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Making wise choices about food and health can reduce your company's carbon footprint. Consider promoting and serving food that is local and/or organic, reducing meat consumption and avoiding non-recyclable packaging and disposable waste. Your employees will feel healthier while the whole organization makes sound environmental choices.

10_2_6_1-tnServe Vegetarian Meals
Help your employees reduce their consumption of meat by providing vegetarian options at the workplace cafeteria and with catered meals. United Nations research shows that livestock production creates more greenhouse gases than all forms of transport combined.
10_2_6_2-tnBuy Local, Organic, Fair Trade Food
Adopt a corporate policy to choose local and fair trade food products when purchasing food items. Buy from local and/or organic sources wherever possible. Introduce fair trade certified and organic coffee and tea into your workplace.
10_2_6_3-tnAvoid disposable dishes and bottled water
Invest in reusable plates, cups and utensils for your staff lunchrooms and cafeteria and eliminate bottled water in the office. Your long-term savings by not buying disposable utensils and cutlery will pay off within a couple months...

Last Modified: Oct 7, 2008

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