PRINTITRESELLER.UK 45 VOX POP Bristol who were frustrated that many of us feel we are not able to contribute enough to the colossal climate problem and created a way for individuals and businesses to make a real difference by working together. XBM now plants 165 trees, through Ecologi, for each Epson solution we install. To date that is over 8,500 trees, but the list of projects supported by Ecologi spreads across the globe, with funding for reforestation, forest protection, renewable energy programs and social projects. These include distributing cleaner cookstoves in Kenya, avoiding methane emissions from landfill in Brazil, generating renewable solar electricity in Egypt, as well as reforestation in Argentina, Kenya, Ecuador, and many other locations. Dom Gryszan: Apogee works closely with our parent company, HP Inc., to completely eliminate single-use packaging from our supply chain – and we were awarded the HP Partner Platinum Sustainability Award in 2022, in recognition of (among other philanthropic endeavours) our contribution toward a circular and low carbon economy. This included decreasing our total emissions generated through combustible gas by 100 per cent, decreasing our number of business vehicles by 38 per cent, and increasing the recycling of office waste by 115 per cent. As well as being certified with IS0 14001 for our approach to environmental management; Apogee is partnered with PrintReleaf – a program available to all managed print clients, which reforests trees around the world equivalent to the amount of pages they print. At the time of writing, Apogee clients have reforested 6,194 trees against 51.6 million pages through PrintReleaf. Lastly, Apogee is also a member of Avetta Consortium, a supply chain risk management service provider. Membership is awarded to suppliers who have achieved specific business management standards for health & safety, sustainability, and environmental and social responsibility. Andy Ratcliffe: We’re working very closely with manufacturers and distributors as they have a role to play across the industry. We’ve been addressing the issue of waste packaging and excess travel miles by encouraging recycling and recycled material use where possible and reducing product to end-user journey miles. We continue to look forward at developments that can be made and further improvements where we can make a positive difference, no matter what size. Charlotte Muenzel: Our team is spread across the country; we choose public transport for travel and eco-friendly locations for our regular team meetings. We’ve partnered with a venue in Wolverhampton for our company events that does a great job when it comes to sustainability. They recognise the risks posed to the planet from climate change and the consequences of this change, which is why they operate their “Meetings for Change” promise. 80% of the ingredients on their menus are British-grown and all the chicken and milk served is Red Tractor-assured. All tea and coffee served come from responsible suppliers, their chocolate is fair trade, and they offer a choice of great-tasting plant-based dishes. Wherever possible, the venue uses recyclable packaging to reduce waste. Gillian Anderson: At Konica Minolta we are keen to play our part in shaping a better future for all, sharing our experiences and learnings along the way. We know to reach our targets and realise our Eco Vision 2050 and reduce our impact, we must work in partnership with customers, employees and suppliers. For climate action, our main objective is to prevent and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in our operations and products. Our enabling climate compensation programme is our most important customer programme for offsetting any remaining emissions. To deliver this programme, we partner with international climate change expert ClimatePartner to ensure transparency and resilience. Steve Kendall-Smith: We have partnered with a number or organisations to support our sustainability efforts and initiatives. One of which is PrintReleaf, which enables Lexmark customers to track their paper usage and provide a biomass offset through reforestation. The automatic process measures paper consumption and calculates the equivalent number of trees needed to offset the environmental impact. The tree planting is audited by a leading global forestry auditor and a certification is provided. Lexmark takes part in this program for our own office printing as well as our test pages in our quality process, in addition to the customer offering. We are also taking part in combating deforestation and offsetting CO2 emissions through our partnership with the UK charity Ripple Africa, one of the largest and most successful tree planting projects in Malawi. Ripple Africa provides a long-term solution to combat deforestation in Africa as well as carrying out large-scale environmental projects and small-scale initiatives in the fields of education and health. To fully understand the impact of our efforts, we seek out thirdparty validation from sustainability organisations. To ensure our devices are meet high standards of energy efficiency, 96 per cent of our devices meet the ENERGY STAR certification. The recent launch of our singlefunction black and white B3442dw devices and multifunction colour MC3326i devices are certified as CarbonNeutral by Climate Impact Partners. www.kyoceradocumentsolutions.co.uk www.xbmltd.com www.apogeecorp.com www.key-digital.co.uk https://synaxon-services.com/ www.konicaminolta.co.uk www.lexmark.co.uk We are also taking part in combating deforestation and offsetting CO2 emissions through our partnership with the UK charity Ripple Africa, one of the largest and most successful tree planting projects in Malawi Steve Kendall-Smith Andy Ratcliffe
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