Making the Cash Cycle Work More Sustainably

The European Central Bank’s Product Environmental Footprint study found that 82% of the environmental impact of banknotes happened post-issue. In addition, all around the world cash usage is changing. In some countries cash remains dominant, but elsewhere change has started and in some countries cash transactions are so low that the traditional business models no longer work.

Stakeholders are having to rethink how cash is organised.

Last month’s Cash Sustainability Forum in Frankfurt started, therefore, with a half day workshop focused on possible steps to reduce the cash cycle impact. This article summarises three of the key presentations from leading suppliers in different parts of the cash cycle.

1. Cash InfraPro: ‘Cash cycle sustainability: a practical view of cash recirculation policy and implementation’