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Tips and tools for green purchasing
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JULY 2011
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Essential tips for greening your office equipment
Redefining costs as the total cost of ownership
Case studies – Toyota, 3M Australia and Ford
Rating the products and ranking the providers
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orldwide, information and communication technology is responsible for 3% of greenhouse emissions and this
is predicted to rise to 6% by 2020. The suite of ICT products – including computers, TVs and, to a lesser
extent, office devices – is also the source of massive volumes of hazardous electronic waste.
But it is also one of the most dynamic areas in responding to these issues, with new business models (computing
as a service), new technologies and new designs for the environment, from ensuring easy disassembly to phasing out
toxic substances.
Surveys repeatedly show IT professionals struggle to include green criteria in their mix of drivers, even to redefine
costs savings by looking at the total cost of ownership over time.
Yet the issue is starting to percolate up to senior management ranks and that creates an opportunity for
environment and office managers to open up a broader conversation about buying and optimising for environment.
Here’s some information to get you started.
Richard Collins
(Editor)
4. Towards sustainable
procurement
Green tech is no longer an ethical
concern alone; it is a financial
imperative for modern business,
writes Ian Birks of the Australian
Information Industry Association.
5. Buy green and be heard
Greener purchasing is a powerful
way to tell electronics manufacturers to clean up their
act, writes Tom Dowdell of Greenpeace International.
7. IT practices still only pale green
Business has merely plucked the low hanging fruit in
green IT, says a Fujitsu study, which highlights areas for
improvement. By Richard Collins.
8. Toyota drives Green IT
Toyota Australia’s Green IT Policy, which ranges from
procurement to disposal of equipment, aims to cut
carbon emissions and eliminate landfill of office-based
equipment. By James Scott.
12. Looking beyond the price tag
Auditing the total cost of ownership of your IT and office
equipment can reveal unexpected savings. Deborah Lloyd
shares some tips on how and why it’s worth it.
14. New light for e-waste recovery
Australia is on the brink of implementing an e-waste
scheme that could recycle up to 2.5 million tonnes of
materials by 2030/31.
16. Design and discovery on the
printer front
3M Australia brought in HP to reduce
the number of print and imaging
devices on its floor by 45%.
18. The path to greener
office equipment
People often purchase and
use office equipment in what
they believe is a cost-effective and
environmentally friendly way when in fact
what they are doing is exactly the opposite.
20. Ford’s lean, green IT machines
Ford researched its new green PC fleet with energy,
enthusiasm and a lot of expert help from EPEAT.
22. Optimising the IT environment
While a single computer uses little energy, scale that up
to corporate level and there are some significant savings
in optimising IT.
23. Inside the best of IT equipment
A snapshot of the leading products according to the US
Government EPEAT program.
24. Ranking the product providers
Where EPEAT drills down to rate individual products,
Greenpeace looks at corporate policies and performance.
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ustainable information and communication
technology (ICT) procurement spans everything from
the energy efficiency of individual products to the
environmental impact of disposed equipment, with much
ground in between. The good news is that developing
an environmentally sustainable industry has been a
long-term priority for the technology sector in Australia.
During the past decade, Australia has made a great
deal of progress towards an environment in which
vendors can demonstrate high-quality credentials and
purchasers can make informed decisions about the
environmental impact of technology systems.
At the highest level, ICT currently accounts for about
2.7% of Australian emissions. This figure is likely
higher for the average business, translating into higher
electricity costs. Green tech is no longer an ethical
concern alone; it is a financial imperative for modern
business. The growth of technology and its pervasiveness
in modern life means energy consumption and mitigation
are a high priority for both individual businesses and the
broader economy.
There is now a more robust understanding among the
vendor and business community about ‘Green in’ ICT and
‘Green through’ ICT. The popularity of virtual networks,
the concept of cloud computing, software as a service
and the trend to product light-weighting driven by mobility
are just some of the examples we can cite in a vast
arena.
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT POWER
At an industry level, the Australian Information Industry
Association (AIIA) has been working with the Federal
Government to finalise an agreement on appropriate
Minimum Energy Performance Standards for technology
equipment. This is based on the US Energy Star Program.
