With OB10 you’re not only reducing the cost to process invoices and improving efficiency, but you can also help to reduce the impact on the environment. For many of our customers, this alone contributes to their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or Green targets.

By using electronic invoicing, you don’t only save on the cost of manually processing paper invoices, but the cost to the planet.  If you consider that every invoice takes an average of 3 sheets of paper (including the envelope) and you multiply that by the number of invoices you process each day, month or year, you will understand the amount of paper wasted.

With all the e-invoice transactions that OB10 has processed our customers have saved over 2,400 trees in the last year alone.

Of course it’s not just the paper that is affecting the environment.  Paper invoices also have to be printed and distributed.  Based on the number of electronic invoice transactions over the last year, our customers have saved enough fuel to run an average car for 183,000 miles.

With true e-Invoicing, there is no need to store paper copies of your invoices. We provide our customers with a digitally signed PDF copy of each invoice. The invoice images are stored on the OB10 ImageArchive for the minimum time required, and can be accessed 24/7 via the OB10 portal. With the electronic invoice transactions our customers exchanged in the last year alone, we have saved enough energy to run an average home for 72 years.

In the UK, the Local Government Association have warned that if the current trend continues, the UK could run out of landfill space in under eight years.  Although the UK has one of the worst records in the EU, this is not just an issue in Europe but across the globe.

With the removal of paper in the invoicing process, there is no requirement to store paper copies and so paper disposal is reduced.  All invoice copies stored on the OB10 ImageArchive are held for the minimum period required and can be accessed by customers at all times.  With the number of electronic invoices transacted, our customers have saved an estimated 350 cubic metres of landfill space, in the last year alone.

As energy is used in distributing, storing and disposing of paper invoices, wasted fuel and gases are pumped in to the atmosphere, causes a negative affect on air quality. By using electronic invoicing, our customers have saved 3,900 kilograms of air pollutants.

To find out more on how your organisation can meet CSR targets with electronic invoicing from OB10, please contact us.