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Sustainable products Many of Adobe ’ s products speak to their sustainability efforts . The company has created EchoSign , a digital signature product that allows users to send and electronically sign documents using a smart phone , tablet or any web browser . EchoSign automatically records and stores the details of each document ’ s history on the Adobe Cloud platform , and signatures are legally valid and enforceable in countries throughout the world .
“ For every million EchoSign signatures , we reduce 3 million pounds of wood and two million gallons of water waste ,” Francom said .
Adobe also developed Adobe Connect , a web conferencing platform for web meetings , eLearning and webinars . The platform can be used on virtually any device and has been utilized by leading corporations and the U . S . Department of Defense .
Francom commented on Connect by saying , “ Adobe Connect is a telepresence solution . It ’ s interactive and reduces the needs for travel . We figured out that the biggest part of our carbon footprint was employee travel , and it ’ s also one of the biggest costs , so if we eliminate that , we can add to our earnings per share significantly , and everyone wins .”
In alignment with Connect , Adobe launched an initiative in April of this year encouraging their employees to forego traveling in order to reduce carbon emissions . The initiative was dubbed “ Skip-a-trip ” and challenged Adobe employees to skip a business trip entirely and use Adobe Connect instead . The challenge proved successful , as that month , employees elected to save 31,000 lbs . of CO2 and reduce the company ’ s carbon footprint . The challenge also saved Adobe thousands of dollars in travel costs .
Adobe has several consortiums in place that develop sustainability programs like Skip-a-trip . According to Francom , “ In every major site , we have a sustainability council of folks that are passionate and interested in being involved at site level . We ’ re not just trying to be sustainable as Adobe , but to create a framework and mindset population that transcends Adobe and improves ( our world ) in general .”
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