To its credit, the federal Environment Department, in
conjunction with the Department of Finance and with the
support of the AIIA, has published a whole-of-government
ICT Sustainability Plan that includes the adoption of the
US’s EPEAT program. Essentially, this is a system to
guide responsible procurement for government agencies
based on a range of sustainability criteria.
The government is seeking alignment to this approach
through its ICT Sustainability Plan, which means the
energy efficiency standards and other environmental
guidelines we develop as an industry or with the
assistance of government (regulatory or voluntary) are
recognised as a benchmark and provide a market driver
for ingraining sustainability measures into procurement
decisions as a whole.
Demonstration of green credentials is
essential to procurement programs that seek
to maximise environmental outcomes. The aim
is to provide purchasers at all levels, whether
individuals, businesses or government,
with the ability to make informed decisions
about the sustainability of their technology
procurement, and assessment through this
tool should be encouraged by purchasers. Over
time, the corporate community and consumers
will benefit from this approach.
IT’S ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS
While efficiency and emissions reduction
are increasing priorities for government and
Towards sustainable information
technology procurement
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Green tech is no longer an ethical concern alone; it is a financial imperative for
modern business, writes Ian Birks of the Australian Information Industry Association.
ManageMent of
consuMption
and deMand and
appropriate weighting
of environMental
criteria in purchasing
evaluation is essential
– ian Birks, the chief itc
industry officer.
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e all make decisions every day that carry great
importance for the environmental health of
the planet. Every dollar spent is a political
statement, like it or not.
IT purchasing managers have an especially powerful
voice when it comes to telling electronics manufacturers
that the time has long passed when it was acceptable
to offer products that contain toxic chemicals and are
energy inefficient.
Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics is an
excellent tool to use when trying to decide which
companies offer the greenest products (more on
Pg 25). It shows which companies have made the
most progress towards products that are free from
hazardous substances such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
and brominated flame retardants (BFRs), and towards
voluntary take-back of
their end-of-life products
globally.
There are considerably
more products on the
market today than when
the first edition of the
guide was launched in
2006. Companies are in
the process of translating
these commitments into
products on the market
– for example, leaders
such as Apple, HP, Nokia
and Sony Ericsson have
completed the phase-out
of PVC and BFRs from
whole product lines.
Purchasing managers
can speed up the action
of these companies by
rewarding those that have
changed and telling the
laggards they won’t get
any business until they
follow suit.
Why does this all
matter? To begin with,
millions of tonnes of
e-waste are dumped
every year in some of the
world’s poorest countries,
often being burnt in
open pit fires to obtain
scrap metal. We are also
facing a climate crisis
purchasing
Managers can
speed up the
action of these
coMpanies By
rewarding
those that
have changed
and telling the
laggards they
won’t get any
Business until
they follow suit.
– toM dowdell
Every dollar
spent is a political
statement, like it
or not
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business, it is only one of many elements required to
assess the environmental impact of technology. E-waste
and the disposal of end-of-life equipment has become a
global issue in recent years and with constant innovation
often leading to high levels of equipment turnover, it is
now an essential consideration.
AIIA has been trialling a viable end-of-life equipment and
recycling scheme (Byteback) for a number of years that
has recently been accepted as the basis for a national
scheme, following the announcement of legislation by the
Environment Minister late last year.
The scheme will be based on a partnership between
industry, government and the community through which
ICT companies join an eligible Product Stewardship
Organisation (PSO). Through the PSO, brands will be able
to guarantee that all equipment sold by them into the
Australian marketplace will be repurposed or responsibly
recycled – in current trials, more than 97% of e-waste
material is being successfully reclaimed.
Under the model for the national e-waste scheme,
individual brands will take responsibility for the products
they sell into the Australian marketplace. This, in turn,
provides a powerful incentive to improve the overall
product lifecycle in areas ranging from raw material
selection to designs that promote easy reuse and
recycling. As the scheme is rolled out nationally, brands
will increasingly be able to demonstrate this to the
market.
