Greening your office challenges you to think about whether your organisations’ ‘needs’ can be met in different ways.

• Can we lease, share or swap instead of purchasing?
• Does the product have an environmental, energy rating or water-rating label?
• Does the product have EnergyStar features or a ‘sleep’ mode for when it is not being used?
• Does the supplier have good environmental credentials?
• Is upgrading, reconditioning or extending the useful life of our current model a better option?
• How long will this particular product last?
• Will it be easily repaired or upgraded?
• Are we paying for features we don't need and won't use?
• How much energy or materials will it use?
• Does the product contain recycled materials?
• Can this product be recycled, sold or donated when we've finished with it?
• Does it come with too much packaging?