Learn how focusing on going paperless can help organizations become more sustainable through a reduction in both waste and costs.

1. Sustainability
in the New World of
Content and Documents

2. Corporate Sustainability: An Integral
Part of 21st Century Business Strategy
• Sustainability is at the top of the list
for CEOs
• In a competitive global marketplace a
strong reputation for sustainability will
distinguish a company from its
competitors.
McKinsey Global Survey 2014
49%
13%
CEO’s see Sustainability as a
TOP 3 Initiative
CEO’s see Sustainability as a
#1 Initiative

3. Top Three Reasons Organizations
Address Sustainability
Alignment
With company’s goals,
mission or values
Reputation
Build, maintain or improve
corporate reputation
McKinsey Global Survey 2014
.
Cost Cutting
Improve operational
efficiency and lower costs
The reasons why organizations are addressing sustainability has changed in the last few
years. Cost cutting was a primary factor in 2012 but this has changed to the desire to
integrate sustainability with overall company culture and targets.
43% 36% 26%

4. Document Management Plays a Role
in Two Core Sustainability Initiatives
Reduce energy use:
Reduce waste created:
McKinsey Global Survey 2014
List the top sustainability initiatives of your company:
64%
63%

5. Paperless Initiatives Have Much Upside
Save Trees
Save Energy
Save Space
Reduce Waste
Bonus! Save Money
The Paperless Project, Facts about paper: The impact of consumption

6. Save Trees
What it takes to make 1 ton of
paper? (400 reams or 200,000
sheets)
Fighting Deforestation
• If the current rate of
deforestation continues, it will
takes less than 100 years to
destroy all the rainforests on the
earth
• Loss of forests contributes
between 12 and 17% of annual
global greenhouse gas emissions.
The Paperless Project, Facts about paper: The impact of consumption; Conservatree, Trees into Paper, Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection
19K
24
2.2K
Trees
Pounds of
solid waste
Gallons of
water

7. Save Energy
Copiers/printers are the top
office energy users
Energy is used in printing, standby,
and sleep mode
Production of 1 ton of copy
paper uses 11,134 kWhs
Amount of energy used by an
average household in 10 months
Kefron, Paper Waste Content; The Paperless Project, Facts About Paper: The impact of consumption. Reduce.org

8. Save Space
Kefron, Paper Waste Content; The Paperless Project, Facts About Paper: The impact of consumption. Reduce.org
1 DVD holds as much as
28 File Cabinets
28
1
1Ton
200k sheets
1
16GB USB Stick holds
1 ton of paper

9. Reduce Waste
45%
70%
1.5
lbs
30%
of the paper printed in offices ends up in the bin by the
end of the day
of office waste is paper
amount of paper waste each employee in a business office
generates per day (2 lbs in financial companies)
of print jobs are never picked up by the user
Kefron, Paper Waste Content; The Paperless Project, Facts About Paper: The impact of consumption. Reduce.org, Xerox: 3 Steps to a Greener Office 2014

10. Bonus! Save Money
$20 $120 $250
To print a piece of
paper
(paper, electricity for printer, ink)
To file a document To search for a
misfiled document
To recreate a lost
document
AIIM Study 2014
$1.12
Avoid Costs:
Realize Savings:
$30M
Manufacturing company Owens Corning saved $30m in
filing cabinet lease costs by going paperless

11. Document Management Impacts
Sustainability Initiatives
• Sustainability is a top priority for CEOs
• Reducing paper waste is a powerful step
towards a more sustainable organization

12. 4 Things You Can Start Doing Today
Provide workers access to the right tools
Eliminate paper wherever possible
Prescribe standardized collaboration practices
Investigate a Smart Documents Platform

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