Green Attitudes

See the views of office workers from our environment survey

Market-leader Avery has commissioned independent YouGov research showing who office workers think has most responsibility for making offices greener in 2011. The results of this research will be published shortly. In the mean time, find out the results from last years survey.

In 2010 Avery conducted a national environment survey to find out office workers’ views on helping the environment. The results highlighted some worrying trends.

• One in three office workers has a lazy attitude when it comes to looking after the environment at work.  
• Despite huge efforts to make people aware of the environmental and economical impacts of their actions, 36% of the UK admit nothing is stopping them from doing their bit, but they just don’t bother!
• 69% of respondents believe that being eco-friendly at work will make a substantial difference to the environment.  
• 46% of us say it’s important our companies should act responsibly when it comes to the green issues. 
• Office workers still believe the best way to make a difference is by recycling products after use, with only 11% of us consciously choosing environmentally friendly office supplies in the first place. 
• Just 34% chose to consume less energy in a bid to reduce their working footprint even though the survey found British businesses waste over £120 million each year just by leaving the office lights on. 
• Two thirds of office workers said they were not aware that their organisation had any environmental targets in place, and just 18% were told about targets during their induction. 
• One third of all UK offices still do not have any recycling facilities, and less than a quarter has a full environmental policy in place.
• Office workers admitted that the lack of empowerment, facilities and communication are the key reasons why they are not greener during working hours. 47% even said that they are less conscious reducing power consumption because they aren’t the ones paying the bills.