At Kooabô, we understand that the planet’s resources are not infinite. We are aware of the growing impact of tourism on the environment and want to limit our own impact. We believe that local communities should be able to benefit from our activity. Our mission: to share value, locally. We seek meaning in our work.
That is why every person working at Kooabô is invited to participate in sustainable development through concrete actions and commitments. Kooabô, for its part, is committed to implementing a program of actions to encourage and facilitate its employees and partners in preserving the environment.
Discover our eco-responsibility charter, which we include in all the partnerships we sign.
Kooabô values, through its actions, a health prevention approach based on an active, voluntary and personal approach.
Health and environmental issues are closely linked to this approach. They contribute to preserving a healthy overall environment and improving our collective and individual well-being.
Every person working at or in partnership with Kooabô is invited to participate in sustainable development through concrete actions and commitments focused on 3 objectives:
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Reducing the consumption of single-use paper and plastic
Having an eco-responsible behavior in its activities
For its part, our company is committed to implementing a program of actions to encourage and facilitate the daily lives of employees in the preservation of the environment.
Becoming eco-responsible: it is a social and ethical commitment defined by the desire to limit one’s impact on the planet by taking into account the need to adopt appropriate behaviors in daily organization.
I prioritize walking, biking, and/or taxi for home-to-work travel;
I prioritize taxis or carpooling for my professional trips;
I propose video conferencing to my partners and stakeholders.
By my side, Kooabô is committed to encouraging “soft” transportation
By offering a monthly bonus for people who commute with their own bike;
Did you know?
- CO2, or carbon dioxide, is a gas that takes a hundred years to disappear from the air
- A bus pollutes 10 to 20 times less per passenger transported than a car
- A train passenger consumes about 14 times less energy than using their car
I only print when paper documents are essential, and I prioritize sending digital documents to partners;
I set up my computer and printer to print double-sided, in black and white and in draft quality;
I use draft paper to take notes;
I inform my partners about the digitization of our summaries.
By developing high-quality digital media for customers and partners;
By reducing the number of paper documents sent to each customer and partner;
By reducing the number of double-sided pages printed.
Did you know?
- 398 million tons of paper are consumed each year worldwide.
Je veille à trier le papier recyclable ;
Je m’assure du tri des emballages et des cartons ;
Je trie les cartouches d’encre et autres matériels informatiques.
- One ton of recycled paper saves 700 to 800 liters of oil
I turn off the light in my office when I am not there;
I turn off the light in common areas;
I turn off my computer every evening and turn off the power strip
- On a 24-hour day, a computer in standby mode consumes as much as 3 hours of use
- 10 minutes of unnecessary lighting 3 times a day is equivalent to 5 days of continuous lighting in one year
I delete attachments from messages I reply to
I use file sending tools for large files
I delete unnecessary or out-of-context emails
I lighten my email box by deleting very heavy emails (using online tools and options in my messaging system)
I use an "eco-friendly" search engine (Lilo, Ecosia, Ecogine)
- 15,000 km is the average distance traveled by a digital data (email, download, video, web request, etc.)
- In one hour, 8 to 10 billion emails are exchanged worldwide (excluding spam)
- 25% of greenhouse gas emissions generated by digital technology are due to data centers.