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At GTM Payroll Services, we have made the commitment to sustainability and implementing these initiatives throughout the office inspired by many of the United Nation\u2019s Sustainable Development Goals. (SDGS).<\/p>\nAt GTM Payroll Services, we have made the commitment to sustainability and implementing these initiatives throughout the office inspired by many of the United Nation\u2019s Sustainable Development Goals. (SDGS).<\/p>\n
By 2030, the United Nations aims to accomplish all 17 of its SDGs. In the past, these sustainability initiatives have primarily seen growth throughout private sector non-profits and organizations.<\/p>\n
With less than eight years to meet those goals, environmentally friendly and sustainable solutions must transcend intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations such as the UN and its subsidiaries and gain an increased presence in the businesses that make up much of the private sector.<\/p>\n
At GTM, we are working to bring corporate sustainability<\/a> to our business and serve as a model for other local companies in the Capital Region.<\/p>\n In 2019, GTM Payroll Services\u2019 founder and CEO Guy Maddalone attended the International Entrepreneurial Summit hosted by the Entrepreneurs Organization<\/a> (EO) and held at the United Nations. The interactive summit gathered entrepreneurs to discuss how to spark change on a smaller scale in their local communities, specifically in supporting four of the 17 UN SDGs including quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, and decent work and economic growth.<\/p>\n Following Maddalone\u2019s involvement in the summit, sustainability initiatives<\/a> were implemented at GTM\u2019s offices in Clifton Park and Glens Falls, including paper-saving solutions.<\/p>\n The push for paperless payroll started in February 2020 just before the COVID-19 pandemic. Before this, GTM\u2019s wrap-up room, which is responsible for most of the printing in the office, bought, on average, eight boxes of paper per month. Since the push for paperless payroll, this has been reduced to five boxes per month. This savings of three boxes of paper per month saves roughly 15,000 pieces of paper.<\/p>\n GTM\u2019s paper-saving solution includes:<\/p>\n At the start of this initiative, about five percent of GTM clients requested paper reports each week. On average these businesses requested 40 reports of around 20 pages each. Since then, 88% of these clients switched to paperless, which drastically decreased the amount of paper waste that came out of the wrap-up room every week.<\/p>\n We encourage all organizations to consider the shift to paperless payroll and become involved in the push for sustainability and decreasing paper waste.<\/p>\n To limit the amount of single-use plastic, there are water filter systems throughout the office, making it easy for employees to use reusable water bottles. If there is a need for one-time water bottles, Just Water<\/a> and Boxed Water<\/a> are available.<\/p>\n Recycling efforts cannot be missed in the office. Bins – information on what can and cannot be recycled – are located throughout the building, in the kitchen area, by coffee machine stations, and throughout all workspaces. The wrap-up room, responsible for most of the printing and payroll shipping to clients, has added additional recycling efforts for confidential information and paperwork.<\/p>\nThe Push for Paperless Payroll<\/h2>\n
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Reducing Single-use Plastic<\/h2>\n
Paper Recycling and More<\/h2>\n