Fair Rate Funding Is Going Green

May 27, 2010 - PRLog -- Mansaquan, NJ – Fair Rate Funding, a legal financing company, recently pledged to further reduce its environmental impact with new “green” business practices. The company recently implemented two new document policies to lessen paper consumption.

All documents are now being scanned instead of photocopied for use in case review, and the company has set up an offsite computerized backup system to save on paper.

“Client communication and documentation are two very important parts of how we handle our cases,” said Coppola. “This way, we have full access to all of the information we need and a secure backup of it in case anything should happen to our digital images. Not only are we saving time and money, we are doing our part to protect the environment.”

The lawsuit financing company had already switched from printing out faxes to a machine  that delivers image documents to their computer system instead. Scanning all paperwork and refraining from printing was a way to take eco-friendly practices one step further.

“It is amazing the amount of paper we could go through just for one client’s case,” said Paul M. Coppola, Esq., president of Fair Rate Funding. “We need to access all of their lawsuit information, which sometimes includes 200 documents of medical records alone. By scanning the existing paperwork before returning it to them, we are lessening our impact on natural resources. We also ask for digital records whenever they are available.”

Fair Rate Funding’s other green practices include the elimination of writing down telephone messages or sending out memos. Instead, voice mail and email have become the norm. They are also recycling aluminum cans, plastic and glass bottles in special bins which were recently placed in their building. Employees are encouraging other tenants to do the same.

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About Fair Rate Funding: Fair Rate Funding (http://www.fairratefunding.com) provides legal funding for those involved in civil lawsuits who qualify for financing. They provide immediate funding to meet a client’s needs during the litigation process. The money helps plaintiffs ride out the process long enough to realize a fair recovery.