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2023 Green O昀케ce of the Year: ClujNapoca (Romania)
The o昀케ce in Cluj-Napoca is an important technology
hub of RWS with 300+ people performing software
development, technical support, project management,
translations, sales, and marketing activities. Having
responsibilities on so many operations, there are a variety
of people with many and diverse skillsets, but some
common characteristics found in most of their colleagues
are they care about the community and the environment
where they live.
Their activities to date include:
•
Earth Day (22 April) – 10 colleagues each planted 25
Oak samplings in an area near Cluj-Napoca called
Campenesti
•
World Environment Day (5 June) – four colleagues visited
a school in Cluj-Napoca and together with Nature Talks
representatives taught the children via interactive
games and presentations how to recycle, respect the
nature, and how to be actively involved in this. Nature
Talks is a non-governmental organisation (NGO)
which focuses on raising awareness on environmental
matters. RWS Cluj-Napoca became partner to one of
their programmes that aims to bring environmental
education to schools across the country. The team also
celebrated World Environment Day by hosting a meeting
with our friends from Nature Talks on the recycling topic
and introduced to our colleagues a new project with
'Capace cu Su昀氀et' organisation.
•
Capace cu Su昀氀et (plastic caps with a soul) – a newly
launched campaign where the team collect plastic
caps which are then collected by the Capace cu Su昀氀et
organisation. These are then ‘converted’ into money and
donated to di昀昀erent humanitarian projects chosen by
the team in Cluj-Napoca.
•
Eco practices at the o昀케ce – colleagues know when to
turn o昀昀 the lights, and be responsible for the water
consumption, but they are also making sure to remind
everyone to do so. They have friendly signs to remind
them to turn the lights o昀昀, and the water taps. They
collect and recycle used batteries, printer cartridges,
paper, plastic, and glass. There is a green corner in the
o昀케ce where colleagues can bring di昀昀erent plants, and
there has been also included a little garden with micro
plants which can be used by those interested to add
something extra to their meal. Moreover, the co昀昀ee
grounds from the o昀케ce co昀昀ee consumption are being
collected and distributed to the colleagues who have
gardens and use them as fertilizer. During this year,
173 kg of co昀昀ee grounds have already been collected.
For years, one of the main concerns of the company’s
management was that our o昀케ce, located in a class A
building, become compliant with ISO 14001 requirements
and that led them to a continuous programme of
initiatives to make it happen.
Over the years, our colleagues, driven by their beliefs,
got involved and engaged in volunteering activities to
protect biodiversity and the environment such as: setting
up a garden for a kindergarten, building nest boxes for
birds, planting trees, or restoring a mountain refuge in the
highest mountains in the country.
The judges noted the team in Cluj-Napoca had
displayed how they care about their community and
the environment in which they live and the initiatives
communicated showed opportunities for impact both
in local environments as well as their o昀케ce, and that
they are being undertaken on an ongoing basis.
They said the team's initiative had great potential
to grow into a holistic sustainability strategy.
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