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Healthy and Green

Designing a “Health & Green” Meeting

Room

Offer guest a comfortable meeting venue and promote health-consciousness Preserve the environment by incorporating sustainability into our core business operations

Design green policies and practices to educate employees and guests

Reduce waste and toxins, conserve natural resources and partner with local and environmentally-friendly businesses

Mission

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Purchase environmentally friendly product Conserve energy, water and natural resources

policies and practices

increase waste diversion by recycling all paper, bottles and cans, and composting all food leftover and landscape waste

reduce the waste generated by donating reusable items (furniture, stationery) to charitable organizations

How to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle?

Toxics Reduction

minimize the use of toxic materials to protect the health of employees, guests and the health of the environment. 

What We do: Dispose of or recycle toxic products safely Choose less toxic or non-toxic janitorial products Recycle waste: lamps, batteries, electronics and other universal waste Purchase low or no mercury lamps

What we purchase/use when possible: Paper products with 35%-100% recycled content Energy efficiency labeled appliances, electronics & office equipment Water efficient toilets, showerheads Organic food and ingredients

How we conserve fossil fuels by: Promoting the use of public transport for our employees and guests Offering telecommuting options (One day each week) Participating in carbon-reduction campaigns Designing low-carbon canteen menu for staff

(Less meat more vegetable)

Employee Education

We educate employees on resource conservation and pollution prevention through:

Training programs to educate employees on proper recycling, reuse and composting practices, resource conservation ideas, importance of low toxic purchasing, etc.

Informing employees of environmental issues in company newsletters and staff meetings

Offering environmental incentives and benefits to employees 

Suggestion

Interior Design Earth tone or soothing green colour or purple (if

using Lavender Room) in general Seat cover in light green/ white colour Reused patchwork cloth as table cloth Scents of lavender & rosemary lingering Curtain hooked to allow natural sunlight flood

through from floor-to-ceiling window Wood-made furniture Soft Music (fairyland/ forest-liked) Natural potted plants and flowers as decoration Art-piece made of recycled materials

Food“~Less meat , more vegetable~”

Healthy Organic food & ingredients from local:

e,.g. coffee, oatmeal, yogurt, salad, honey, sandwiches, fruit platter, herbs, smoothies, vitamin water, energy bar, energy drinks, fresh-squeezed organic juices,

Welcome gifts & Souvenirs Thermal Bottle recycled market bags (Sino Branded) Guide book (About having a healthy life) Fitness Kit Paperless Digital Writing Pad Hand-writing recognition software

In-room facilities (Meeting rooms & guest rooms)We use:• Recycled paper pad / paper-map• Disposable-free meeting room set-ups• Energy conservation methods: lighting, air and heat• Water-conserving shower heads, toilets, tap aerators• Complementary Newspaper opt-out programme

On Staff Floral-print uniform in cotton air-permeable

Patchwork recycle old clothes

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