Initiatives sustainable operations
Facility Management of de Volksbank plays an important role in achieving climate neutral business operations. The following initiatives help to achieve this objective.
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- Electric energy consumption
- Lighting with motion sensors
- LED lighting
- Less ambient lighting
- Leaving lights off at night (including advertising lighting)
- Gas/town heating
- Effective setting
- Insulation
- Water consumption
- Taps with sensors
- Water-saving equipment
- Waste material
- Waste prevention when purchasing material
- Waste separation at the source in consultation with waste management company
- Paper consumption
- Digitisation is the standard
- Increasingly make customer information available online (unless the customer requests paper)
- Use environmentally and socially responsible paper
- Double-sided printing is the standard
- Mobility
- Discourage car use
- Encourage responsible electric and hybrid transportation
- Tighten emission standards
- Bicycle programmes
- Encourage the use of public transport
- Influence employee behaviour
- Raise awareness among staff that they can contribute to achieving our objectives by doing the right thing