France-based telecom vendor, Alcatel-Lucent announced launching several initiatives as part of its participation in the Earth Week programme.

The company’s “Lets be Eco-Friendly” campaign will encourage employees to avoid printing  documents, separate trash for recycling, save water, turn down thermostats, use teleconferencing to avoid travel, reduce commuting by car whenever possible. The company says that this initiatives alone will save paper stack as tall as a 40 storey building.

“Earth Week is a great way to call attention to everyone’s responsibility to mitigate the impact we, as a company and individually are having on our planet. Alcatel-Lucent’s long standing approach to eco-sustainability combines business goals with corporate responsibilities. It means creating exceptional value for our customers, shareholders and employees through the relevant eco friendly communications solutions as well as providing respect for the natural environment and the people and communities where we do business,” said Caroline Guillaumin, Alcatel-Lucent senior Vice President, Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility. “That’s why we established our comprehensive eco-sustainability program several years ago, but we know we need to keep reinforcing that program to ensure that we can meet the major challenges ahead.”