Can 0800 Number Companies Be Organic & Green?

April 6, 2011 - PRLog -- Nottingham, UK: “The best way to find out whether 0800 number companies can be organic and green is to do a bit of research” says Jenny Forbes, Head of Marketing at Organic 0800 Number Companies. “On many companies' websites they should explain the specifics of their environmental policy. The customer sees this as a knock-on effect and will take a conscious view on what potential services they use and how this affects the environment.”

Forbes’ company certainly prides itself on being organic and green. A cursory glance at their website says as much. “Our range of Organic 0800 numbers have been carefully raised and nurtured in beautiful English countryside and are ready and waiting to go to good homes in the UK” it boasts. “Our handpicked 0800 numbers contain no sugar, dyes or artificial ingredients. These 0800 numbers have no carbon footprint and can be ‘pointed’ to either a landline, mobile phone or used for a fax to email service.” The first question on their list of FAQs is “Why are your numbers Organic?” which receives the reply of “Our numbers are organic due to the zero carbon foot print that our numbers produce. We carefully monitor our emissions and have a green policy that we aim to carry out.” So clearly Organic 0800 numbers talks the talk, but what is the substance behind the rhetoric?

Certain add-on features of free phone 0800 numbers are environmentally friendly. One popular extra is to have your fax number pointed to an email address. Many companies would like to get rid of fax machines because of the amount of electricity they consume by having to be switched on all the time, and because of the vast amount of paper they use, not to mention ink. However, other companies expect you to have a fax machine, and will greet you with a stunned silence if they say they want to fax something to you and you tell them that your company does not have a fax machine. By having the 0800 number fax to email service, companies can still give out a fax number, but receive the faxes in email form rather than paper form. This cuts out paper, toner and energy use, therefore saving the company money and saving the environment simultaneously, thus companies get the best of both worlds. As well as being a "green" feature, companies will also be more accessible to clients with the option to access your faxes whilst on the move, whether it is from another computer or via a smart phone. And computers don’t have to be left on 24 hours a day 7 days a week like a fax machine, so you can turn off your computer at the end of the day knowing that any faxes that come through over night will still be there in the morning.

For many businesses large or small, travel time and fuel costs when visiting clients or holding meetings can not only reduce the hours of work and productivity, but increase pollution. 0800 freephone numbers provide the option to hold a phone conference with your colleagues or clients by making a simple phone call. With a single phone call to one number, multiple individuals can hold discussions whilst saving the environment at the same time.

“Customers appreciate an environmentally aware work ethic and often opt for a greener company in order to ease their own conscience. Due to more and more companies taking the greener route, having an environmental policy, whether incorporating your services or not, will be beneficial in the long run” says Jenny Forbes.

Further information on environmentally friendly 0800 numbers can be found on the Organic 0800 Numbers website: http://www.organic0800numbers.co.uk/

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Our range of Organic 0800, 0844, 0845 and UK local virtual numbers have been carefully raised and nurtured in beautiful English countryside and are ready and waiting to go to good homes in the UK.