Going green at your business
The PayItGreen Alliance is a coalition of financial services companies, led by NACHA, that is committed to educating consumers and businesses about the positive environmental impact of choosing electronic payments, bills, and statements instead of paper. According to PayItGreen.org, getting started is an easy, three-step process: Assess, Ask, and Act.- Assess which bills, statements, and payments you currently have that use paper.
- Ask your employer, financial institution, and companies that send you bills how to turn off the paper.
- Act on your decision and set a specific date to stop the paper and PayItGreen™ at every opportunity.
Check your ecological footprint
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CO2 Saver
CO2 Saver is a lightweight program that manages your computer's power usage when it's idle, saving energy and decreasing the demand on your power utility.The less electricity produced, the fewer harmful emissions and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) are released into the atmosphere.
Updated 04/29/2010
InterceptEFT celebrates Earth Day
Fargo, ND (April 29, 2010) InterceptEFT observed Earth Day on April 22nd, 2010. In July 2008, InterceptEFT made a company-wide commitment to become more environmentally friendly when it launched the Go Green Initiative. InterceptEFT celebrates Earth Day every year to educate employees and to improve company policies."Earth Day is the perfect opportunity for our organization to revisit our corporate policies, and to launch new initiatives," says Bryan Smith, President and Co-Founder of InterceptEFT. "InterceptEFT is committed to making new changes each year to positively impact our environment and our world."
Since 2008, InterceptEFT has made changes to become a more environmentally conscious company. Paper billing is no longer available and customers are able to access all reports online. By doing this, InterceptEFT saves 739 pounds of paper each year. InterceptEFT also offers recycling bins for paper, plastic, aluminum and now includes plastics marked with a #5 symbol. This greatly reduces the amount of trash generated every year. InterceptEFT has also switched to chemical-free cleaning supplies and hand soaps making the indoor air a little bit healthier.
The theme for this year´s Earth Day celebration was "Encouraging employees to enjoy the outdoors and to live healthy." Each employee received a "healthy living kit" which included environmentally friendly household products and a pedometer to encourage walking and enjoying the outdoors. This also marked the beginning of Phase One of InterceptEFT´s Wellness Initiative. The Earth Day awareness celebration educated and engaged InterceptEFT staff members. Employees participated in "green" trivia and played for some "green" prizes. And, on Earth Day, employees were given the chance to get outside for a few minutes and pick up garbage around the InterceptEFT property.
InterceptEFT will continue to make positive corporate changes to better the environment as well as the health of its employees. Smith says, "Every change starts with just a few small steps."
More green resources
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www.eia.doe.gov
www.energy.gov
www.energystar.gov
www.epa.gov
www.coopamerica.org
www.business.earth911.org
www.mygreenelectronics.org
www.changingthepresent.org
www.globalgreen.org