Sustainability commitment
Sustainability has been a part of our DNA from the beginning and our commitment to corporate responsibility is written into our Articles of Incorporation. Through our internal company practices, digital collaboration product, and community engagement, we are using our business as a platform to raise awareness about sustainability. It's simply the FMYI way.
Company
We realize that sustainability is a marathon, not a sprint, and is an eternal learning process. Our goal is to minimize our environmental footprint, and maximize our societal impact. We know that there's a long way to go, but here's what we're doing currently:
• Energy: Carbon offsets for the energy used by our servers and your computer provided by The CO2Stats Project and the Climate Trust's Carbon Counter. We're also a member of the Climate Savers initiative.
• Transportation: Employees are encouraged to commute using public transportation or by bike. We offer discounts on car sharing through Zipcar, access to bikes, flexible telecommuting options, and provide monthly TriMet passes for eligible employees.
• Recycling: Reduce, reuse and recycle is a corporate mantra and we're a Recycle at Work partner.
• Office: We're a tenant of the Leftbank Project, which incorporated green building principles in its renovation.
• Procurement: We utilize paperless collaboration on FMYI, computers rated at least silver through EPEAT, business cards from Pinball Publishing, and office products from Green Home. Sustainability is also part of the criteria we use when evaluating vendors.
• Employees: Every employee goes through Natural Step training and can take advantage of volunteer opportunities during the workday.
• Community: Grants and discounts are provided to organizations engaged in social and environmental causes.
Product
As a platform for digital collaboration and communication, FMYI minimizes a company or organization’s environmental footprint and maximizes their profit through eco-efficiency efforts and workflow features. Again, we know this is just a start, but here is what the product does currently:
• People: Enables telecommuting by providing teams with an easy-to-use, organized location for all information. Creates community around content, bringing a team together across an office or around the world. Reduces stress by keeping everything organized and up to date in one place. Connects people with FMYI’s partnerships to promote sustainability including conferences, car sharing, and more.
• Planet: Empowers a team with built in templates and content for starting and growing a sustainability initiative. Promotes digital collaboration, leaving a smaller environmental footprint. Reduces ink, toner and paper usage. Encourages more sustainable commuting practices through a tracker embedded in each workspace. FMYI purchases renewable energy credits for computer energy usage while on the site.
• Profit: Saves money on printing and shipping. Saves money when people telecommute and avoids time lost when commuting. Saves money when people are up to date on the site and flying is reduced for catch up meetings. Generates profits through FMYI workflow features (efficient project management, institutional knowledge base, sales tracking, etc.) so business opportunities don’t slip through the cracks.
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