PRINTITRESELLER.UK 39 VOX POP PrintIT Reseller: What targets have you set for net-zero, and what progress has been made to date? This is a marathon not a sprint, so we will continue a laser focus on the bigger corporation goals... COP28 has revealed that much more needs to be done if we are to limit global warming to 1.5°C before the end of the decade. Notably, the first ‘global stocktake’ of the world’s efforts to address climate change under the Paris Agreement has shown that progress is too slow across all areas of climate action. Here, some of the sector’s leading vendors discuss strategies and initiatives designed to reduce the environmental impact of printers and MFPs Time to step up climate action: part one Steve Pearce, Head of Marketing, Kyocera: We continue to make steps towards our global Kyocera corporate net-zero target of 2050. However, we decided as a UK operation to accelerate change and can proudly boast that we are carbon neutral since 2022, some 28 years ahead of this. We have used offset. However, our carbon reduction plan shows a clear carbon mitigation strategy to organically reduce carbon emissions through ongoing green initiatives. This is a marathon not a sprint, so we will continue a laser focus on the bigger corporation goals and continue to openly share the demonstrable strides we make along the journey. Ben Mills, Environment Manager, Konica Minolta: Konica Minolta is committed to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and considers climate action as the most urgent area for action. The company is continuously working to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions throughout the product life cycle. We aim to achieve net-zero in Scope 1, 2 and 3 by 2050 in product development, procurement and manufacturing, sales and services, and product use. Our starting year for this calculation is 2005, when we set up our Eco Vision 2050 environmental policy. Konica Minolta aims to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy because burning fuel to generate electricity produces significant amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. That is why we have been a member of RE100 since 2019 and are committed to using 100% renewable electricity by 2050, and 30% by 2030. In the UK, we have used renewable energy since 2018. Where possible, the company is trying to shift transport across Europe from air and road to rail or water. 90% of its goods transport from Rotterdam in the Netherlands to its main warehouse centre in Emmerich, Germany, are carried out on the Rhine River with barges. 40% of transport from Emmerich to Italy is already done by rail. Specifically for our customers, the energy consumption of Konica Minolta printing devices has continuously decreased over the last few years. The largest energy consumption, over 60%, occurs when the toner is fixed to the paper. With the polymerised Simitri V toner used in the bizhub i-series, the latest MFP generation, Konica Minolta has been able to reduce the fixing temperature by about 15°C compared to previous models. Combined with a new fixing device, this helps to significantly reduce the TEC value. The reduction in power consumption has resulted in the MFPs producing up to 25% less CO2 emissions in operation compared to previous models. Richard Wells, Head of Office Print, Epson: Epson’s environmental vision is to become carbon negative and underground resource-free by 2050. To help ensure we’re headed on the right path, Epson also set mid-term targets 08/23. Carbon Reduction Plan KYOCERA Group UK Steve Pearce
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