Sustainability: business, life, environment

Did you know the White House is going paperless?  In fact, The White House recently released the nation's first paperless budget.   And the good news?  The Office of Management and Budget estimates that this year's 2,200-page paperless budget will save 20 tons of paper (about 480 trees).   If the government can go paperless, then you can too!
 
As discovered in our business sustainability consulting, most business leaders identify cost savings as the driver towards moving towards a paperless office.  Granted, reduced consumption and eliminating storage space does save money.  However, the added bonuses of increased productivity and the availability to work remotely make moving to a paperless office appealing. In fact, it's the triple bonus of reducing environmental impacts that makes going paperless the winner.
 
If you aren't sure about the benefits of paperless for your business, ask yourself,
How does your company manage the influx of emails, reports, and information from social media sites?  Did you know that approximately 90% of electronic content coming into an organization is unstructured data and about 80% of that is unmanaged.  Well, considering that about 30% of a worker's time is spent searching for a document or recreating it, paperless document management systems become an appealing alternative.
 
Building a sustainable business and going paperless doesn't have to be hard.  Shared in our eco friendly training are some of the benefits you can expect by going paperless: 

•    increase productivity
•    eliminate storage space
•    reduce expenses
•    create the ability to work remotely
•    enhance customer service
•    increased security
•    better disaster recovery protection
•    reduces your environmental impact
•    improve your competitiveness in the industry
 
Looking for resources?  Check out: A Guide for SME's: How and Why to go Paperless or The Paperless Office.