Comments on: Xerox Cuts GHG Emissions by 20% from 2002

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:44:51 +0000

My dad was an important employee of Xerox Canada who can be thanked for a generous amount of Xerox’s ecological advancements and he worked from home for many years. Xerox does many incredible things for the environment – far more than you probably know about. My dad and his team cleaned the streets of Mississauga every earth day for many years. How many white collar employees that you know do that?

By: Engineer

Engineer — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:23:52 +0000

What an interesting conversation. I work for Xerox and working from home is something that directly impacts me and that we’ve recently been dealing with on our team. While it may help out even more with environmental issues to allow employees to work from home, I still have to say that Xerox does an excellent job of being a leader in terms of corporate responsibility in many areas. Like Bruce said, no company is perfect and we can’t expect them to be. But I will also agree with Derek’s comments that we shouldn’t ignore some issues just because other issues are being handled well. In other words, we should always be looking for ways to improve and if working from home makes the environment even healthier then it should be seriously looked at (pro’s vs con’s) to determine if it’s something that makes sense to pursue. So I believe Me’s comments are valid but I think they could have been phrased in a more constructive/positive way.

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:52:27 +0000

I have no idea where you’re getting your numbers from Bruce, but you better check the validity of your sources because your numbers are so far off it’s not funny. And if you’re unsure, then don’t quote numbers! When you’re talking about thousands of employees for a single processing plant, the amount of pollutants released by motor vehicles can far outnumber that of the one plant. You’re talking about a company of 50,000+ employees here so pollutants released by motor vehicles can NOT be ignored. I’m not going to get into the debate of telecommuting, but “Me” and “Jason” have very valid points that should not be swept under the rug and chastising them for being responsible and bringing up important issues is NOT the way to handle things either. Shame on you!

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:08:15 +0000

I think these comments are really shortsighted. Xeroz should be applauded for a significant achievement, whether or not it represents the pinnacle or not. Joel Makower wrote a very interesting blog on this a while back – bashing companies for failing to be perfect is not going to encourage better behavior in the future. From an overall impact standpoint, 20% of their energy footprint probably far exceeds the impact of employee commuting – companies should be going after the most bang for the buck (and time and energy). My two cents.

By: Me

Me — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:16:44 +0000

Yeah I suppose you’re right Jason, it would be unfair to only call out Xerox. It just makes me mad when companies claim to be doing the “right thing” but only if it benefits them. Either way I guess they are helping the environment through whatever process makes them look good, so kudos for that.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:07:29 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more, though the same could be said for most corporations out there.

By: Me

Me — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:39:46 +0000

Why doesn’t Xerox focus more on cutting emissions from thousands of employee’s that could be working from home? They aren’t following through with committments by focusing on all areas to improve and instead they only focus on the ones that make them look good regardless of how much more they could be helping the environment.