Waste and recycling
• Szatmar Optikai completed a waste review , resulting in a 50 % reduction in mixed waste and reusable or recyclable paper and a doubling of their foil recovery .
• MGS continued their efforts to reduce the use of paper and card through a review of job processes . By making a simple alteration to job tickets , MGS stopped printing a dispatch note for each job . With an annual volume close to one million jobs , this is a huge saving in terms of paper and printing .
• As part of our support-office refurbishments in Guernsey , we had a large number of office partition screens to dispose of . Rather than send these directly to the landfill site in Guernsey , we offered them to local organisations and found a large number of takers , including the Guernsey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( GSPCA ) and the States of Guernsey . We were also able to supply the GSPCA with other unwanted items of office furniture .
• A further review of waste streams at MGS has led to plastic frame bags and elastic bands being reused . As a result , 73kg of rubber and 3.8 tonnes of plastic have been diverted from landfill . MGS also continued to work on their box-recycling scheme . Since this began in 2015 , the total number of boxes from the Asia Pac supply chain being reused for despatch to the ANZ store portfolio has now reached 238,770 . This equates to 56 tonnes of cardboard , saving more than AUD 326 and over 950 trees .
• We created Project Match , a joint collaboration between our Supply Chain and IT teams , whereby old laptops that are no longer required are recycled and given to a local fostering agency in Droitwich .
Travel
• We promoted sustainable transport options such as journey planners , local cycle routes , and cycle-to-work schemes across all our support offices .
• Where local councils were encouraging residents and local companies to reduce their reliance on vehicles and improve their wellbeing through activity , we supported and promoted this to staff .
• We encouraged colleagues at our support office in Nottingham to ditch their cars and jump on the trams and buses in an effort to help combat congestion in the city and support a more sustainable transport system . We also installed a 46-inch LCD display screen in the reception area to stream live traffic and public transport updates and help staff to find alternatives to using their own vehicles .
Communications
• Via regular environmental communications , we increased the information available to our employees regarding our global environmental activity . The communications promoted activities taking place across the business that staff could get involved in and raised awareness of what employees could do to help the company achieve its environmental objectives .
• We launched an Environmental Awareness e-Learning module – along with supporting resources – to all support office employees globally . Available 24 / 7 via our online learning system , the module raises initial awareness of some of the common areas of focus for corporate environmental management .
Recycling
Vision Labs in the UK donated a number of waste optical lens blanks to a local reuse and recycling charity . The Worcestershire Resource Exchange collects safe waste products from local businesses , saving them from landfill and providing them to individuals , artists , community groups and schools .
Our waste optical lens blanks were given to a local group of children with learning disabilities , who made them into sun-catchers .
Melbourne Glazing Services ( MGS ) also donated waste lens blocks to local artist Ann Zomer , who used them to create a range of different artwork to be showcased at local art exhibitions .
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