EDUCATION, AWARENESS, COMMITMENT
The ability to make informed procurement decisions,
of course, is only part of the story. Management of
consumption and demand and appropriate weighting
of environmental criteria in purchasing evaluation is
essential. Education, awareness and commitment to
these principles will be required to make it work.
The Federal Government now requires agencies to
adhere to mandatory environmental standards across six
key areas aligned with relevant international standards.
The power of government purchasing and leadership
has a strong effect on the market that will both drive
continued improvement in the industry marketplace as
well as increased demand and awareness for green
procurement across other industry sectors.
Lastly, it’s worth noting that technology will play a
key role in tackling emissions across the other 97% of
Australia’s greenhouse sources, which translates to even
more significant savings for individual businesses.
Sustainable ICT procurement is not just about making
informed decisions on the footprint and lifecycle of
individual pieces of equipment. The strategic decisions
that an organisation makes in the acquisition of
technology can have a huge impact on its overall
environmental footprint.
A ‘smart’ printer may halve the carbon impact and costs
of running a traditional printer; smart building systems
can potentially do the same for an entire organisation.
Similarly, the introduction of teleworking and intelligent
transport and logistics systems, among many others,
have the potential to deliver exponential environmental
and financial benefits to any business.
Finally, AIIA has released a Green IT eBook – the first
of its kind in Australia – that provides a detailed analysis
of how to develop environmentally sustainable business
through technology.
Ian Birks is CEO of the Australian Information Industry
Association (www.aiia.com.au). More on EPEAT on Pg 24.
Greener purchasing is a powerful way to tell
electronics manufacturers to clean up their act,
writes Tom Dowdell of Greenpeace International.
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and inefficient office devices
unnecessarily sap power that
urgently needs to be conserved.
Now, many companies,
including Acer, the Indian
companies Wipro and HCL,
Hewlett-Packard and Philips,
are offering smart phones,
computers, monitors and
televisions that are free of the
most toxic chemicals.
We are seeing similar gains in
product energy efficiency, and in
companies embracing the concept
of financial responsibility for their
products – and offering more
opportunities for convenient and
free take-back of their products.
This is especially crucial in areas
outside of the EU that do not yet
have e-waste collection laws.
Whenever you are purchasing
IT equipment, be it for the home,
office or entire company, you
can help make the electronics
industry more sustainable by
insisting on products with the
least hazardous substances, the
best recycling programs and the
most energy efficient.
There’s one voice we know
all companies listen to – their
customers. So it’s vital you make
sure they hear the demand for
truly greener products loud and
clear.
Tom Dowdell is a Greenpeace
climate and toxics campaigner.
there’s one voice we know all
coMpanies listen to – their custoMers.
so it’s vital you Make sure they hear
the deMand for truly greener
products loud and clear.
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usinesses have scored just 56.4% in
their readiness to embrace green IT,
according to a recent benchmarking
study of practices in the UK, US, India and
Australia.
The Fujitsu study is based on work by
Connection Research and RMIT University,
who surveyed more than 630 CIOs
and senior IT managers across various
industries in the four countries.
Fujitsu’s global sustainability executive
director, Alison Rowe, said “the results
of our benchmarking survey provide an
invaluable international perspective on
global best practice trends and enable
comparisons within countries against similar
organisations”.
It has benchmarked Green IT maturity
based on five criteria: green IT lifecycle
(procurement to disposal), end user
efficiencies, enterprise and datacentre
efficiencies, usage of IT as a low-carbon
enabler and measurement and monitoring.
Information and communication technology
is responsible for up to 60% of the energy use in
organisations. Of the industries studied, the finance
sector is the biggest user.
“The consumption of energy by IT within the financial
services sector is greater than in any other industry as
information systems – with large scale infrastructure,
data storage and transaction requirements – are central
to its operations. This makes energy sourcing, usage and
pricing important management issues,” says the report.
But even the financial sector in Australia is only in the
early stages of green IT, mostly just reaping the benefits
of quick wins at the end user level, such as turning PCs
off at night.
The Australian industry average score in terms of
the equipment lifecycle, which includes procurement,
disposal and recycling and reuse, is just 56%. That is
behind the industry in the UK and US, which both rate
over 63%.
