Paperless push from Planet Ark founders
Paperless push from Planet Ark founders
July 30, 2009:A new campaign to cut the amount of paper generated by Australian business is underway from an organisation established by Planet Ark founders Jon Dee and Pat Cash
“We’re calling on businesses to make a bigger effort in switching their customers and suppliers to electronic billing,” said Jon Dee, the Founder of Do Something. “Emailing bills and invoices instead of posting them is just one way businesses can save money as well as the environment.”
“Searching for bills electronically is far quicker than searching for them in a lever arch file,” said Dee. “Storing documents electronically is also much more effective and cheaper than storing them on paper in warehouses.”
“Getting customers to fill in electronic forms is also far more efficient and cost effective than getting them to fill in paper-based forms,” said Dee.
To help businesses reduce their addiction to paper, Do Something has launched the new ‘Paper-Less Alliance’ campaign and website. In addition to showing companies how to reduce their paper use, the website is giving businesses free software to monitor and log their printing.
The site and campaign is backed by some of Australia’s leading technology companies including Adobe, Indigo Pacific, Toshiba andRedmap