Desmond Tutu
The Smart Office Toolkit
includes the handbook and
other resources such as
posters, reminder stickers
and training material
Sustainable Development
“Development that meets the needs of
the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet
their own needs.”
Brundtland Report, 1987
Our Common Future, UN Report
Triple Bottom Line
• Environmental
– Living within
environmental limits
• Social
– Ensuring a fair society
• Economic
– Business must be
sustainable
Going Green
• Going ‘green’ is no longer a trend; it is
the responsibility of every institution, big
or small.
• Every action we take; every time we
use equipment; every meeting we have;
all the paper that we use and throw
away has an impact on the environment
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Greening Practices
• Eco procurement
• Waste minimisation
• Water conservation
Practical things
that you can do
to make a
difference
• Energy efficiency
• Emissions reduction
• Biodiversity conservation
• Social and economic development
Sustainable Business Strategy
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Commitment to sustainability from the top
Establish a sustainability team
Do eco audit and compile retrofit plan
Compile environmental policy
Establish enviro management systems
Sustainability Reporting & Monitoring
Ongoing Training and Awareness Raising
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Rethink…
It takes 10 litres of
water to make an A4
sheet of paper.
Smart Thinking
“We cannot solve
problems using
the same kind of
thinking we used
when we created
them.”
Albert Einstein
Smart Office Toolkit
What can you
do differently at
your office?
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