And it is yet to really step up to using IT for
sustainable business at the broader ‘enterprise’ and
‘enablement’ levels, scoring 59% and 52% respectively.
For example, businesses would benefit from greater
strategic migration to the efficiencies of scale and
superior energy saving practices of datacentres and
the cloud.
But where industry is really falling short is in the area
of metrics. Measurement is a precondition of effective
energy and emissions management.
“Increasingly, IT practitioners are realising that
the general term Green IT is about specific areas of
operation, and that the key driver is cost. Energy costs,
as a proportion of IT budgets, are increasing substantially
in most countries. Green IT is an obvious and easy way
to improve the bottom line,” said Rowe.
Green IT is not a single action, policy or technology. It
comprises a number of aspects, in a number of different
disciplines. It is best implemented through a holistic
approach, in areas as diverse as procurement, end user
operations, data center management, and applications
implementation.
Fujistu argues the first step in this Green IT journey
is strategic alignment. Organisations need to ensure
their sustainable IT strategies align with overall strategic
objectives and gain executive endorsement. In turn, a
Green IT strategy should dovetail into the organisation’s
environmental sustainability strategy.
IT practices still only pale green
Business has merely plucked the low hanging fruit in green IT, says a Fujitsu study,
which highlights areas for improvement. By Richard Collins.
increasingly, it practitioners
are realising that the general
terM green it is aBout specific
areas of operation, and that
the key driver is cost
– alison rowe, fujitsu
There is still room to improve in all industries.
the Moore’s law of efficiency
The upside of the fast pace of IT renewal is efficiencies
come on board quickly. A study for the Climate Savers
Computing Initiative (CSCI), a wide-ranging coalition
started by Google and Intel to address “end-to-end
energy use”, claims emissions reductions of 32 million
tonnes in three years through equipment redesign.
“When CSCI was established in 2007, desktop
computers wasted 50% of the power coming from the
wall,” said CSCI president Lorie Wigle, Intel’s GM of
the Eco-Technology Program Office.
“Today, through the collective efforts of our
organisation, hardware manufacturers, large IT buyers
and other key partners, the IT sector has cut that
waste by at least 25% for new systems.”
E
nergy efficiency is a hot topic these days, but
Green IT at Toyota Australia means more than
finding servers that burn fewer watts; it is part
of the company’s plan to achieve environmental
leadership across the vehicle lifecycle.
We are a company focused on building and selling
vehicles, but we are also a company based on
technological innovation.
Across the company, environmental sustainability is
being embedded into everything we do – from every
aspect of our manufacturing operations; to the energy
efficiency of our vehicles; to the places where we sell
our cars. Consistent with this direction, the Information
Systems Division (ISD) has set an objective for Toyota
Australia to become the country’s leading organisation
in Green IT.
Toyota’s Green IT journey began in 2008 when ISD,
with assistance from the company’s Environment Policy
Group and strategic partner Fujitsu, audited all IT
equipment at the company’s corporate headquarters
to understand its baseline carbon emissions output
and to identify areas for improvement.
The audit concluded Toyota Australia was emitting
1,592 tonnes of CO
2
per year from its corporate
headquarters office equipment. It also gave
us a baseline to work from and provided broad
recommendations on what our targets and timing
should be for the whole organisation, as well as
actions to achieve them.
From there, we developed the company’s
first Green IT Policy. The policy
features four dimensions:
disposal of IT equipment,
infrastructure optimisation,
managing energy and
procurement. Each dimension
includes actions and targets
aimed at supporting ISD’s key targets,
such as reducing carbon emissions from office-based
equipment and operating systems by 20%.
To help ensure the policy and its actions were
embraced by ISD team members and Toyota
employees, it was presented to Toyota’s senior
management and the Environment Committee for
endorsement. This step was mission critical and gave
us the green light to begin to communicate our plans
and implement several Green IT initiatives across all
Toyota Australia sites.
PC POWER SAVINGS
The largest IT contributor to CO
2
emissions was Toyota’s
PC fleet, numbering about 2,100 devices. In June 2009,
Toyota enforced a policy whereby all PCs and notebooks
would switch to power save mode after 10 minutes of
inactivity. This resulted in an 8% CO
2
reduction and led to
a similar solution being deployed across the energy hungry
CAD PC fleet used by design engineers and stylists.
