- Your workplace is where you spend the most time
with one of your core constituencies,
your colleagues and leaders.
It is likely that it is with them
that you spend the most time connected
and generate the most digital waste.
Therefore, it is key to dedicate special time
and attention to this group,
so that together you can reduce your digital footprint
as much as possible.
But where do you start?
Talk to your leader.
Let that person know about your concern
for eliminating digital waste
and reducing the digital carbon footprint.
Mention the importance
of getting the whole organization on board.
Agree with your leader to share the idea
with the technology, sustainability
and human resources teams to spread it
across the organization.
Many organizations, especially larger ones,
have sustainability or social responsibility reports
which include the organization's impact
on its carbon footprint.
Proposing to include a section
that shows how the organization is contributing
to the reduction of the digital carbon footprint
is likely to be an attractive option to the company.
If it's not possible to introduce the idea
to the whole organization,
you can start by doing something in your team or your area
and then share the results with everyone else.
That way, you will let more colleague excited
to join the campaign.
Begin by holding a meeting to introduce
and raise awareness about the issue.
Then you can hold the workshop to decide on objectives
and activities to achieve them and system for measuring
and reporting the results and impact.
You can share the results with other areas of the company
to motivate them to join and to start doing something
for the planet as well.
Start motivating your colleagues
to further reduce the planet's digital carbon footprint
as soon as possible.