Reducing our
impact on the
environment
en . vir . on . ment (noun)
- the conditions that you live or work in and the way that they influence how you feel or how effectively you can work
- the air, water and land in or on which people, animals and plants live
Relocation
In May 2008, our office at Stevenson House in Edinburgh was relocated to our main Gyle Square office. This enabled us to review service provision and make changes that benefited service delivery across all streams. As part of our ongoing property strategy, we are looking to move our remaining Edinburgh office at Elliott House into Gyle Square in September 2009. It is anticipated that our Glasgow offices will co-locate along with other NSS Divisions into a single site in September 2010. This will enable us to reduce our building etstate and therefore our environmental impact.
As with all public sector organisations, we are required to make annual efficiency targets. This provides us with the opportunity to review our ways of working by:
- sharing printer resources;
- reducing paper usage;
- video conferecing to save travel costs;
- enhancing our web services;
- use of national contracts for cost effectiveness.
7th achievement for...
Our Environment
We have a strong
commitment to:
- use Forest Stewardship Council approved recycled paper for Mouthpiece, FOCUS and ePharmacy News, the newsletters of Dental, Ophthalmic and Pharmacy;
- given the geographical spread of Practitioner Services, there is a need for travel between sites - we actively encourage staff to consider their carbon footprint and encourage car sharing and the use of video-conferencing equipment.
Switch it off
As part of NSS, we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and as such, we have implemented a range of energy saving initiatives, including asking all staff to switch off their pc monitors and hardware when not in use to reduce their CO2 emissions.