VW Drive Paperless Campaign Reduces Carbon Footprints
Chris Sewell on November 25th, 2009How many pages of paper made up your last car payment statement? Don’t forget the envelope and the return envelope. Oh, and don’t forget that it was probably mailed from across the country along with hundreds of thousands of other statements…every month. Each one of these is later tossed or recycled which consumes even more energy and adds more to the carbon footprint. This is extra paper that doesn’t have to be consumed in today’s electronic age.
Our partner VW agrees, and its billing branch VCI launched a campaign at the beginning of November to reduce the number of paper statements sent out each month by encouraging its customers to switch to an online paperless system. On top of promoting a reduction in paper use, the “Drive Paperless” promotion is contributing $1 to the VW Forest project to support carbon offsets for each traditional paper statement that a person enrolls into VCI’s paperless statement system, up to the goal of $20,000; this will offset 2,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide and help plant thousands more trees.
Starting in 2007 Carbonfund.org and VW developed the Carbon Neutral Project, an industry leading reforestation project that offset the emissions associated with more than 80,000 VWs sold at that time. The VW Forest project has continued to set high standards in the world of carbon offsets, and we’re proud to say our partner VW is continuing to set trends in reducing what they can.
To learn more about the initiative, or if you’re a VW owner and want to switch, go to drivepaperless.com.
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