Other activities involved reprogramming multi-function
devices such as printers, copiers and scanners to switch
to panel off mode after two minutes, resulting in a 39%
reduction in emissions, and upgrading video conference
equipment with energy efficient LCD screens that switch
to low power mode when not used, reducing carbon
emissions by a further 51%.
ISD’s Green IT activities across end-user equipment
resulted in a 19.8% reduction, meaning the company
reduced its emissions from 1,592 tonnes of CO
2
in 2008−09 to 1,277 tonnes as at March 2010,
representing a cost saving of $16,170.
Although we fell short of our first target by 0.2%, ISD
was very satisfied with the results. We learnt a lot from
the project, including how important it is to engage
employees at all stages of the journey so that they are on
board, and how critical it is to have reliable measurement
Toyota Australia drives Green IT
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the audit concluded toyota
australia was eMitting 1,592 tonnes
of co
2
per year froM its corporate
headquarters office equipMent.
Toyota Australia’s Green IT Policy, which ranges from procurement to disposal of equipment, aims
to cut carbon emissions and eliminate landfill of office-based equipment. By James Scott.
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methods or tools to accurately
calculate reductions.
The Green IT activities
conducted in year one effectively
picked the low hanging fruit and
achieved the deepest cuts to
CO
2
emissions. Designing it that
way meant the project achieved
several quick wins early on,
which increased momentum and
goodwill for the project among
employees.
We knew that further reductions wouldn’t be as easy to
achieve going forward, so we set a more modest target of
5%, which we anticipate will be achieved later this year.
ISD is now focused on reducing energy use across
Toyota’s back-end IT infrastructure through consolidating
the company’s servers and, where possible, adopting
virtualisation software that divides one physical server
into multiple environments so they run more efficiently.
IT GETS THE TREATMENT
Toyota employees are generally very supportive of ISD’s
efforts to reduce its environmental impact. The majority of
employees are 100% behind the project, but occasionally
we come across people who, for whatever reason,
don’t believe in what we are trying to do and that’s
disappointing. But it’s not many people and they serve
to remind us that we have more work to do in educating
employees about the benefits of going green.
Reducing energy use across IT equipment isn’t the only
focus of the Green IT Policy. ISD has agreements with our
service and IT equipment providers
to, where possible, recycle
equipment or dispose of it in an
environmentally conscious manner.
Our policy is that no Toyota
IT equipment should end up in
landfill. Therefore, we recycle
obsolete IT equipment through
registered IT equipment recyclers
and, on occasion, work with the
public affairs division and local
governments to donate equipment
to charity organisations that could benefit from its
extended use.
Toyota also considers the lifecycle of IT equipment
when renewing infrastructure and assesses a piece
of equipment’s energy use to inform decision-making
on new products. We actively seek out suppliers with
environmentally conscious credentials and strategies
and all IT sourcing decisions include an environment
impact assessment.
Balancing economic and environmental performance
to be green and competitive is a priority for Toyota.
Through this project, ISD has developed its understanding
that Green IT is a critical capability not only for improving
the environmental footprint of our business but also for
controlling the cost of IT infrastructure. ISD will continue
to set challenging targets and look for ways to continually
improve.
James Scott is the Chief Information Office (CIO) at
Toyota Australia.
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Victoria’s most sustainable organisations recognised
at the 2011 Premier’s Sustainability Awards
Eight organisations from a range of different sectors were awarded Victoria’s highest
honours in sustainability at the Premier’s Sustainability Awards in Melbourne on
Thursday, 9 July. The winners of each category were:
Built Environment Award Winner –
Grocon
Grocon has grown from a small family
concreting business to one of Australia’s
leading privately owned construction
and development companies.
Grocon’s Pixel building located at the
old Carlton Brewery site on Swanston
Street in Melbourne demonstrates what
offices may be like in the future.
The building has a number of
innovative features including:
A “living rooftop” with native Victorian
grasslands to lower temperatures and
create a green space for staff to relax
in methane gas from sewerage used to
heat office water.
