Making a Difference: InterceptEFT

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According to PayItGreen.org, by switching to electronic bills, statements, and payments, the average business can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 171 pounds annually. The bottom line is reducing the paper in your financial transactions can have a big environmental impact by directly reducing the resources needed to print and transport paper bills, statements, and payments.

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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.

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InterceptEFT: Making a difference

InterceptEFT has launched a Go Green initiative. "This is a positive change not only for our employees and customers, but for the world," says Bryan Smith, President and Co-Founder of InterceptEFT. "According to estimates, if we convert just 80% of our customers to paperless billing, we’ll save 403 pounds of paper, 130 gallons of gasoline, and our company will prevent 7,192 pounds of greenhouse gases from being released into the atmosphere."

The InterceptEFT Go Green initiative first challenges customers to sign up for paperless billing. InterceptEFT will plant a tree in honor of every customer who signs up for paperless billing.

The InterceptEFT employees learned more about going green at the InterceptEFT Go Green kickoff. InterceptEFT partnered with Hornbacher’s (a local grocery store) to offer each employee a large reusable shopping bag full of organic food items as part of the kickoff. The kickoff also included presentations about conserving energy and recycling. Employees also calculated their carbon footprints and set goals to improve. Additionally, InterceptEFT launched a "Go Green" employee contest, a departmental challenge, and a contest for the children of employees. Finally, employees were able to participate in a Reuse-a-Shoe event encouraging employees to recycle old tennis shoes.

InterceptEFT has already made changes to become a greener company such as online customer reports and imaging all documents to eliminate paper files. InterceptEFT also recently worked with Cass County Electric to do an energy review to learn more about current energy usage, and to discuss improvements for the future. Upcoming initiatives involve adding live plants to the entire office, purchasing 100% recycled paper and products, replacing older large monitors with energy efficient flat screen monitors, and offering glass, plastic, paper, and aluminum recycling bins.

Smith is enthusiastic about the company’s commitment to making a difference. "InterceptEFT continues to discover ways to become a better business," he says. "It’s exciting to unveil a program benefitting both customers and employees."

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