For many companies, reducing greenhouse gas emissions benefits the bottom line because saving energy saves money. Saving costs is one good reason why your workplace should go green but there are much bigger factors at play, how big? Well, planet earth big! Global temperatures are now at their highest since records began. In fact, 17 of the warmest years on record have all taken place since 2001. please visit: https://www.officereality.co.uk/

1. 5 WAYS TO REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AT WORK – OFFICE REALITY
For many companies, reducing greenhouse gas emissions benefits the bottom line because
saving energy saves money. Saving costs is one good reason why your workplace should go
green but there are much bigger factors at play, how big? Well, planet earth big! Global
temperatures are now at their highest since records began. In fact, 17 of the warmest years on
record have all taken place since 2001. We humans have been adding to the planets carbon
dioxide levels by using electricity, heating, transport and cutting down forests (80,000 acres
daily – Scientific American) for agriculture and logging. There are dire consequences for planet
earth if we continue at this pace such as rising sea levels, extreme weather, loss of wildlife and
biodiversity to name just four.
So, what’s being done?
Every year, the United Nations holds a global climate change conference known as COP which
stands for ‘Conference of the Parties’. In 2015, the meeting was held in Paris under COP21 and
each country entered ‘The Paris Agreement’ which is a legally binding international treaty
focusing on climate change. The goal of ‘The Paris Agreement' is to limit global warming to keep
global warming ‘well below’ 2C – and to try to aim for 1.5C.

2. The 2021 COP26 climate summit was hosted in Glasgow and each participating country
revisited the ‘The Paris Agreement’ to keep the 1.5 limit pledge at the forefront. Not
surprisingly some of the biggest CO2 offending countries such as China, Saudi Arabia and Russia
have been reluctant to agree to focus on the 1.5C limit, preferring to point out that the Paris
agreement states the world must hold temperatures ‘well below’ 2C while ‘pursuing efforts’ to
stay within 1.5C.
There were of course many more pledges at the COP26 climate summit which are shown in
more detail here. One important pledge included the cutting of funding overseas fossil fuel
projects with public money by the end of 2022.
It is important that we all play a part in reducing our Carbon Footprint because reducing our
impact on the environment has never been more important. Over two- thirds of office workers
feel that it’s important that UK companies are environmentally responsible because office life
can have a big impact on the environment.
So, let’s look at some ways to bring green strategies into the workplace. Creating a green office
is not as challenging as you may think, and you will eventually enjoy the benefits of knowing
you have a more sustainable office that’s easier that weighs less heavy on planet earth.
It’s a simple formula that comes down to the 5 R’s. We will explain what each ‘R’ stands for,
and provide helpful tips to help you implement each one at your office.