Green Environmental Policy
Our Environmental Responsibility & Green Business Practices
Employers Choice Screening is fully committed to meeting our clients’ background screening needs in a manner that is consistent with a clean and sustainable environment. We believe conservation is both good business practice and our duty to preserve the world’s natural resources for future generations to enjoy. In keeping with this belief, it is our policy to conduct business in an environmentally-responsible manner that protects the public, our employees, and the earth that we all share.
In addition to complying with all applicable environmental laws and regulations, we are committed to
- Making environmental concerns an integral part of our planning and decision-making process through sufficient resources to implement effective environmental programs
- Educating employees to be accountable for environmental stewardship and encouraging them to seek innovative ways to improve the environmental aspects of our operations
- Avoiding, minimizing and mitigating any adverse environmental impact in our operations, where possible
- Continually improving our environmental programs
- Promoting the efficient use of energy and natural resources through cost-effective conservation and energy management
- Ensuring proper handling and disposal of all obsolete IT products, electronics, and other waste
- Pursuing opportunities to prevent pollution
- Recycling and reusing waste materials, where possible
- Supporting research, development programs, and technologies aimed at minimizing global warming and climate change
To ensure commitment to our environmental policy, here are a few effective changes we have made to our office
- Using electronic communication when possible to reduce the use of paper in our daily operation
- Using low-energy light bulbs and turning off equipment when not in use
- Installing motion sensor lights in areas of low use
- Donating any computers, monitors, and operable computer equipment to local schools, libraries, or non-profit organizations for reuse when internal equipment is upgraded
- Reducing and monitoring energy consumption for electricity, gas, and water
- Purchasing recycled office and kitchen supplies
- Actively promoting waste management by Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling
- Evaluating our environmental performance through periodic reviews and audits to ensure that our conduct is consistent with these principles