Green Hacks: Electronic Signature and Online Contract Execution

With increasing concern about the environment and additional emphasis on social responsibility, green hacks are becoming more important. The Nature Conservancy has provided a Carbon Footprint Calculator to enable you to measure how many tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases you create given your choices you make in  your home, travel, dietary choices and consumption.

Emailing contracts and other documents for electronic signature and online contract execution is a greener alternative to overnighting documents. The antiquated “print-ship-sign-copy-return-scan” cycle requires a massive amount of paper that incurs an operational as well as environmental cost. Electronic signature and online contract execution enables you to save money, time AND trees. For some of our customers, DocuSign’s electronic signature service is a core part of their company’s green brand.

Play around with the Nature Conservancy’s Carbon Footprint calculator – As someone who has flown eight long flights and four short flights, my carbon footprint is 19 tons of carbon dioxide/year, or 63% above average. Air travel has a high environmental cost. What if you were overnighting documents? What do you think the environmental impact is? Would you still overnight documents, incur a higher operational and environmental cost if a faster, greener alternative existed?

Why not try electronic signature to reduce your environmental impact? Experience the difference with DocuSign Express for free or DocuSign Professional for added functionality.