Go Green with Workplace2go
From the infamous theme of Smokey the Bear… Only YOU can make a difference.
Going Green isn’t just the responsibility of the government and large enterprises, Going Green is everyone’s responsibility. It starts with individuals making everyday decisions to save energy and reduce waste. School children today are taught that everything they do impacts the environment. From recycling pieces of paper to not letting the water run when they brush their teeth. This mindset shouldn’t end with graduation, but continue on into the workplace.
Roughly 98% of all US businesses have less than 100 employees. While individually most of these smaller firms provide services that have negligible environmental impacts, cumulatively they represent significant impacts on emissions and waste. And the biggest impact these small companies have on the environment is Energy Use.
What can smaller companies do to Go Green? If you're a small or mid-sized organization, energy use and transportation probably represents a good chunk of your impact.
A recent article posted in The Arlington Environment stated that when commuting to and from work each week, the U.S. white-collar workforce burns more than 583.3 million gallons of gasoline. It further states that if one average employee teleworked, just one day per week, it would save the environment 1,680 pounds of CO2 emissions per year.
By the end of fiscal year 2007, the US Patent Office alone had 3,609 employees participating in some form of telework, and are boasting saving more than 613,000 gallons of gas, preventing 9,600 tons of emissions, and saving more than $1.8 million annually in fuel costs by allowing employees to work outside the office.
To successfully support the flexibility for working anywhere and anytime, a virtual working environment is needed which can be reached from any place with a browser and Internet access.
That’s where Workplace2go can help. Cloud computing solutions offered by Workplace2go can help your company Go Green by reducing or eliminating the need for an individual data storage center, and reducing the frequency of business travel.
In addition to Going Green, Workplace2go’s products can help business owners Save some Green. Some of the ways you can start Saving Green today with Workplace2go include:
- Affordable month-to-month subscription fees
- Pay only for the licenses you need, as long as you need them
- No software upgrade fees
- No support and maintenance fees
- Reduced requirement for dedicated IT resources