The purpose of this initiative was to create a robust CSR strategy for the allied organization, Greenpost to help GreenPost showcase their USP, which is, being an enabler of Corporate Social Responsibility for organizations in Singapore and other Asian countries.
4. GreenPost
ď Established in 2005, and incubated at
the National University of Singapore
ď First company in Asia to offer
aggregated bill presentment
ď Allows consumers to aggregate and
see their electronic bills in one
platform
ď Available for consumers in Singapore,
Malaysia, UAE, Australia and the
United States
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5. GreenPost Consumer Bills
ď Service providers providing GreenPost
e-billing service
â SingTel
â StarHub, M1
â SP Services
â NUSS
â Keppel Club
â Singapore Swimming Club
â Sunpage
Source : GreenPost (2012) 5
6. GreenPost in-app mobile billing
ď One simple integration
ď One-time payments
ď Direct Billing API
ď GreenPost hosted payment pages
ď Regulations
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8. The Value Chain
VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND
What is a life cycle?
PRINTING AND
PAPER AND BOARD
CONVERTING
MANUFACTURING
PAPER TO THE CUSTOMER
USE
RAW
MATERIALSâ
PRODUCTION
PAPER RECYCLING
RECOVERED PAPER
CO2 from wood fibre
INCINERATION WASTE DISPOSAL
Other raw Emissions and
O Wood fibre 0
S Kum0. 0
H S i 24 1
m .2
t Energy
Solid waste
materials
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9. Issues
Deforestation-
17867.50
Acres
Garbage/Dum
p â 46.17 Impact on
Million Wildlife
Garbage Bags
Wood- 3.57
Waste Water-
Billions
10.75 Billion
Pounds of
Gallons of
wood
Waste Water
consumed
Greenhouse
Emissions-
4.16 Billion
pounds of
gases Source : Calculations performed using
produced PayItGreen.com 9
13. Advantage to Partners
ď Cost Benefits in
ď Reduced time for
terms of
bills to reach
â Bottom-line
customers
â Operational
costs
â Third party ď Efficient
payment management of
collectors billing accounts
ď Reduced Overheads
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14. Cost Benefits to Partners
⢠20 minutes
Servicing Time ⢠Number of customers served in a month =
3/hour x 8 hours x 22 days = 528
⢠Salary of customer service officer: $1,800
Cost per Visiting per month
Customer ⢠Apportionment of labour cost to each walk-
in customer: 528/1,800 = $3.41
⢠Management cost (10%), Location cost
(10%), IT infrastructure cost (10%)
Adding Other ⢠= $3.41 + 30% = $4.43
Associated Costs ⢠Total servicing cost for each in-centre
customer = $4.43
Source : Stakeholder Discussions 14
17. CSR Social Media Marketing
ď Great tool for
stakeholder
engagement
ď âPaper Saving
Campaignâ
ď Incentives or cash back
options
ď Attract the intended
consumer base
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18. Target the Youth
ď Focus on the large student
community
ď Target Singaporean
polytechnics and universities
ď Evangelize electronic billing via
guest lectures and roadshows
ď Communicate to students that:
â Eliminates task of paying
bills physically
â Saves time and effort
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19. Cost Advantage to Billers
ď Emphasize the positive
bottom-line impact
ď Highlight the other
indirect cost savings
â Salary compensation for
Telco Name Potential Cost
billing personnel Savings (in $ SGD)
â Cost of late payments Singtel 34,985,001
â Cost of reminders sent Starhub 20,842,128
for late payments M1 18,609,043
Source : Calculations performed using
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PayItGreen website
20. The Green Connection
ď GreenPost WWF
ď 2% of GreenPost's revenue is donated to WWF
Singapore
ď Get support of Global or Singaporean celebrities
to endorse the service
ď Add credibility and authenticity to their cause
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"Everything is connected to everything else" is often called the First Law of Ecology. Helping human society to prosper in the 21st century requires that we recognize the importance of living in balance with our physical environment and treating each other with dignity and equity.Ladies & gentlemen, We, Team Eywa would like to present our proposal on the CSR strategies GreenPost could adopt to make this planet a better place...
Mr. HarveenNarulaMr. Anand SinghCommercially launch in March 2010
One simple integration - app store quality, direct billing connections with mobile operators, credit cards and customers worldwide.⢠One-time payments⢠Direct Billing API ⢠Redirection of customers to GreenPost hosted payment pages⢠Operator and country regulations, local tax implications, currency conversion and out payments taken care of.
PayItGreen is a coalition led by NACHA (National Automated Clearing House Association) â The Electronic Payments Association â whose members are committed to educating consumers and businesses about the positive environmental impacts of choosing electronic payments, bills, and statements over paperWells Fargo, US Bank, JP Morgan and few more financial institutions..
When a paper billing firm moves on to the GreenPost e-billing platform, there get numerous advantages. Cost Benefits: Costs are reduced that they expend in designing, printing, packaging and dispatching paper bills. Reduces overheads: It removes the overhead of undergoing this entire exercise, as a result of which many organisation resources can be vacated. Faster: The GreenPost system is faster and efficient. It reduces the time which takes to for the billing information to reach a consumer.Efficiency:GreenPost e-billing is efficient in terms of managing the entire billing prcess and also in keeping track of a customers accounts
Integrated Platform: it provides them a single platform to pay all their bills. Thus they do not need to keep track of each of their bills separately. Convenience: It offers the customers an added convenience because it keeps track of invoices for customers. Customers do not need to bother themselves with signing invoices or visit the bankSecurity: In providing all the services above, it does all this securely. It uses 256-bit SSL encryption for communication on web and mobile. And uses the AES 256-but standard for data storage.Mobility: Customers have the advantage of paying the bills from wherever they want and whenever they want.
2% of GreenPost's revenue is donated to WWF SingaporeLeverage the relationship with WWF and try to get on board celebrities or local to endorse their serviceGreenPost should also have WWF and other organizations on their website to add credibility and authenticity to their cause