Its Easy to Be Green - TelPay Innovation Saves the Environment
Posted by Jason Hachkowski on Thu, Apr 22, 2010 @ 01:59 PM
A blog entry on April 22nd couldn't really be anything other than a post related to how much we save the environment! Being the largest independent payment processing company in Canada, and a "Green" innovator in the world of electronic payments, one could imagine that we have a lot to talk about.
By eliminating paper cheques, TelPay estimates that in 2009, it was able to save:
- 77,500 kilograms of paper (171,000 lbs)
- Over 2000 trees
- 3.8 million pounds of greenhouse gases from being released
- Over six million litres of waste water from being discharged
- Eight dump trucks worth of waste from paper production
- Nearly 350,000 litres of gasoline from being consumed due to mailing bills, statements, and payments
(source: PayitGreen Business Calculator)
TelPay has been helping Canadian financial institutions such as CIBC, the Credit Unions, and businesses of all sizes to process electronically for the last 25 years. Having been the first Canadian company to do so, TelPay has made it possible for all these companies to process electronically.
The staff is also actively involved in ensuring that as a company we all do our part. Having a dedicated "Green Team" helps us to ensure that we keep moving in the right direction. The company has already implemented a recycling program, e-faxing, duplex printing, and paper/ink saving fonts to help save paper, and reduce TelPay's overall carbon footprint.
If you have any "green" initiatives that you would like to share with TelPay, we would love to hear from you! You can either comment in the form below, or send a email to us: webmarketing (at) telpay.ca