ACADEMY: E-SIGNING Green Benefits
  • Print
  • Share

Green Benefits of E-Signing with SOFTPRO Solutions

Model Calculations in Paper and CO²

Potential Savings in tons, trees and emissions when E-Signing is fully in place

Spain: Savings Banks
6,800 tons of paper (= net weight of 28 Airbus A 380-300 F airplanes)
trees saved: 121,000 => tons of CO² emissions prevented: 43,000
Source: "Taking Signatures seriously - Combining Biometric and Digital Signatures", Proceedings of Conference ISSE, 2010-10-06, p. 323 ff.

Italy: Branches of Intesa Bank alone
1,600 tons of paper
Source: La Repubblica - Ecco la Banca - 2011-03-31

Germany: Savings Banks
1,000 tons of paper
Source: "Excellent Innovation: Use of Electronic Signatures" in SparkassenZeitung, 2009-11-27, p. 3