Create A Corporate Recycling Program – “If your company is not actively engaged in recycling, take a leadership role in implementing a program. If you are recycling, then investigate ways to expand it,” suggests Graber. “Does your company donate excess food from the cafeteria to food banks? Are you separating out paper waste? Do you have recycling containers for plastic bottles placed in the workplace? Donating outdated office machines or computers to charity extends their lives and can even provide tax advantages. These types of ideas can showcase your initiative can help raise your visibility (as well as help the planet.)”

Seek Out Corporate Efficiencies – Thinking of bottom-line savings will go a long way to keeping you safe if lay-offs or cut backs loom. “Can you use online conferencing instead of corporate travel? Can your company move to hybrid vehicles? Suggest staggering office hours to minimize commuting/traffic and take advantage of off-peak utility pricing if available. Research ways that can save your company money such as applying for Grants that may subsidize the purchase of energy saving devices,” said Graber.

“It is important to remember that being both career and environmentally conscious are not mutually exclusive,” Graber noted. “Making suggestions to management that embrace both the need for corporate efficiency and environmental awareness can be just the kind of career-insurance that is most valuable to everyone.”