The aim of the project was to replace paper meal vouchers with an electronic payment card, to save costs and also to protect the environment.

ACTIONS

Czech Post is one of the largest employers in the Czech Republic. More than 28,000 people work here and all of them receive meal vouchers as part of the benefits. The original system was such that the employee received a paper meal voucher of a certain financial value for each day worked. In 2019, Czech Post launched a project to replace paper meal vouchers with electronic ones, and it was completed last year. Just to give an idea, 6.5 million paper meal vouchers circulated at Czech Post every year and they were issued at 4,500 places throughout the country. By completing this project, Czech Post contributed to increasing health protection during the COVID-19 epidemic. No paper meal vouchers, but contactless payments were made, by attaching the eCard to the terminal. It is also interesting that for some employees this was their first experience with an electronic payment card.

RESULTS AND IMPACT

In addition to savings throughout the distribution chain, Czech Post managed to save 10 mature, 120-year-old trees a year by transiting from paper meal vouchers to electronic payment cards.