Bytes Document Solutions has been awarded the Altron Environmental Award.
The recognition was made at the annual Altron Awards event, following several greening and environmental initiatives undertaken by Bytes Document Solutions and its Green Team.
“It was a proud moment,” says Hennie Du Plessis, CEO of Bytes Document Solutions. “The environment is going to become increasingly important in our lives as corporate citizens, and we are setting a fine example thanks to the ownership and responsibility demonstrated by Eddy Gordon and his team.”
“We identified a Green Team that was responsible for various greening initiatives,” says Gordon, manager digital solutions and MEA technical training at Bytes Document Solutions. “They organised events such as e-waste days, retro-fitting their offices to be more energy and water-efficient, introducing a formal waste recycling programme and adopting and maintaining a piece of land opposite their offices, by inviting employees to assist in cleaning the area, planting trees and installing dustbins to encourage passers-by to dump their waste into bins and not the environment.”
Gordon was also responsible for promoting environmental sustainability in the press, as demonstrated by his recent article in iWeek promoting IT solutions that save electricity.
The business bought Dell servers because they claim to generate less heat and complemented those with Dell PCs. The PCs also use less packaging when they are shipped, which is an added benefit.
“We have also automated the process of switching the PCs off at a specific time every night to ensure they do not needlessly consume power through the night,” says Gordon. “Saving electricity in South Africa is paramount, because we make extensive use of coal power stations in this country, and the more electricity we consume the more coal pollutants are introduced into the atmosphere, the greater the number of trucks and trains that must transport coal to the power stations, the more must be removed from the ground, and so the knock-on effect continues.”
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