Offices Going Green - Or are they?

Lexmark Research Reveals Home Environmentalists Go Green at Work

The ‘green’ revolution is truly established across households in the UK which is having a ‘knock-on’ positive affect on environmentally sound behaviour in the office, according to new research from Lexmark, with a massive 85% saying their behaviour in the office is environmentally friendly.

A new study by the printing solutions provider of over 500 office workers in the UK reveals that thinking about the environmental impact of day to day tasks is fast becoming habitual with 93% recognising that printing at work has a big impact on the environment.

Time for more action
It’s clear that office workers are keen to see greener workplaces but they also claim that their companies are not helping – 38% claim that their company does not care about paper wastage and 35% don’t think energy waste is on their employers’ agenda. In response to this, over a third, 39% felt that the best way to ensure that companies care about the environment was for governments or the EU to pass laws forcing companies to change the way they work. A further 30% feel manufacturers should play a larger part in educating office workers what to buy and why.

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