Reduce Your Carbon Footprint at Work with Smartsheet

Smarter training adjusted to suit your real needs

At Smarter Business Processes we offer a wide variety of Smartsheet training courses and packages.

Our team of certified consultants provides training and remote support to clients around the globe, improving their Project Management, Workflow and Process Management.

Emma Stevens

Office Manager

Emma has 27 years of financial and customer experience and brings processes and order to our office.

Emma's customer service knowledge ensures all of our clients office enquiries are dealt with professionally, efficiently and quickly. She will leave no stone unturned to get to the bottom of a query!

When not at her desk Emma enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter as well running Brownies and Rainbows for Girlguiding UK in her local area.

Etienne Mermillod

Software Development Manager

Etienne is a seasoned ASP.NET Core Full Stack Developer. He takes great pride in building world-class applications while carefully considering the needs of its users and ease of use.

Originally from France, Etienne now calls Canada Home, where he is part of SBP Canada as a member of the API Solutions Development Team.

Etienne is a well-seasoned traveler and has visited many countries where he usually takes the path less traveled in order to backpack around and soak in the local cultures.

When not coding away, you may expect Etienne to be playing with his huge and fluffy dog Indianna or gaming away on League of Legends

David Bower

Smartsheet, Airtable and AppSheet Consultant

David is a hugely experienced Consultant, Customer Care Specialist and Client Account Manager.

In his spare time, David plays guitar, is learning to ride a motorcycle and, when it’s not too cold, can often be found tinkering in the garage. He also intends to learn to play the piano too - one day

Debbie Sawyer

Chief Smartsheet Solutions Officer (CSSO)

BSc (Hons) Computing, ITIL Foundation, Smartsheet Certified User, Aligned Sales Certified and Professional Services Certified.

Seasoned Smartsheet consultant and Training professional, Debbie’s creativity, attention to detail, willingness to deliver solutions to fully meet customer requirements and her personable manner earn her excellent client feedback.

When not working, Debbie likes to relax by spending quality time with her family. Living in the New Forest sees her taking many walks through the woods and down to the sea fronts at Lepe and Calshot. Debbie is also a keen hula hooper and has been hooping now for more than 7 years! She owns at least 10 hoops and enjoys a great workout helping her friend to run a hula hoop fitness class.

Dr James Harris

Chief Technology Officer

An experienced IT professional, James' prior work spans diverse environments from the white heat of launching information systems in one of the world's busiest airports, to industry leading tech startups. He also has extensive experience as a Finance Manager. James brings a keen insight and and flair for problem solving to every project.

Outside of work, James writes comedy, and has had many television credits over the past couple of decades on shows such as Horrible Histories and Russell Howard's Good News. He retains a burning ambition to be as funny as his wife and daughter.

Ph.D. Biochemical Physics, IT and Accounting professional.

Gwen Rymill

Communications Director

Co-founder of Smarter Business Processes, Gwen’s multi tasking roles include ensuring our clients receive the very best in customer care, while responsible for sales and marketing and partner liaison. Just don’t expect to get the cup of tea she promised you!

Away from work Gwen enjoys cycling, pilates, tap dancing and just loves baking.

Richard Rymill

CEO

Co-Founder and Lead Consultant, Richard set up SBP in response to worldwide demand from businesses wanting to implement their own Smarter Business Processes. His rapidly expanding team of experienced Smartsheet and AppSheet Consultants and Trainers share the company's values of achieving improved efficiencies and collaboration by putting people first and releasing them from unnecessary repetitive activities so they can enjoy their work again and focus on what matters to them.

When not at his desk, Richard can be found cycling, swimming and when the opportunity permits, sailing and flying.

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With COP26 in the headlines this week, we’re all thinking of ways to make positive change. How can we work towards a greener future and reduce the impact of climate change?

Here at SBP we sit down with clients on a daily basis to help them with their work flows and improve efficiency with Smartsheet. Assessing processes and implementing solutions is our bread and butter. With this in mind we have put together five ways to reduce your carbon footprint at work with Smartsheet…

1. Go Paperless

Going paperless saves not just paper, but printer ink, electricity and space! Because of it’s versatility and workflow automation, going paperless with Smartsheet is a breeze. All your data is stored securely in the cloud, empowering you to share information in real time with your team. Our Smarter Dashboard solution takes this to the next level with it’s dynamic reporting that saves space and gives you access to your data when and where you need it. Not a paperclip in sight!

2. Reduce Food Waste

In the UK alone, it’s estimated that we throw away around 9.5 million tonnes of food waste annually, most of which ends up in landfill. Avoid food waste at work by regularly cleaning out the fridge, and keeping an eye on use by / sell by dates. For companies with cafeterias, track the rate and quantity of food consumed over a period of time, and compare that with inventory data to show how and where food goes to waste. We recommend our QR Code inventory app for stock tracking in Smartsheet with Appsheet.

3. Reduce Travel

Transportation is now the most polluting sector in the United Kingdom, producing the equivalent of 122 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2019. Car sharing and working from home are all excellent ways to reduce your team’s commute times. Where possible, try to avoid travel completely, for example, with a virtual meeting rather than face to face. Want to reduce the need for meetings altogether? Not a problem. Smartsheet integrates with your favourite messaging apps like Microsoft Teams, Google hangouts and Cisco Webex.

We all have a responsibility to make changes, and great ideas can come from anyone. Encourage your team to chip in by creating a virtual green suggestion box with a simple Smartsheet form. Not only will it keep everyone’s ideas in one place, but you can upload documents, edit and comment on each other’s ideas and tag people into discussions.

5. Calculate Your Company’s Carbon Footprint

This is the fun bit. According to Zero Waste Scotland, you can work out your carbon emissions with the simple equation. Emissions = Total energy consumption (fuel, electricity) x Emission Factors (fuel, electricity). The UK government conversion factors are available on their website.

Smartsheet enables you to save this formula, along with the relevant data, and keep track of your progress in a dashboard.

How are you calculating your office’s Carbon Footprint? Get in touch and let us know. Or if you would like our help in implementing any of the above suggestions contact us for a (carbon) free consultation today!