Five Guidelines based on an Oce Green Paper for Eco-Friendly and Cost-Effective Mail Management Practices.

1. Five Easy Pieces: Five Guidelines for Eco-Friendly and Cost-Effective Mail Management Practices GREEN PAPER

2. Introduction Many of the worlds’ enterprises, large and small, are committed to environmental sustainability by launching innovative programs. A significant number of these initiatives are not only reducing energy consumption and waste, but also saving money – a critical element of any corporate strategy in today’s challenging economy. To help promote these goals in the document management arena, Océ Business Services periodically shares our insights on implementing sustainable and cost-effective practices across the document lifecycle, which spans document creation through disposal.

3. Five Easy Pieces There are several mail management practices that can help companies reach both their environmental and cost-reduction goals. From the sustainability perspective, these practices can significantly reduce the use of paper , thereby saving trees, gas in shipping the paper and physical space to store it. From the financial perspective, respondents participating in an Océ Business Services survey have indicated that mail and shipping practices have a high impact on reducing costs, driving faster time to market and improving operational efficiency . Following are five mail management practices that can help organizations improve the environment as well as drive the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of their operations.

9. Any organization can implement these strategies – internally or with an outsourcing partner – to benefit the bottom line as well as the environment . As many companies are demonstrating every day, green business can also be good business.

10. James P. Mullan, CMDSM, EMCM, MDC OBS National Operations Manager Chubb & Son 15 Mountain View Road Warren, NJ 07095 908-903-2869 W 908-903-2027 F 201-779-9355 C [email_address]