As Saatchi & Saatchi NY continues their sustainability journey we want to share some creative solutions to help the environment,save some money and look out for employees. This post is all about Saatchi NY’s Coffee program. Every employee was given a mug at the end of 2010. Here are some numbers on the savings that the new coffee mug program has resulted in for the agency. Just a simple switch away from paper cups and redirecting people to the 14th floor cafeteria will save the agency over $15,000 in 2010. From an environmental perspective we will reduce our “footprint” in both paper cups and plastic lids by 36,020 units each!

“We compiled the 1st quarter free coffee saving for 2010. From January – March we served 9,005 free cups of coffee in the cafeteria. At a cost of .17 per cup, the total cost was $1,531. Coffee service for guests at reception cost $743, for the period. Based on historical cost and operating days, the cost of the 16th floor coffee bistro would have been $6,511. for the 1st quarter 2010. We reduced the usage of paper cups and lids for the first quarter by 9,005.

We saved approximately $4,237.

If we annualized the usage we would save 36,000 paper cups and lids, at a cost savings of $16,950.

Erin Lyons-Blue Leader Saatchi NY