Initiative Roles
Selection
Criteria: Eco
Benefits
Selection
Criteria: Others
Related Simple
Acts
Measurement Targets
Don’t print if you don’t need to
All Staff:
Think before you print
o Edit electronically.
o Send information
electronically.
o Make use of online
forms for ordering
products.
o Minimize printouts
at meetings (e.g.,
use electronic
presentation
materials rather
than print outs,
send electronic
agendas, ask
people to bring
their own copies
of documents
rather than make
extra copies).
Select Staff
Explore options for
developing paperless record
keeping systems (e.g., online
forms for alternative work
arrangements).
Reduces Waste
Saves energy.
Reduces GHG.
Conserves natural
resources.
Relative
Eco‐benefit Rating:
High
Solid financial
payback.
Ease of
implementation.
Ease of adoption.
Aligns with green
policy
On Your Own
www.onesimpleact.albert
a.ca/docs/fast.pdf
‐ Think before you print
‐ Add note to email
‐ Distribute print
materials electronically
As a Team
www.onesimpleact.albert
a.ca/docs/simple.pdf
‐ Use Computer based
visual equipment instead
of distributing papers
KPIs
Percentage of
staff who
received
specific training
and education
related to using
electronic
options to
reduce paper
consumption.
Percentage of
staff who have
access to and
report using
paperless
record keeping
systems (e.g.,
online forms
for alternative
work
arrangements)
as often as
possible.
Mechanism for
measurement:
Self declaration
via staff survey.
Centralized
monitoring of
paper
purchasing
records .
Number of
paper systems
that have gone
online.
Track number
of pages in
print orders
sent to printer.
__ per cent
of staff have
received
specific
training and
on how to
use
electronic
options to
reduce
paper
consumptio
n by date.
__ per cent
of staff have
access to
and report
using
paperless
record
keeping
systems
as often
as
possible
by date