Clever buying for office and school.

And the environment will be happy about it!  

 

This is the title of the initiative of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, which was launched more than ten years ago, and which is - in cooperation with the Austrian stationery trade – still running successfully today.

 

To whom is this initiative addressed?

 

“Clever buying for office and school” aims at:

• Teachers, parents, and parents’ associations

• All bodies maintaining schools such as cities, communities and private schools  

• All pupils of secondary modern schools, grammar schools or secondary schools with focus on mathematics and science

• Stationery  dealers and apprentices of the stationery trade

• Purchasers for office and public procurement

What is the objective of the initiative?

 

The initiative “Clever buying for office and school” aims at 

• calling attention to high-quality, environmentally friendly, and cheap office and school materials,

• highlighting those articles from the broad range of offers, which comply with the criteria of “Clever buying for office and school”,  

• assisting in being able to find these school and office articles simply and easily in stationery trade without having to search for a long time,

• popularising Eco-label and quality features which characterise such products,

• making available concrete product information also for professional purchasers and educational material for the use at schools as a source of inspiration for teachers.    

The websites of the initiative “Clever buying for office and school. And the environment will be happy about it!” give support with a broad service offer.