{"id":1031,"date":"2019-04-26T16:34:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T20:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/company\/stories\/bloomberg-employees-make-real-impact-earth-day-every-day\/"},"modified":"2023-04-03T12:02:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T16:02:42","slug":"bloomberg-employees-make-real-impact-earth-day-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/company\/stories\/bloomberg-employees-make-real-impact-earth-day-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg employees make a real impact \u2014 on Earth Day and every day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At Bloomberg, sustainability considerations are integrated into everything we do<\/a> \u2013 from the way we operate our business and develop our products to giving back to our communities.<\/p>\n

In fact, many of our sustainable projects begin with an employee\u2019s idea. No idea is too small or too big to rally for support. Whether it\u2019s drinking from a re-usable water bottle or installing solar panels, our company is a place where smart sustainable ideas can be put into action.<\/p>\n

We spoke with four employees from offices around the world about new and exciting programs they initiated to help our business, employees, and the environment become more sustainable.<\/p>\n

Lisa James-Holmes (Sydney) and RecycleMe Paper Cups<\/h2>\n

Lisa discovered\u00a0RecycleMe\u00a0while doing some research online and knew she wanted to be involved. RecycleMe is an award-winning program that provides an environmental solution for takeaway coffee cups and lids that aims to keep as many of them out of landfills as possible.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Lisa\u2019s efforts, Bloomberg became one of the first businesses to test the program\u2019s new recyclable cups when they were still in development. These cups, thanks to their calcium nitrate lining and new extraction technology, are 100% recyclable, and are in turn made into printer paper, which the company buys back.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecycleMe is the only program that guarantees that every cup collected gets counted and recycled,\u201d Lisa says. Since starting in November 2018, 327,985 cups have been successfully recycled in Australia and New Zealand (that\u2019s in total, not just from Bloomberg).<\/p>\n

Now, there are plans in place to introduce the program to Bloomberg\u2019s Melbourne office, along with offices across other cities in Australia<\/a>, New Zealand, Vietnam, and eventually throughout all of APAC.<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: If just half of the paper cups in Australia and New Zealand were\u00a0recycled, we would save 496 trees per day.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jacqueline Cheuk (Hong Kong) and Urban Farming<\/h2>\n
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Employees at the urban farm in Hong Kong<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As part of the Hong Kong office\u2019s 25th year anniversary celebration, employees from the Office Committee, Marketing, Sustainable Business & Finance, and Philanthropy & Engagement teams made good use of an empty plot outside the Hong Kong Champion Tower office building. By digging up the old dirt, replenishing it with new, richer soil, planting seeds, and rotating weekly maintenance (organic pesticides, watering), the collective group has created a small, vibrant urban farm.<\/p>\n

The harvested food, which includes romaine lettuce, beetroots, and a variety of different vegetables, is given to a local organization that supports underprivileged families.<\/p>\n

So far the team has harvested about 64kg of vegetables, all of which went to homes for the elderly. Around 80 elderly people have benefited from the garden.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe urban farm is a wonderful example how Bloomberg gives back to society and has a meaningful effect in people\u2019s lives,\u201d says Jacqueline. \u201cThere are knock-on environmental benefits too, such as reducing the distance food needs to travel to kitchens, reduced food waste, and increased biodiversity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fun Fact: In honor of the Hong Kong office\u2019s 25th year anniversary, this project was suggested as a way for the local team to collaborate and to give back to their local communities. <\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Anthony Tedesco (Princeton), Ari Sherr (London) and Beekeeping<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n