| 39. “Green Office” |
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| June 22 Tuesday 13-18 B
Hungarian, simultaneous translation to English |
The Hungarian Association of Environmentally Aware Management (KÖVET), established in 1995, is an association founded by 23 companies to promote environmentally aware business management. It has 66 member companies and over 20 non-profit members. Operational tasks are administered by the Secretariat with 9 full time employees. KÖVET is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, free from lobby and political interest, with a special public benefit status. KÖVET offers services and organizes practical programmes to spread the ideas and tools of company operation with less environmental burden. Its main activities are trainings, demonstration projects, guidebooks, but KÖVET also organizes events, collects and distributes environmental management literature, deals with publicity and media work, provides ongoing information exchange, expert advice, and implements local and international programmes KÖVET is the Hungarian member organization of INEM, the International Network for Environmental Management (www.inem.org), through which it is linked to international sustainable business initiatives and projects. INEM is present in 35 countries of the world and was awarded the prestigous “Change the World!” prize in 2003. The Green Office Programme is one of KÖVET’s projects, going on since 1997. It has the following components: Green Office Guidebook, Green Office Distance Learning Tool available free of charge from www.kovet.hu/tavoktatas (will also be available in English from September 2004), Green Office training, Green Office audit and consultation For the first time in Hungary, in 2004 KÖVET organized a Green Office Week – paralel to the European Green Week – which offered free Green Office training for organisations, who were at the same time invited to participate in a competition for the title of the “Green Office of 2004” in two categories.The “Green Office” press conference, award giving ceremony and workshop beginning at 1.30 pm on 22 June will summarize the events of the Green Office Week, and the award winning offices will get a chance to introduce their initiatives and talk about their savings. KÖVET will demonstrate how its Green Office Distance Learning Tool works and how it can be used to create “greener” offices. Finally, companies offering environmentally friendly office products and services are also invited to give presentations. |
| Contact: |
VADOVICS Edina - KOVET-INEM Hungária – Hungarian Association for Environmentally Aware Management - International Network for Environmental Management.* www.kovet.hu * info@kovet.hu |