By Rachel

Some ideas:

For the Administration:

-Recycle paint cans at designated sites. (www.toronto.ca/recycle)
-Reward those who carpool, take TTC etc.
-Calculate your emissions created in different aspects of the business (one site to help calculate this is: http://www.sustain.ubc.ca/eco-survey/)
and then offset them by donating to vendors selling carbon offsets:

www.less.ca
www.puretrust.org.uk/
www.myclimate.org/en
https://climatefriendly.com/

or, by donating to vendors providing renewable energy options:

www.pollutionprobe.org/whatwedo/greenpower/consumerguide/index.htm
www.enmax.com/
www.b-e-f.org/index.php

-Provide or insist on high quality brushes and rollers to be reused many times, or:
-When possible, insist on buying locally made paints and tools, or alternately, tools that have been
made from recycled materials (rollers and trays are available that are made from recycled cardboard
and other materials: BioTray, Bio Pulp Works, Whizz Green Rollers.) 
Also available are tarps that are high-functioning, but then completely biodegradable (Eco Drop Tarp). 
Similarly, the Envirobrush sounds like a cool idea, the bristles are disposable, and lock onto a reusable and  recyclable plastic handle. 
-Set up volunteer opportunities, such as tree planting for a day, where instead of painting, workers are involved in helping the environment.
-Attempt when at all possible to send workers to locations closest to them, to cut down on travel.
-Donate unused or extra paints and tools to organizations such as Freecycle. (www.freecycle.org)
- Potentially, institute four-day workweeks, but with longer days so there is less travel time per week.
- Acknowledge Earth Day, other environmental events.  

What Workers can be doing:

The Obvious, boring things:
-Bring a lunch packed from home, in reusable containers.
-Maintain an organized workspace, so you know what you have and don’t accidentally use more. ie, plastic.
-Use cloth drop cloths as often as possible, and reuse plastic for more than one function.