Go Paperless

Choose Electronic Delivery and Save the Planet

In support of the University’s sustainability mission, you can choose electronic delivery for certain Benefits communications and documents.

For University health plans and programs, log in to CUBES, go to your Profile, choose "Email" as your Communication Preference, and click "Consent."

You can also log in to UnitedHealthcare to select paperless settings for required communications.

For Retirement plans, log in to your administrator's website:

TIAA
Vanguard

^{If the law does not permit a document to be sent electronically, it will be sent via postal mail.}

Sustainability

From 2016 to 2023, Human Resources reduced both the size and quantity of Benefits Highlights printed books by 96% in the total pounds of paper used:

2016: 14,763 pounds (7.38 tons)
2023: 596 pounds (.30 tons)

Save Trees

The Highlights books went from using 59 trees in 2016 to 2 trees in 2023—a 97% reduction.

_{According to the Sierra Club, a minimum of 8 trees are required to produce 2,000 pounds/1 ton of paper.}

Lower Greenhouse Impact

The change in print production has reduced HR's greenhouse gas emissions from 42,000 pounds in 2016 to 1,700 in 2023—a 96% reduction.

^{Production of 1 ton of copy paper produces 5,690 pounds of greenhouse gases: the equivalent of 6 months of car exhaust.}