Do you know it is World Paper Free Day today?
Would it surprise you to know that on average 15% of revenues are spent creating, managing and distributing documentation?
Have you tracked the number of pages your business is printing per person? Once you have seen how much is used and wasted, you can start to see the benefits of adopting a paperless environment.
Many brokers find the challenge of going paperless daunting, but it doesn’t have to be if simplified and well planned. Eradicating paper in organisations must be realistic and it is not necessarily practical or economical to eliminate all paper. Making it more difficult to print can also reduce costs as you work towards going paperless; reducing the number of printers, use user ID to print or copy.
Here are 5 Quick and Easy Ways You Can Support World Paper Free Day 2018
1. Start at your desk, recycle the paper you don’t need or make digital copies of these pages then recycle them
2. Change paper bills on digital or online bills.
3. Stop bringing more paper into your office. Instead of buying the newspaper today, go through its digital copy online.
4. Conduct all internal communications face to face or digitally via e-mail or intranet.
5. Find one process which you can improve by reducing paper use. For instance, you can have an app to on-board new employees and integrate them into the workforce.
If you would like any help to prepare, plan and implement a paperless strategy for your business feel free to drop me a message and we can arrange a convenient time to have a chat.
