Guest Contributor
Happy Earth Day! Celebrated on April 22nd of each year, it is a day honor our remarkable planet, to raise awareness, to volunteer our time and resources, and to remind ourselves of the importance of sustainability. The official theme of Earth Day 2024 is Planet vs. Plastics, and we at JeffreyM are aligned with earthday.org and their unwavering commitment to end plastics for the sake of human and planetary health.
Earth Day is an important day to JeffreyM, as we have committed to reducing our emissions by 55% by 2030 in partnership with Microsoft’s bold goal of becoming carbon negative by 2030. It is a day to recognize the hard work we are doing internally to ensure we meet this goal. And this year, a day to celebrate our contributions to the reductions of plastics – including upgrades to glass bottles with our water service, never purchasing plastic water bottles, responsibly recycling/donating our expired IT equipment and devices to a service-disabled veteran owned IT company, staff bringing in packing materials from home to use for shipping laptops as part of our Equipment Loan Program, and gifting reusable JeffreyM water bottles and totes as part of our SWAG inventory – just to name a few.
In addition, we have a no print policy – allowing printing only when necessary, which has resulted in zero purchases of computer paper (or packing materials, thanks to the efforts of internal staff) since 2019. For every shipment, we also select UPS Carbon Neutral shipping and pay a small fee to offset the emissions of the shipment’s transport. These are only a few of examples of the actions we are taking, but prove that even the smallest change can still result in a large impact.
We are always looking for ways to lighten our carbon footprint and are in the midst of not only calculating our 2023 data, but also revamping our CSR Sub-Committees, ensuring that we involve our employees in these conversations and actions. We encourage our employees to celebrate with us, and reflect on how we can make changes in both our personal and professional lives – which will overall result in reductions to JeffreyM emissions. To reach our goal of reducing our emissions by 55% by 2030, we need the participation of our employees.
While it would be ideal if we could live every day as if it was Earth Day, April 22nd serves as a friendly reminder each year to respect the Earth, and to realize our individual impact and the potential we each have to make a difference. If you have ideas or want to learn more about the efforts JeffreyM is making and how you can contribute, we are happy to connect. Reach out to [email protected] to start the conversation.
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