT OFFICE EQUIPMENT + IT ESSENTIAL GUIDE Environment Business Media 3 the audit concluded toyota australia was eMitting 1,592 tonnes of co 2 per year froM its corporate headquarters office equipMent. Toyota Australia’s Green IT Policy, which ranges from procurement to disposal of equipment, aims to cut carbon emissions and eliminate landfill of office-based equipment. By James Scott. 8 WME ESSENTIALS GUIDE: OFFICE EQUIPMENT + IT • JULY 2011 methods or tools to accurately calculate reductions. The Green IT activities conducted in year one effectively picked the low hanging fruit and achieved the deepest cuts to CO 2 emissions. Designing it that way meant the project achieved several quick wins early on, which increased momentum and goodwill for the project among employees. We knew that further reductions wouldn’t be as easy to achieve going forward, so we set a more modest target of 5%, which we anticipate will be achieved later this year. ISD is now focused on reducing energy use across Toyota’s back-end IT infrastructure through consolidating the company’s servers and, where possible, adopting virtualisation software that divides one physical server into multiple environments so they run more efficiently. IT GETS THE TREATMENT Toyota employees are generally very supportive of ISD’s efforts to reduce its environmental impact. The majority of employees are 100% behind the project, but occasionally we come across people who, for whatever reason, don’t believe in what we are trying to do and that’s disappointing. But it’s not many people and they serve to remind us that we have more work to do in educating employees about the benefits of going green. Reducing energy use across IT equipment isn’t the only focus of the Green IT Policy. ISD has agreements with our service and IT equipment providers to, where possible, recycle equipment or dispose of it in an environmentally conscious manner. Our policy is that no Toyota IT equipment should end up in landfill. Therefore, we recycle obsolete IT equipment through registered IT equipment recyclers and, on occasion, work with the public affairs division and local governments to donate equipment to charity organisations that could benefit from its extended use. Toyota also considers the lifecycle of IT equipment when renewing infrastructure and assesses a piece of equipment’s energy use to inform decision-making on new products. We actively seek out suppliers with environmentally conscious credentials and strategies and all IT sourcing decisions include an environment impact assessment. Balancing economic and environmental performance to be green and competitive is a priority for Toyota. Through this project, ISD has developed its understanding that Green IT is a critical capability not only for improving the environmental footprint of our business but also for controlling the cost of IT infrastructure. ISD will continue to set challenging targets and look for ways to continually improve. James Scott is the Chief Information Office (CIO) at Toyota Australia. Toyota Australia drives Green IT WME ESSENTIALS GUIDE: OFFICE EQUIPMENT + IT • JULY 2011 9 Email: ira@greentrack.com Web: www.greentrack.com Greentrac™ GreenICT Solutions (Australian Made and Owned) Please contact us : 02 9252 9253 / 07 3340 9100 contact@greentrac.com www.greentrac.com Save 40-70% of your workstation energy costs with Greentrac ™ without upsetting your users. Get a payback on this initiative in 6-9 months, or less! You can also use the most advanced workstation power monitoring software to conduct a GreenICT Audit and find out how you are doing against the government GreenICT guidelines. Fast, cost-effective and non-disruptive. Victoria’s most sustainable organisations recognised at the 2011 Premier’s Sustainability Awards Eight organisations from a range of different sectors were awarded Victoria’s highest honours in sustainability at the Premier’s Sustainability Awards in Melbourne on Thursday, 9 July. The winners of each category were: Built Environment Award Winner – Grocon Grocon has grown from a small family concreting business to one of Australia’s leading privately owned construction and development companies. Grocon’s Pixel building located at the old Carlton Brewery site on Swanston Street in Melbourne demonstrates what offices may be like in the future. The building has a number of innovative features including: A “living rooftop” with native Victorian grasslands to lower temperatures and create a green space for staff to relax in methane gas from sewerage used to heat office water. Collected rainwater used to irrigate the living rooftop, supply tap water and recycle waste water. The building is currently defined as carbon neutral but will become “carbon positive” within 50 years when it will have paid back all of the carbon used in its construction. www.grocon.com.au/index2.htm www.pixelbuilding.com.au/ Products or Services Award Winner – Grocon Grocon received a second award for the development of Pixelcrete, a ‘green’ concrete substitute with the same strength and use as conventional concrete which was used in the construction of its Pixel building. Pixelcrete has achieved three points under the Green