Collected rainwater used to irrigate
the living rooftop, supply tap water and
recycle waste water.
The building is currently defined as
carbon neutral but will become “carbon
positive” within 50 years when it will
have paid back all of the carbon used
in its construction.
www.grocon.com.au/index2.htm
www.pixelbuilding.com.au/
Products or Services Award Winner
– Grocon
Grocon received a second award
for the development of Pixelcrete, a
‘green’ concrete substitute with the
same strength and use as conventional
concrete which was used in the
construction of its Pixel building.
Pixelcrete has achieved three points
under the Green Star rating system as
it contains a high portion of recycled
materials compared to traditional
concrete and uses less Portland cement
(the most commonly used cement).
David Waldren from Grocon said
that sustainability was one of Grocon’s
core values.
“We are conscious to include
sustainability in our everyday business
processes like recycling at our building
sites and reducing waste during
demolitions,” Mr Waldren said.
www.grocon.com.au/index2.htm
Community Award Winner – Hepburn
Wind
Hepburn Wind has built Australia’s
first community owned, cooperative
wind farm located at Leonards Hill
in Central Victoria.
The two newly-constructed turbines
will generate enough clean and safe
electricity to power all houses in the
Daylesford and surrounding area.
The wind farm will offset more than
12,200 tonnes of carbon emissions
per year, create local employment
opportunities and contribute an
estimated $1 million from the sale of
electricity back into the community
through their Community Sustainability
Fund.
Simon Holmes a Court from Hepburn
Wind said that winning the Premier’s
Sustainability Award highlighted how
the community-owned, renewable
energy movement was gaining
momentum here in Australia.
www.hepburnwind.com.au/
Large Business Award Winner and
Premier’s Recognition Award Winner
– Godfrey Hirst Australia
Godfrey Hirst Australia is the largest
carpet manufacturer and exporter in
the Southern Hemisphere.
The company has introduced a
number of industry best practice
sustainability initiatives over the
last seven years creating significant
environmental and economic
improvements.
For example, the company’s state-
of-the-art water recycling facility
reprocesses 175 million litres of
effluent water and 75 million litres of
captured storm water returning it to
Class A water for reuse. The facility
has also:
n
Reduced the company’s water
consumption by 50% – saving up
to 250 mega litres of water a year
(the equivalent of 250 Olympic-sized
swimming pools);
n
Cut energy use by 5% a year (15,712
billion joules);
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Cut trade waste by up to 70% a year
(175 million litres);
Tim Maishman from Godfrey Hirst said
the company was thrilled to be named
as a finalist and to be awarded both the
Large Business Award and the Premier’s
Recognition Award.
www.godfreyhirst.com/home.html
Local Government Award Winner –
Whitehorse City Council
Whitehorse City Council’s Sustainable
Ambassadors Program was designed to
empower its residents to make simple
changes to their daily actions to spread
the sustainability message within the
community.
The program engaged more than
1,100 people in the Whitehorse
community in different sustainable
living projects where participants learnt
about energy, water, recycling and
waste efficiencies; ‘green’ cleaning;
and healthy lifestyle activities.
Acting General Manager City
Development, Ian Goodes, said
Whitehorse City Council had a long-
standing commitment to becoming
more sustainable and to helping
members of the community to lead
a more sustainable lifestyle.
www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au
Small Business Award Winner – 3Fish
3Fish provides ethical clothing,
including its own retail label, custom-
made items and off-the shelf corporate
wear, through a range of different
channels.
The cotton used is organic and
Fairtrade, using eco-friendly dyes
and inks.
Since its creation in 2008, 3Fish’s
principle has been to ‘do the right
thing’, making sure every decision it
makes is socially and environmentally
responsible – from the organic farming
techniques used to make their clothes
to the packaging they use to distribute
their clothing.
3Fish Co-Founder, Marty Dillon said that
winning the Premier’s Sustainability
Award helped to raise awareness
about the environmental degradation,
child labour and sweatshops that were
associated with the production of
conventional cotton garments.
www.3fish.com.au/
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