Carbonica's "The Future is Paperless" campaign has got to a good start and now enlists 24 participating small businesses, who are running partially or entirely paperless offices. This results in a saving of over 5,000 trees per year.

Carbonica promotes the use of paperless computer-trasmitted fax, electronic signatures and email transmission of documents as a replacement of B2B or B2C communications by post.

Consumers are increasingly technology savvy and have widespread access to the internet and email and most companies find that their market base is not restricted by telling their customers that the communications will be 100% electronic and paperless.

The participating companies are from a broad range of activities in the service sector: from recruitment consultancies to web design/IT to travel consultancies. One company reduced its carbon footprint by 40% by reducing transport emissions by allowing 2 staff work from home in switching all internal administration and paperwork to electronic format. A 2-week plan to scan existing hardcopy files resulted in a neater and more spacious office environment.

For more information on the "Future is Paperless" campaign and to find out how Carbonica can help your business become paperless and carbon neutral, you contact me on perpetua@carbonica.org

Perpetua Sachs