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The Latvian's Children Fund has benefited from the energy saving efforts of staff at GRIF, a leading personal protective equipment supplier in the Baltics. GRIF signed up to Donate Your Energy in 2009 and agreed to donate 30% of energy saved to the Latvian Children's Fund. The Social Economy Foundation (SEF) collaborated with GRIF to explore the most effective way for staff to achieve energy savings and contribute to the donation to the charity. Supported by SEF, GRIF employees targeted electricity, gas and water savings at their office, shop and service centre.

The Latvian Children's Fund was the destiny for energy saving donations

An energy awareness workshop was held to kick off the campaign, where staff were briefed on Donate Your Energy and the energy saving opportunities available to them. The measures ranged from greater use of task lighting to powering down computers, and temperature control to switching off equipment instead of leaving on standby.

GRIF staff were encouraged that their saving efforts were destined for a good cause

Skilled staff and high quality standards in service are major goals for GRIF, so cutting out energy waste matched corporate objectives.

In just six months the company saved 32% on water, 27% on gas and just over 2% on electricity, leading to total cost savings of €200. Staff were delighted with the outcome and encouraged that 30% of their energy saving efforts were going to a good cause, the Latvian Children's Fund.

Donation made from the Donate Your Energy saving campaign

Pēteris Celmiņš, GRIF Commercial Director, comments:

"Staff at GRIFs were delighted to be able to contribute to the work of the Latvian Children's Fund. This provided an extra motivation to people to try to maximize the savings and make a valuable contribution to the Fund, which has been offering support to those who need it most for the past 20 years."

The GRIF central office and retail outlet were among the premises where significant energy and water savings were made

http://www.grif.lv