Management and staff at the Malta Financial Services Authority have taken a strong commitment towards deploying environmentally friendly practices, taking a number of initiatives to ensure a cleaner, healthier and more sustainable workplace, while reducing as much as possible any negative impact on the external environment.

Major structural changes included the installation of 168 photovoltaic panels on the roof, through the support of funding through the European Regional Development Fund, which generate around 10% of energy consumed, the installation of energy efficient chillers, LED lighting and energy efficient workstations, as well as the procurement of environmentally friendly printing paper made from 100% recovered paper fibres.

In addition to that, management and staff play their part in being social responsible, and are committed in fighting single-use plastic that is destroying our oceans and other land habitats. Over the past few days, the Think Green initiative was launched, featuring important changes such as the replacement of plastic cups with glass tumblers, reducing the hefty environmental impact of some 50,000 plastic cups a year.

Moreover, new banks of colour-coded, waste-separation bins were installed around the premises and thanks to the continuous effort and cooperation by MFSA staff, this initiative has been a great success.

The MFSA looks forward to continue thinking green, building on these initiatives to continue achieving a lighter ecological footprint and a healthier and more productive place of work.