Paying attention to digital ecology in business is crucial in reducing costs and strengthening reputation and regulatory compliance. What’s more, it encourages innovation, attracts environmentally aware customers, and prepares the company for long-term sustainability! Discover below a list of corporate reflexes to reflect your environmental responsibility in everyday situations!
Green IT: rule no. 1: when you arrive at the office
Use the corporate network instead of 4G, and turn off your notifications to check information only when you’re available.
Green IT: rule n°2: when preparing a meeting
Create your own favorites!
When searching, create favorites of Web pages you’ll need to revisit, rather than keeping tabs open, which uses up memory.
Green IT: rule no. 3: when you create your presentation materials
- Use a standard font to maximize the compatibility of your presentations with the computers of your team and your customers.
- Check slide masks to optimize weight (printing and transmission).
- Check slide masks to optimize weight (printing and transmission).
Green IT: rule no. 4: when you check your e-mail
Adopt these two good reflexes:
- Delete unnecessary mail
- Unsubscribe from newsletters and news feeds.
Green IT: rule n°5: when you communicate with your colleagues
A text message consumes less than a post on a newsgroup, which consumes less than an e-mail.
Green IT: rule n°6: when you share a document by e-mail
- Delete unnecessary mail history to reduce mail weight as much as possible
- Use a link rather than a PJ to reduce the weight of the e-mail.
Green IT: rule 7: when you print a document to read it
- Print in draft mode on recycled paper, 2 pages per sheet, double-sided and black & white.
- Ask yourself: does it take more than 4 minutes to read my document? If so, it will be more sobering to print it out than to read it on screen.
Green IT: rule n°8: when you leave the office
- Empty your inbox, your productivity begs you to. And the planet too.
- Switch off your PC, monitor and desk light.
Advice from ADN Ouest
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