BOSS E-News 23.01.2014

A major new initiative on the Environmental Performance of Office Products across Europe.

In September, 100 major players from the EU office products industry were invited to a meeting in Frankfurt to discuss how we can rationalise the plethora of multiple labels and green rating systems that are facing our industry. The manufacturers are incurring prohibitive costs without adding value to the supply chain and have to maintain multiple databases and fill in multiple product information requirements from different resellers.

The large resellers are confounded by the many eco labels presented to them and have no real knowledge of the environmental performance of products and therefore cannot select products based upon an independently verified environmental rating system.

Both the suppliers and the resellers are in agreement that we need to rationalise these processes and work with the EU Commission on a single verifiable and objective valuation system to evaluate the environmental performance of all products in the industry.

This is a massive task and will involve the collaboration of all parts of the supply chain but the benefits to both manufacturers and resellers are real tangible cost reductions over a period of time with poor environmentally rated products forced out of the industry.

You will have the opportunity to become a founding member of the Association and to help shape the EU Commission Standard. You will also have the opportunity to join the working groups to look at your specific products in defining the criteria and evaluation process for your product sector.

Please find further information about the meeting below:

Invitation

Project Overview

Registration Form

List of Attendees


It costs nothing to come and listen and to make your views heard. Alternatively if you cannot make the meeting, please send your comments to [email protected]


Michael Gardner 
Chief Executive - BOSS Federation

This year the BOSS 'Leaders of the Future' Young Managers' Conference will take place at the Aston Conference Centre, Birmingham. 

Top industry leaders, including Jules Quinn, 26 year old Managing Director of The TeaShed; a design-led tea company taking the FM market by storm, will be sharing their success stories and offering advice to aspiring young leaders. 

We'll be looking to the millennials to forecast the future of the OP industry to get their opinion on what lies ahead. Make sure you register your young managers to reserve their place at this fantastic event.

For more information and to download a registration form click here

The BOSS Members Day will return to Stationers' Hall, London on Wednesday 4th June. 

The CEO's Conference will take place in the morning with guest speaker Steve Turner, Olympic rower who now runs 'Bramley Lakes' - a learning and development company who run team building workshops based on Patrick Lencioni's 'Five Dysfunctions of a Team'.

The Chairman's Lunch and Annual General Meeting will take place in the afternoon, followed by refreshments and networking.

Booking information will be available shortly. 

This year the prestigious BOSS Industry Awards will return to the ICC in Birmingham for another evening of celebration and entertainment. Save the date in your diary to ensure you don't miss out on this amazing event! Further details will be released soon.