The Benefits of Paperless HR: Sustainable, Cost-Effective, and Within Your Reach

For some time, HR professionals have aspired to create a “paperless office” with automated technology to create, store, and manage all of the employee information necessary to run a business effectively. Today, the technology exists to turn this goal into reality with a desirable Return on Investment (ROI). Current business trends toward environmental sustainability provide the additional impetus to make the business case for paperless HR today, to help support the workforce of tomorrow. Increasingly, reducing the use of paper in business processes will become a necessary step toward corporate sustainability efforts. Some global and regional companies are pushing sustainability initiatives not only within their own operations, but also out into the supply chain, encouraging vendors and partners to implement greener business practices. “Going green” is a competitive response to changes in social attitudes and to the expectations of customers, employees, and stakeholders.