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CORPORATE
RESPONSIBILITY &
SUSTAINABILITY
Green Leaf Objectives
We aim to reduce our energy consumption and • eWaste
operate our business in an environmentally Our industry relies heavily on technology,
responsible manner and in line with practices and hardware soon becomes outdated and
that contribute towards a sustainable future. obsolete. We participate in a programme
which recycles equipment when possible or,
• Energy Consumption when necessary, disposes of it in a responsible
We have introduced various measures at our manner.
offices which reduce energy consumption.
Social Development & Investment
We harvest rainwater and have a programme
to recycle and manage our waste. Looking We assist community projects, programmes,
to the future, we evaluate new technologies and initiatives by giving financial and material
as they become available. support and by providing skills where
necessary.
• Water Reclamation
We have installed water tanks at our head Corporate Sustainability
office in Durban which collect and store
condensation from the air-conditioning Our Green Leaf Initiative gives us the
system and rainwater. The 10 000 litre opportunity to express one of our core values,
capacity provides enough grey water for all working towards a sustainable future.
the ablutions in the building.
Our approach is simple; to conduct business
• LED Lighting with as little impact on the environment as
We have replaced all the lighting in our offices possible.
and buildings with energy saving units. LED
technology cuts energy consumption and This is a proven and established project with
reduces the cost of electricity. tangible results. Over the past decade we
have gone from concept to implementation
• Reduced Paper Usage and today are enjoying the benefits of the
To reduce paper consumption, equip programme.
workstations with dual monitors. This enables
staff to view and capture documents without It started at our Head Office and was
printing pages for data capture. introduced throughout the Group of
Companies. Most satisfying is that our staff
Our operational software stores documents have taken some of these practices into their
for long term archiving purposes, and we homes.
encourage our clients to accept electronic
copies of documents wherever possible.
Where possible, we integrate our system with www.turnersshipping.co.za
those of our suppliers to process transactions
online thus avoiding physical documents.
Tursted since 1896
