Green Procurement

What is Green Procurement?

Green procurement is the purchase of products and services that have a minimal or reduced environment and human health impact. In addition to improved environmental performance,

many environmentally preferred products work as well or better than traditional products and can even save you money.

Why buy Green?

Environmental impacts occur at all stages of a products life cycle, from extraction of raw materials to the transportation, manufacture, use and disposal or reuse. Buying ‘Green’ products helps to reduce the environmental impacts associated with these stages.

Some things to consider:

1. Think of longevity, reusability and recyclable when buying office equipment such as printers, scanners and photocopiers.

2. How was the product manufactured? Could you buy something that does the same job but that carries less of an environmental impact?

3. Does it contain harmful chemicals or toxins? Many office products contain chemicals that are quite toxic and that can leach into our waterways once dumped into landfill.

4. Is it made of recycled material? Buying recycled helps reduce your own environmental impacts as well as encourages suppliers to supply recycled products.

5. Do you really need it? The best way of conserving our natural resources is not to use them in the first place!

What your department can do:

1. Realize that going green is an investment, but rather than looking at the short term cost, focus on the long term goal and benefits.

2. Search for available 'green' products and consider its environmental impact.

3. Reducing our carbon footprint in the office is so underrated, spread the word within your office and explain how everyone can make a difference.

4. Implement software solutions that enable your reach to control your footprint, ie: PretonSaver is an incredible tool which gives your company the ability to control your printer fleet, while saving money.

5. Research on green office programs and competitions, going green can be fun!

Why is printing green so important?

Although the dream of a paperless office has inspired professionals for many years, in reality the average volume of office printing has grown steadily over the years. It is estimated that 2.2 -2.8 trillion pages are printed in offices around the world each year, and this staggering number is growing annually by as much as 20% in some countries. 

 
Many analysts consider office printing to be the world’s second largest polluter after transport. Pollution produced by printing can be attributed to several elements: Paper production, paper consumption, and toner consumption.

Printed documents are still the most common form of communication and will probably remain as such for many years. However, many steps can be taken to reduce the environmental stress printing is imposing on our environment, your first step is PretonSaver™.

PretonSaver™ is a cost-effective product that contributes to significant reduction of environmental stress. By using PretonSaver™, companies can reduce their paper consumption by up to 20% and toner consumption by up to 50%. Learn more on how PretonSaver™ can save toner, ink, and save paper.

Saving the World, One Print Job at a Time!

Texas Global Software Holdings is proud to be a reseller of PretonSaver(TM) and would like to invite you to learn how your business can save money while helping the enviornment. This state-of-the-art software solution contains a patent-pending algorithm that reduces the amount of ink/toner necessairy for a quality print job. Imagine saving 25% and up to 50% on ink/toner alone, well today this is possible with PretonSaver(TM).

So, how does this "save the world," you ask? Learn more on our website http://www.ReducePrintCosts.com.