上海根与芽青少年活动中心

Eco-Office Evaluation Programme

JGI InstituteShanghai Roots and Shoots Program

Sponsor : BHP Billiton

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Backgrounds

• Global shortage for resources• The increasing pollution problem• Resource-wasting habits haven’t be aware of• Unprecedented growing number of office

buildings, offices and companies in Shanghai

• Here comes the question:• What can be done in these offices to help our

environment?

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How the Program Work

• High school and university students are trained on office environmental assessment methods, such that they will be able to audit the office’s environmental impact independently

• Students will submit an environmental evaluation report to participating companies along with suggestions on how to improve the companies’ ecological footprint.

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Our Aims

• Assist the participating companies evaluate their office environment and employees’ practices, in the process reduce energy- and resource-related costs based on audit results;

• Increase environmental awareness among office workers

• Instill in students and employees the belief that every individual can make a positive difference to the environment one step at a time, by changing their daily little actions.

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Benefits for participating companies

• Establish resource conservation habits among employees and hence help to reduce the company’s operating cost.

• Students will submit a report on the company’s ecological footprint along with suggestions on how to improve.

• This is an opportunity for your company to fulfill your corporate social responsibility by supporting this youth environmental program.

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Related Parts

Roots and Shoots-organize-train students-coordinate

Companies-receive students’ audit-take feasible actions to improve

Students-take training course-audit-write reports-help companies to take environmental friendly practice

Mentors-guide high school students to offices-help high school students on their reports

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Previous

• First Semester:• 格致中学• 25 students• 4 companies Environmental Resource Management Company The JMI group The DZ group Zuellig Pharmaceutical

上海根与芽青少年活动中心

Previous

• Second Semester:• August 26, training for 21 mentors• 6 schools• 进才中学， 5 students• 格致中学， 15 students• 三林中学， 20 students • 华师大附属东昌中学， 6 students • 华东师范大学， 3students

• 5 companies• Australia @New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ)• Cargill• BHP Billiton• Titan 腾飞• 上海圆创设计规划咨询有限公司

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Current Semester

• We have BHP Billiton, the official sponsor of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, as our program’s sponsor

• April 7 and April 8, we will have the training for about 80 students and mentors involved

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Current Semester

• 15 Participating Schools• 8 high schools 中原中学 复旦中学 市西实验中学 五爱中学 上外附中 向明中学 ……

• 7 universities and colleges• 同济大学• 交通大学• 华东师范大学• 上海对外贸易学院• 上海水产大学• 上海电力学院• 上海金融学院

Participating Companies:•Schindler China•Microsoft•JMI•Shanghai Yellow Page•DZ•Jones Lang LaSalle•BASF•Element Fresh•Wove Consulting•Shanghai Organic•Chinese Box•……