GREEN OFFICE
Office Automation in Pinetown

While reducing costs is top of mind for almost every organisation, managed print services offers many additional benefits outside of cost savings. Client is responsible for on-going management of multiple vendors. Consolidated cost tracking Consolidated cost tracking Client has to dedicate staff to manually collate costs across multiple vendors. Client receives multiple bills from vendors making cost tracking difficult. Client has to dedicate staff to manage service levels across multiple vendors. As companies seek possible Managed Print Services partners, they need to be able to discriminate between sales fluff and real experience. Managed Print Service is an environmentally-conscious and technology driven document solutions to businesses by taking control of their print environments, reducing waste and adding value. A print strategy is a clearly designed, developed and implemented print plan. Since our business was founded in 1997, we traditionally focused on the supply of OEM (original equipment manufacturer) and remanufactured cartridges. South African legislation classifies printer cartridge waste as hazardous, so every effort should be made to re-use or recycle units before finally disposing of them in the correct way. To help make the cartridge disposal process easy and seamless, Green Office provides a collection service to any business that would like to get rid of used units responsibly. Green Office provides a collection service to any business that would like to get rid of spent units responsibly. Green Office also runs a schools programme, providing free collection at more than 100 institutions nationwide. Printing makes up a significant part of an organisation’s environmental footprint and one of the key ways a business can improve their sustainability is to prevent unnecessary wastage. To assist businesses in achieving this, Green Office has produced an in-house software suite ensuring that a business’s document environment is more efficiently managed, cutting both the cost and wastage associated with unmanaged printing. Green Office’s CSI Programme, greenABLE is a non-profit organisation with an 18A certification that creates employment and skills development opportunities for previously unemployed individuals with disabilities. This gives them the ability to gain business skills, while at the same time earning a sustainable income. The only initiative of its kind in Africa, greenABLE’s recycling initiative sees beneficiaries working to clean and strip collected print cartridges, allowing for the units to be completely recycled. To date over 475 tonnes of waste has been diverted from landfill sites. At Green Office, we don’t just focus on the sustainability of our partners, but also the communities in which we operate. Because of this, we extend our services to the public through initiatives such as our school programmes, where people can safely dispose of printer cartridges for proper recycling and remanufacture. For this reason, our CSI initiatives and partnerships focus on micro-enterprises, concentrating on people with physical disabilities, traditionally a highly marginalised group, enhancing professional skills and encouraging entrepreneurship. greenABLE and our other projects are supported and funded in part through the work we do with our customers, as part of our CSI programme. Provide time and expertise to assist greenABLE and its beneficiaries.