From June 26th to July 1st, the EYGC consortium gathered in Oslo for 4 highly productive project days! Hosted by Da Vinci Nordic, our teams from Latvia (LJAC) and Lithuania (MENDIZ) worked on Activity 3 – structuring our upcoming comprehensive Guidebook: ‘How to create green workplaces in NGOs and SMEs’.
We spent our meeting days successfully structuring the core chapters, compiling best practices on digital hygiene and resource conservation, and mapping out actionable ‘Eco-Eureka’ solutions. This cross-border collaboration ensures our Guidebook will provide highly practical, step-by-step advice for modern organizations transitioning to sustainable operations.
To gather real-world case studies for our Guidebook, we also stepped out of the meeting room for a transnational exchange of good practices, visiting an inspiring local SME “About Contrasts Oslo”.
During an exclusive presentation, we analyzed how they focus on specific, highly effective strategies:
Community Value: They operate on the “triple bottom line” (People, Planet, Profit) by acting as a cultural meeting point and prioritizing local economic collaboration.
Social Sustainability: They foster a truly human-centric workplace environment, actively prioritizing employee well-being, psychological safety and inclusion.
Green Operations: They operate a zero-waste, high-efficiency model through cross-utilization of ingredients to reduce resource waste, enforced by a prohibition on unnecessary single-use plastics.
A huge thank you to the entire team at @aboutcontrastsoslo for hosting our consortium and sharing your expertise!
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