A Gift For Your Employees and Mother Nature
December 9, 2010
Walk into nearly any office building across the country. Next to the coffee maker, what do you see? A skyskraping stack of Styrofoam coffee cups that make the Leaning Tower of Piza look like a structurally sound edifice. From an architectural perspective, this is perhaps the most pervasive trend across the American business landscape. How do theoretically bulldoze this eyesore in your otherwise pristine office space?
Giving each new employee a coffee cup as part of a welcome package will not only boost morale as a souvenir but discourage the use of disposal cups that will one day wind up in a landfill somewhere. Or, offer cups as part of a goodie bag for an all-company event or retreat. Putting their name on it will not only seem thoughtful, but make each recipient more likely to use his or her own cup.
If you don’t have the budget to provide coffee cups for your employees, there are more strict methods by which you can limit the Styrofoam buildup. Simply send out a companywide memo stating as of next week there will be no more disposable cups available for the coffee maker and it will be necessary for all employees who drink coffee to bring their own cup from home. Assuming you offer otherwise fair compensation, certainly your employees can more than afford to spare a coffee cup.
By all means, we recommend giving more so than taking, so if you find the money splurge on a cup by all means do so, but the planet on which live is more important than corporate convenience, so please try to enjoy all refreshments responsibly.
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