An environmental review or audit is a good starting point for the ‘Go team’. The process involves examining your current situation and assessing what you want to improve and how you might go about doing it. This provides a baseline against which any improvement can be measured.  Some organisations choose to employ a contractor or consultant to help with this (for a list of consultants who can help, visit the Green Pages section of the Green Office web-site)

The following stages are recommended:

1.      Set objectives

2.      Gather information (use the first section of the Example Survey to measure staff behaviour)

3.      Focus on priority areas (e.g. significance, risk or cost)

4.      Select a team to work on the priority areas

5.      Develop a plan and work to it

6.      Conduct a review to see how well you have done. (Site inspections, reduced waste, reduced costs, appealed to staff etc)

7.      Analyse and report your findings to staff and management.