Star rating system as it contains a high portion of recycled materials compared to traditional concrete and uses less Portland cement (the most commonly used cement). David Waldren from Grocon said that sustainability was one of Grocon’s core values. “We are conscious to include sustainability in our everyday business processes like recycling at our building sites and reducing waste during demolitions,” Mr Waldren said. www.grocon.com.au/index2.htm Community Award Winner – Hepburn Wind Hepburn Wind has built Australia’s first community owned, cooperative wind farm located at Leonards Hill in Central Victoria. The two newly-constructed turbines will generate enough clean and safe electricity to power all houses in the Daylesford and surrounding area. The wind farm will offset more than 12,200 tonnes of carbon emissions per year, create local employment opportunities and contribute an estimated $1 million from the sale of electricity back into the community through their Community Sustainability Fund. Simon Holmes a Court from Hepburn Wind said that winning the Premier’s Sustainability Award highlighted how the community-owned, renewable energy movement was gaining momentum here in Australia. www.hepburnwind.com.au/ Large Business Award Winner and Premier’s Recognition Award Winner – Godfrey Hirst Australia Godfrey Hirst Australia is the largest carpet manufacturer and exporter in the Southern Hemisphere. The company has introduced a number of industry best practice sustainability initiatives over the last seven years creating significant environmental and economic improvements. For example, the company’s state- of-the-art water recycling facility reprocesses 175 million litres of effluent water and 75 million litres of captured storm water returning it to Class A water for reuse. The facility has also: n Reduced the company’s water consumption by 50% – saving up to 250 mega litres of water a year (the equivalent of 250 Olympic-sized swimming pools); n Cut energy use by 5% a year (15,712 billion joules); n Cut trade waste by up to 70% a year (175 million litres); Tim Maishman from Godfrey Hirst said the company was thrilled to be named as a finalist and to be awarded both the Large Business Award and the Premier’s Recognition Award. www.godfreyhirst.com/home.html Local Government Award Winner – Whitehorse City Council Whitehorse City Council’s Sustainable Ambassadors Program was designed to empower its residents to make simple changes to their daily actions to spread the sustainability message within the community. The program engaged more than 1,100 people in the Whitehorse community in different sustainable living projects where participants learnt about energy, water, recycling and waste efficiencies; ‘green’ cleaning; and healthy lifestyle activities. Acting General Manager City Development, Ian Goodes, said Whitehorse City Council had a long- standing commitment to becoming more sustainable and to helping members of the community to lead a more sustainable lifestyle. www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au Small Business Award Winner – 3Fish 3Fish provides ethical clothing, including its own retail label, custom- made items and off-the shelf corporate wear, through a range of different channels. The cotton used is organic and Fairtrade, using eco-friendly dyes and inks. Since its creation in 2008, 3Fish’s principle has been to ‘do the right thing’, making sure every decision it makes is socially and environmentally responsible – from the organic farming techniques used to make their clothes to the packaging they use to distribute their clothing. 3Fish Co-Founder, Marty Dillon said that winning the Premier’s Sustainability Award helped to raise awareness about the environmental degradation, child labour and sweatshops that were associated with the production of conventional cotton garments. www.3fish.com.au/ [...]... 2011 ECO-Buy Awards – Green Supplier of the Year KeepCup ECO-Buy www.ecobuy.org.au (03) 9349 0444 WME ESSENTIALS GUIDE: OFFICE EQuipment + it • july 2011 17 3ESSENTIAL GUIDE OFFICE EQUIPMENT +IT Environment Business Media The path to greener office equipment People often purchase and use office equipment in what they believe is a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way when in fact what they are... ‘Green Office Guide’ says every 100 reams of recycled office paper that is printed double-sided saves two trees, more than a tonne of greenhouse gas and almost a cubic metre of landfill space compared to conventional practices 6 Most office machines have power savingof – set as capabilities most of us remain unaware the default setting such as go into sleep or hibernation 18 WME ESSENTIALS GUIDE: OFFICE. .. www.rmit.edu.au/ www.rmit.edu.au/textiledesign 3ESSENTIAL GUIDE OFFICE EQUIPMENT +IT Environment Business Media Looking beyond the price tag Auditing the total cost of ownership of your IT and office equipment can reveal unexpected savings Here, Deborah Lloyd shares some tips on how and why it’s worth it T he showroom price tag on every piece of office equipment is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of... 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