PrintIT Reseller - issue 72

VOX POP 01732 759725 42 The second edition of Quocirca’s Print 2025 market insight study found that sustainability has leapt up the corporate agenda. The majority of respondents expect sustainability to be highly important to their business by 2025, while 52 per cent of IT decision-makers state that lowering environmental impact is the number one print management challenge they face, outweighing cost reduction and security Sustainability climbs the corporate agenda: Part Two Dom Gryszan, Managing Manager, Apogee “At Apogee, the choices we make and our mind-set towards discovering technological advancements are deep- rooted within our corporate policies. We ensure that these choices are in line with our Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) and environmental policies. “An over-reliance on paper use by more than 82 per cent of companies, is contributing to the destruction of forests globally. We’re aware of how we might be contributing to this problem directly and indirectly, hence we have modified our business model addressing this issue throughout our value chain. “We manage the impact of our upstream supply chain by selecting products and services with good sustainability credentials. We continuously work to reduce environmental impacts within value chains and we work only with OEM partners with a record of good environmental practice. The majority of our hardware is supplied by our parent company, HP, who are known for their exceptional environmental practices. Over 90 per cent of paper used at Apogee comes from certified forests. Our printing arm is FSC-certified and we work with products that have built-in and add- on features designed to boost energy efficiency, such as multifunctional devices with eco-modes. “We carried out a comprehensive assessment last year and implemented the following. We replaced lights in our largest sites with LEDs and plan to roll this out to all sites and we trialled a number of electric and alternative fuel vehicles to determine the most suitable for business activities. Additionally, we recycled more than 80 per cent of waste materials generated from operations in 2019. This year, we aim to increase this by more than 10 per cent. We also started a series of behavioural awareness campaigns to promote good environmental stewardship with employees. “By helping clients make practical choices that reduce their environmental impact, we have extended green practices across downstream supply chains by developing technology to prevent unnecessary printing alongside using innovative products and services to improve operations and create collaborations, whilst decreasing travel and ultimately carbon footprint. These Almost two-thirds of respondents to the study said they expect suppliers to adopt a leading position on sustainability by 2025. In light of this, PrintIT Reseller invited a panel of industry leaders to explain how they have embedded sustainability within their own business and how they are helping clients to reduce the environmental impact of print. Pete Lunn Dom Gryszan