Green Team Internal Initiatives

Sourced compact fluorescent light bulbs at .75c. The company is offering these to its employees for home use at 50% discount

Installed timers in bathrooms and kitchen that automatically switch off the lights

Instituted a policy to turn off all computers at night

Eliminated plastic cups, plates and utensils. We are saving 13,000 disposable cups a year

Purchased company dishware, silverware and mugs with individual names

Saved 50% of our paper use by instituting a policy of double-sided copies

Sourced 100% recycled paper for our fax and copying machines

Placed paper recycling bins at every desk

Recycle all paper, plastic, glass and electronics used on the premises

Switched to "green" cleaning products - it's no more expensive to use environmentally friendly products, easier on our cleaning staff and certainly better for our collective health

Sourced local garage for nitrogen inflation of tires - maximizes road grip, improves safety, lengthens life of tires and saves on gas mileage. Four tires $15.80

Members of the Green Team volunteer for community services including clean-up initiatives, food banks and coat drives

Testing green packaging material in our warehouse

External Initiatives

Developed new compact from recyclable aluminum ready to take refills

Refills available next year on Earth Day

Sourced recycled paper for marketing materials

Where possible, switched from plastic packaging to paper

Switched to using soy inks

We are continually assessing new and greener materials for all areas of our business. However, as a consumer you can help, too. Always consider water and energy use when you are taking a shower, bath or just washing your hair. Making and shipping one shampoo bottle takes 7% of the total energy. The other 93% is used in actually washing your hair. Cooler water and a shorter time will save considerably more energy than any "green" bottle of shampoo could do.