Ottawa -
epost™ , Canada Post's online bill delivery service, today announced they will be working with WWF-Canada to raise money for The Good Life, an online community for Canadians who want to make simple but significant changes to help fight climate change and reduce their impact on the planet.
epost™ will be donating $1 for the first 150,000 new registrants to their service.
"At Canada Post, we're committed to finding ways to protect the environment and minimize our carbon footprint by providing greener choices, like epost, and earth-friendlier ideas for both consumers and businesses," said Robert Waite, senior vice-president Corporate Social Responsibility, Canada Post. "Our goal with this promotion is to raise $150,000 towards the great work being done by WWF-Canada. In support of The Good Life, we're asking for Canadians' to help by taking this one simple step."
"Most of us recognize that we need to stop talking about the dangers of climate change and start doing something about it," said Julia Langer, Director, Global Threats, WWF-Canada. "The Good Life is all about individuals taking simple steps every day to fight climate change, making it a perfect fit with epost. Individuals have the ability to make a significant difference by collectively making small changes in their own lives which will reduce greenhouse gases and lessen the impact of climate change."
As an online bill delivery service, epost allows Canadians to securely receive, view and store their regular household bills and financial statements online, making the service one option to reduce the amount of paper entering homes. epost offers advantages beyond the environmental benefits. Simple and convenient, it's a way to save time filing paper bills and bring order to home finance management (epost will even send payment reminders). Currently the program has more than 100 mailers (companies or organizations) sending bills or statements. Documents are securely stored for up to seven years, simplifying record keeping for Canadians.
"A modern post office means providing choices to customers; choice over what is received and where or how you receive it," says Waite. "We hope more Canadians will embrace online bill delivery as a convenient and environmentally friendly choice."
The fundraising campaign will run from July 7 to October 7, 2008.
To learn more about The Good Life or to join, please visit thegoodlife.wwf.ca
To learn more about epost or to register, please visit canadapost.ca/epost.
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Fact Sheet
About epost™:
epost is Canada Post's free, electronic bill presentment service which allows Canadians to receive, view, pay and store regular household bills and other important financial documents in one secure online location.
Since epost was launched in 1999, more than four million Canadians have registered for epost mailboxes.
Features & Benefits:
- Consumers can choose to receive a variety of bills, statements and even paystubs in one secure online location, which not only saves time and trees but also simplifies record keeping.
- There are more than 200 types of bills and other financial documents currently available from epost.
- Reminders are available to alert users of new deliveries to their mailbox and help avoid late payment charges.
- Do your part for the environment by reducing the amount of paper you consume each month by reducing paper bills.
- Provides secure online storage for up to seven years, helps to eliminate household clutter.
- Consumers can access epost through canadapost.ca/epost or directly from the online banking website of most major Canadian financial institutions and credit unions.
- Because bills and other documents are delivered to one secure online location, customers can view their bills from anywhere Internet is available, even when away from home.
epost How To:
- Sign up for an epost mailbox by filling in an online form at canadapost.ca/epost.
- Add mailers.
- Mailers are the companies and organizations, which send mail - bills, statement, pay stubs, tax receipts, and other financial documents in electronic form - to epost mailboxes.
- When the next billing cycle takes effect, bills and documents will be delivered via epost to you!
Pricing & Availability:
epost is a free service available to all Canadians by registering at canadapost.ca/epost or through the online banking site of most major financial institutions.
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Green Fact Sheet
About epost™:epost is an environmentally-friendly option for receiving, paying and managing bills.
By using epost, a consumer can reduce the volume of paper bills coming into their homes and do their part for the environment in the meantime.
Saving Paper:
- A paper bill contains at least two pieces of paper (including the envelope). If a Canadian receives an average of five bills per month, that's 120 sheets of paper a year. With more than four million registered users currently, there is a potential savings of 480 million pieces of paper.
- If each piece was letter sized, they would line up end-to-end to stretch across the Trans-Canada Highway's 8,030 km route from Victoria to St. John's 17 times.
- If all of Canada's 12 million households were registered epost users and added five bills each, that number would increase to 50 times.
- Assuming the average bill weighs 35 grams and one tonne of paper is equivalent to about 19 trees:
- With four million registered users, epost could save up to 159,600 trees.
- With all 12 million Canadian households, that number goes up to 478,000 trees.
Commitment to the Environment:
- Canada Post is a progressive business committed to providing customers with choices, including environmentally-friendlier options for receiving their mail.
- As a company, Canada Post also conserves resources through energy-conservation strategies, recycling programs and the purchase and use of earth-friendly supplies.
Take Action:
Register at canadapost.ca/epost between July 7 and October 7, 2008 and $1 for each of the first 150,000 registrants will be donated to World Wildlife Fund Canada's community The Good Life.
