Environmental Paper Network (EPN) and 19 environmental and conservation organizations have submitted joint letters to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Labor (DOL) supporting proposed rules that would allow electronic delivery as the default for certain financial and healthcare disclosures, while preserving people’s right to receive paper if they choose.
Read the joint letters:
Together, the proposed changes could eliminate more than 21 billion sheets of paper every year, saving the equivalent of more than 2.2 million trees, conserving over 2.2 billion gallons of water, reducing more than 1.4 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions, and preventing 117 million pounds of waste. (Source: EPN Paper Calculator™).
These proposals offer a practical way to reduce unnecessary paper use while maintaining consumer choice. EPN and our partners have spent years working with environmental organizations, consumer advocates, financial institutions, healthcare stakeholders, and policymakers to modernize outdated paper delivery requirements and demonstrate the environmental and economic benefits of moving away from paper-first systems.
We are grateful to all of the organizations that joined these letters and helped demonstrate broad support for these reforms. EPN’s Paper Calculator has also played an important role in quantifying the environmental benefits of reducing unnecessary paper use.
Thank You to Our Signers
Our thanks to the 19 organizations that joined these letters in support of the proposed rules:
As You Sow
Biodiversity Conservation Center
Climate Communications Coalition
Conservatree
Dajopen Waste Management Solutions
Dogwood Alliance
EARTHDAY.ORG
Ecoshed Trading
Friends of Bell Smith Springs
Friends of the Earth U.S.
GAIA
Greenpeace USA
Heartwood
Mighty Earth
Partnership for Policy Integrity
Rainforest Relief
Standing Trees
Swan View Coalition
Upstream
With the comment periods now closed, we look forward to the agencies’ consideration of the proposals and will continue working with our partners to reduce unnecessary paper use while protecting forests, addressing climate change, and supporting communities.
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