SND USA employees decided that they will embrace goals that reflect a partnership with the sisters to engage in sustainable lifestyle practices. As a result, each department developed a goal that is responsive to the chapter’s goal of Adoption of Sustainable Lifestyles.
Facilities
- Focusing on the best use of the many buildings across the province, investing in a smaller fleet of hybrid cars.
- Toledo is recycling all they can and has installed motion sensors and updated lighting with more efficient fixtures.
- Housekeeping in Chardon is using recipes for cleaning solutions made from natural
- Employees are reusing or repurposing materials. Their mantra: Repair when possible rather than buy
- In Chardon the team continues to be selective in how much of the grass is mowed.
Finance
- Toledo is emailing over They have digitalized old records.
John Kutscher from Food Service in Chardon takes food scraps to feed his chickens at his home. - In Chardon dual monitors are used to prevent the need to Documents are saved electronically.
- Employees in Covington are walking to work, using direct deposit, have gone paperless with utility bills, and are recycling plastic
- In Thousand Oaks the finance team has decreased printing and is emailing over printing.
Food Service
- Food Service in Chardon is engaging in many practices such as,
- Electronic invoices
- Avoid using single-use plastic containers where possible
- Disposable containers are being replaced by compostables
- Using recycled equipment
- Orders for daily meals for the sisters are taken electronically
Health Care
- Healthcare in Chardon moved to electronic communications to avoid paper
- In Toledo, sound and acceptable ways to deal with medical waste is a priority.
- Thousand Oaks is using electronic Health Record which improves accessibility and collaboration with health care
Human Resources
- By doing as much as possible electronically, HR is reducing paper usage.
Information Technology (IT)
- The IT department is helping employees and sisters to have one computer and moving files to the cloud which use less energy.
Mission Advancement
- SND USA Magazine is produced twice a year over three times per year.
- In Toledo, the team avoids using disposable items whenever possible for their
- Thousand Oaks is committed to composting and reducing water and electricity
- The Chardon team shares educational materials related to sustainability practices at their monthly
National Sponsorship and Network Office (NSNO)
- NSNO is working to use less paper and use fewer disposable products for their events.
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