Acando’s major environmental issue is travel, which affects climate change via carbon dioxide emissions. Consultancy work involves a lot of travel by public transport, car and plane. Acando works to try in various ways to reduce the extent of travel and influence employees’ choice of means of transport. To reduce travel, the organisation is encouraged to choose telephone and video conferences where possible. There are video links between the offices in Stockholm, Göteborg, Trondheim and Oslo. The objective is to equip all major offices with video conferencing systems.
Employees are also encouraged to travel by train or bus instead of plane and to choose an ecofriendly vehicle when they choose a company car. Most of Acando’s offices are centrally located near to national train and bus connections, which makes it easier for employees to take public transport. In 2008, the Göteborg office is moving closer to the central station, which makes it easier to travel by public transport and reduces dependence on cars.
Energy use and awareness of the ecocycle
In addition to reducing the impact on the environment from travel, Acando works to raise its employees’ environmental awareness and to make respect for the environment permeate its work.