KnowledgeTree Launches Green IT Promotion to Benefit Food & Trees for Africa
ECM Provider KnowledgeTree® Launches Green IT Promotion to Benefit Food & Trees for Africa
RALEIGH, NC — October 6, 2009 — KnowledgeTree®, an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) provider focusing on affordable document management software that is easily installed and used by business professionals, today announced the launch of a green IT promotion benefiting Food & Trees for Africa to promote environmental sustainability. As part of this initiative, for every new sale over $4,500, KnowledgeTree will plant a tree in Africa on the customer’s behalf.
Established in 1990, Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA) embraces best practices in sustainable environmental activities that empower poor communities while also playing an important role in reducing the carbon emissions that are threatening the planet. FTFA brings trees to impoverished areas through its National Tree Distribution Program, which relies on help from corporate sponsors like KnowledgeTree.
“Although KnowledgeTree helps customers reduce paper waste through electronic document management, we want to do more,” said Daniel Chalef, CEO, KnowledgeTree. “By supporting FTFA and donating trees to disadvantaged communities, KnowledgeTree is furthering its commitment to help offset carbon emissions and build a greener, more sustainable planet.”
KnowledgeTree solutions help organizations manage the document lifecycle, promote collaboration, ensure compliance and reduce paper with electronic document storage and retrieval. KnowledgeTree’s commercial offerings are available as a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution or an on-premise product. KnowledgeTree provides an easy-to-use, secure platform that enables access to documents anytime, anywhere – reducing both paper dependency and carbon footprint.
Each planted tree will be documented with a certificate issued to customers outlining the details of their contribution. To date, over 3.5 million trees have been distributed through the National Tree Distribution Program to schools, clinics, retirement homes, hospices, police stations and parks.
“Sustainable development is about people, participation and common purpose,” said Jeunesse Park, Founder of Food & Trees for Africa. “FTFA is pleased KnowledgeTree is demonstrating a commitment to environmental sustainability and social welfare by participating in the program.”
About KnowledgeTree
KnowledgeTree is an enterprise content management provider focusing on affordable document management software that is easily installed and used by business professionals. Offering commercial SaaS and on-site editions as well as a free, open source community edition, KnowledgeTree’s features — including workflow, version control and audit trails — help organizations manage the document lifecycle, promote collaboration, reduce paper and ensure compliance.
As a commercial open source company, KnowledgeTree is committed to affordability, accessibility and integration across operating systems and applications. Customers include organizations of all sizes in many industries, including life sciences, legal, financial and government sectors. KnowledgeTree is headquartered in Raleigh, NC. For more information, visit http://www.knowledgetree.com
About Food & Trees for Africa
Food & Trees for Africa is South Africa’s social enterprise that addresses climate change action and sustainable development through greening and Permaculture food gardening. Since 1990 FTFA has worked with government, the private and public sectors and the disadvantaged communities of South Africa planting over 3.6 million trees and facilitating thousands of natural food gardens. FTFA developed the first South African carbon calculator and works with many companies to measure, reduce and offset carbon emissions. For more information visit, http://www.trees.co.za/.
