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Key Steps: Creating Green Teams in Your Facility
Step 8:
Initiating an Education and Awareness Effort
Develop an education program that includes an initial education effort to provide information about the goals of the program and a description of the immediate projects. Provide information about how employees can participate in the effort. When a specific project is initiated, make sure that all affected employees are trained as education is a critical part of implementation.
When new employees are hired, provide information on your pollution prevention program and specific projects so they're familiar with your company's goals and practices.
Provide a way for employees to give feedback and suggestions to your Green Team. This could consist of a suggestion box near your notice board or an on-line computer program. Set up a system for evaluating the suggestion or feedback, responding to the employee, and using it to improve the program or a specific product, if possible.
Designate a member of the Green Team to manage all communication efforts for the program to maintain a clear, consistent message to employees.
IHC's Green Strategies Idea TrackerAt Intermountain Healthcare, an electronic database, named the Green Strategies Idea Tracker, was created to organize and review all "green" suggestions received by staff via their regional Green Strategies Team representative. All ideas are reviewed by the Green Strategies Team and a response is sent to the staff member that generated the idea. |
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