Pledge Directory
Super Printers
Super Printers
8185 Main Street
Vancouver,BC
V5X 3L2
http://superprinters.ca
604-321-0220
As a printer, we know how important sustainability is. From making sure we have the best equipment to maximizing our printing sheet, we’re dedicated to ensuring our environment is safe.
energy
- Turn off lights when not in use
- Turn off workplace electronics when not in use
- Install ENERGY STAR® rated lighting and equipment
- Optimize heating and cooling systems (21 Celsius when occupied 16 Celsius when unoccupied)
- Use natural lighting whenever possible
- Unblock heat flows by moving furniture
- Switch from incandescent to CFL, HID or LED lighting
- Maintain and replace caulking and weather stripping around windows and doors
- Use laptops whenever possible
- Consider using multi-user CPU computing
- Specify 80 plus power supply when ordering computers
- Create 5-year or 10-year ambitious sustainability vision, goals and targets of success
- Engage employees at all levels in greening the workplace, their homes and communities
- Embed your green goals into your products and services – help your customers “go green”!
water
- Install an instant water heater in your kitchen so you don’t have to let the water run
- Check all hoses, connectors, and faucets regularly for leaks
- Don’t forget hidden water use costs, like energy for pumping, heating and cooling, chemical treatment, and damage and sewer expenses.
- Provide refrigerated drinking water
- Scrape dishes rather than rinsing them before washing
- Water dry spot by hand instead of running the whole irrigation system longer.
- Discard water into plants instead of the drain
- Engage employees at all levels in greening the workplace, their homes and communities
- Embed your green goals into your products and services – help your customers “go green”!
- Engage suppliers and business customers in collaborative projects to help achieve your mutual green goals
travel
- Encourage carpooling to company events and offsite meetings
- Share ride-matching service to form carpools
- Provide staff with transit fares for travel locally to business meetings
- Provide secure bicycle parking facilities for employees
- Provide casual bicycle parking on-site for clients
- Engage employees in regional campaigns like Bike to Work Week, Carpool Hero, etc.
- Use webinars, video and teleconferencing
- Create a work from home (teleworking) option
- Reduce air travel
- Avoid in-vehicle air conditioning because it increases the fuel consumption of the car
- Create 5-year or 10-year ambitious sustainability vision, goals and targets of success
- Set and implement bold goals to reduce waste, emissions, water and resource use
- Engage employees at all levels in greening the workplace, their homes and communities
- Embed your green goals into your products and services – help your customers “go green”!
- Engage suppliers and business customers in collaborative projects to help achieve your mutual green goals
- Champion green initiatives to your industry association and solve eco-problems together
waste
- Set printers to ‘double sided’
- Print only necessary documents
- Send memos, quotes and invoices electronically
- Minimize paper usage in meetings
- Provide recycle stations at key locations
- Subscribe to online newspapers and magazines
- Set up a recycle station for items accepted through Return-it and Foam-only
- Donate outdated electronics
- Donate unwanted food
- Use washable cutlery and plates
- Recycle hazardous waste
- Implement a policy of zero waste in office
- Consider leasing rather than purchasing products
- Develop a policy of purchasing non-toxic cleaning materials
- Develop a policy of recycling toxic materials
- Create 5-year or 10-year ambitious sustainability vision, goals and targets of success
- Set and implement bold goals to reduce waste, emissions, water and resource use
- Engage employees at all levels in greening the workplace, their homes and communities
- Embed your green goals into your products and services – help your customers “go green”!
- Engage suppliers and business customers in collaborative projects to help achieve your mutual green goals
- Champion green initiatives to your industry association and solve eco-problems together
purchasing
- Purchase FSC Certified or 100% post consumer recycled paper
- Purchase eco friendly bulk cleaning supplies
- Purchase used items whenever possible
- Purchase long life, re-fillable and re-usable products
- Purchase organic, fair trade coffee and tea
- Choose green eco friendly printers
- Choose products that don’t produce a lot of waste
- Introduce a policy that supports green and sustainable products
- Support the local economy by buying local
- Create a policy to support Fair Trade products
- Choose products that reduce or eliminate pollution and toxins
- Reduce, Reuse and Recycle when making purchasing decisions
- Create 5-year or 10-year ambitious sustainability vision, goals and targets of success
- Set and implement bold goals to reduce waste, emissions, water and resource use
- Engage employees at all levels in greening the workplace, their homes and communities
- Embed your green goals into your products and services – help your customers “go green”!
- Engage suppliers and business customers in collaborative projects to help achieve your mutual green goals
- Champion green initiatives to your industry association and solve eco-problems together






