TNT outsources all videoconferencing services to Talk & Vision
TNT has outsourced the total management of its videoconferencing systems to Talk & Vision. TNT has only appointed one project manager for videoconferencing. All other systems management and monitoring is in the hands of Talk & Vision. Talk & Vision takes care of all connections for TNT, both one-on-one and multi-point. This makes things very easy for the user, with connections set up 15 minutes prior to the meeting. As the user enters the meeting room, the connection will already have been established, allowing the user to fully focus on the contents of the meeting. This approach has already led to many enthusiastic users. TNT has spotted a growth in use of 30%-40% a month. The number of sites where videoconferencing has been implemented has in the meantime grown to over one hundred, and this number is continuing to grow.
Nine months after the official launch of the project aimed at cutting CO2 emissions and reducing business trips by 30%, TNT is now seeing the first positive results of deploying videoconferencing as part of the so-called ‘Planet Me' programme
This programme puts TNT's philosophy to become the first carbon-neutral postal and express services provider into practice.
Carin ten Hage, Programme Director TNT Planet Me: "In order to reduce CO2 emissions caused by our business flights, we need to restrict business flights to a minimum. Our target is to reduce business flights by 20% in 2008. This will enable TNT to reduce CO2 emissions resulting from business flights by two to three kilotons per year. And this will also yield annual savings on travel expenses of 30% of the total budget."
In a drive to validate the investment and make the successes measurable, Talk & Vision and TNT will jointly draw up reports on the savings achieved in business travel, as well as calculate how much CO2 output has been prevented per person per meeting. These figures have, up to now, exceeded all expectations. The services Talk & Vision provides to TNT come under the Mavis Programme that Talk & Vision recently implemented.
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About TNT
TNT N.V. offers companies and consumers worldwide a broad spectrum of postal and express services. TNT, which has its headquarters in Amsterdam, offers access to efficient network infrastructures across Europe and Asia, and is expanding its worldwide activities to maximize the performance of its networks. TNT has a presence in over 200 countries, and employs over 161,500 people. In 2007, turnover amounted to €11 billion, with operating profits of €1,192 million. TNT is listed on the Amsterdam stock exchange. TNT is fully aware of its corporate social responsibility, and has struck up partnerships with the World Food Programme and the United Nations Environment Programme to combat hunger and pollution across the globe.
Last year, TNT introduced a global environmental programme under the name Planet Me. This programme constitutes TNT's drive to increase transparency in the area of the CO2 emissions it produces, to cut the CO2 emissions caused by its operating activities and its 161,500 strong staff, as well as their family and friends, and also to encourage contractors and suppliers to reduce their CO2 output, both at work and at home.
For more information, please contact:
WMX Communications, Events & Productions
Sandy Bergkamp
sandybergkamp@talkandvision.com
+31 (0)641340801
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