Do you think your office does enough to help the environment?

Now in its fourth year, Green Office Week is an award-winning initiative designed to address green issues in the workplace and encourage office workers to spring into action and adopt practical ways to help the environment.

The aim of the week is to encourage workers to make environmental changes. Whether it's to introduce a new policy, start recycling, reduce your carbon footprint or buy eco products, there will be a small change you can make.

Why is helping the environment so important to Avery?

Helping office workers is very important to Avery. The company has been striving to understand the daily frustrations office workers face for the last 75 years.

When creating Green Office Week Avery aimed to:

• Raise awareness that:
  • office workers aren't taking their environmental responsibilities seriously at work
  • everyone can do something to change that, no matter what your role is in your organisation.
• Inspire both consumers and customers to make some changes
• Empower and equip office workers with some really easy to implement hints, tips and materials
• Demonstrate that competitiveness in the marketplace can be gained from leaner, greener working practices.

Avery is there to help, no matter what size your company or your role within it.

What's happening during Green Office Week 2012?

In 2012 Green Office Week will be bigger and better than ever! Naturally, A Better Way to Work, you should encourage your company to work on its bad habits by acting on five daily themes.

Here are some of the activities designed to help you turn your office into a green office:

• Between Monday 14th to Friday 18th May, organisations will be encouraged to think about practical ways in which they can make a difference to the environment.
• Each day has a unique theme and includes Action on Energy, Action on Travel, Action on Waste, Action on What you buy for the office and a celebration on Friday.
• You can access information about environmental issues from responsible purchasing and recycling to reducing your carbon footprint. You can also get involved and .
• The exclusive, limited edition Green Offices for Dummies Guide is back for the third year! It's packed full of practical hints, tips and case studies with input from a leading Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expert who advises businesses across the UK and Europe with their CSR.
• By the end of the week they hope to celebrate a change in the attitude of employees across the UK. And for you all to give yourselves a big pat on the back that you have taken the first steps to make your office greener.