Our Customers and Employees in Action

On Campus

There are a number of ways for employees to go green on Dell campuses. In recent years, environmental awareness has become a priority for all members of the global community and global environmental volunteer teams at Dell — created as grassroots efforts or in partnership with the Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Team. Dell employees across the globe participate in green teams to brainstorm and work on environmentally-responsible projects in their facilities and local communities.

For example:
Dell is saving more than $3 million and avoiding nearly 12,000 tons of CO2 annually through a global power-management initiative that turns off computers at night and wakes them back up in the morning, an idea brought forward by one of our employees.

A Central Texas green team hosted an employee awareness event on the Round Rock campus to educate approximately 2,500 employees about:

  • Cafeteria napkin and plasticware waste
  • What we can recycle using the bins under our desks
  • How to choose the least amount of packaging in the cafeteria
  • The biodegradability of polystyrene versus other materials
  • How to save money by bringing your own cup to the coffeeshop or cafeteria
  • How a single-stream recycling plant works
  • Contamination of recycle bins

The green team also worked with the cafeteria provider to apply a discount on fountain drinks for employees who bring their own cup to Central Texas cafeterias.

Additional examples of Green Team activities across the globe:

  • The Penang, Malaysia, site continues its monthly domestic waste collection program; the program encourages employees to bring materials from home for recycling. The site collected more than 56 metric tons of materials during this past year.
  • The Philippines site was one of several office facilities that started or expanded an on-site recycling program. The site donated proceeds to local organizations.
  • The green team in our Oklahoma call center hosted an on-site fair to educate employees on actions they can take at home and at work to improve the environment.