PrintIT Reseller - issue 67

VOX POP 01732 759725 42 ...continued These goals not only complement our corporate philosophy, they also act as guiding principles for our approach to a circular economy. In addition, we manage natural resources in ways that contribute to the circular economy including increasing sales of reconditioned products. We also have strong systems and processes in place to responsibly manage environmental impacts across our operations.” Martin Fairman, UK&I Managing Director and Channel Director, Lexmark : “A focus on sustainability is at the core of Lexmark’s culture and we take great pride in our CSR initiatives, which we’ve embedded into everything we do. “For example, we have a long history of creating environmentally friendly print devices, and every single device built since 2012 is Blue Angel certified. From an operation perspective as well, we’ve continually looked to find more environmentally friendly ways of doing volunteering programme where we give our team the opportunity to spend a working day volunteering for a local charity or community project that they are passionate to support.” Gemmer Crozier, Sustainable Development Co-ordinator, Brother UK : “Being a responsible business is embedded in our DNA and runs right through our corporate culture. The Brother Group Global Charter’s three principles underpin everything we do as a business and sets best practice on how everyone in the company is expected to behave every day. These are trust and respect, ethics and morality and challenging spirit and speed. We’re also aligned with the 17 United Nations SDGs. “When it comes to the impact of having an embedded CSR focus within our business, we place significant emphasis on the individual responsibility of our colleagues – asking them to consider sustainability in every action they carry out. We understand the importance of being a responsible business. It’s not just a tick box for us, it’s a commitment to promoting best practice in how we treat our people, our customers and suppliers, the environment and the broader community in which we operate.” James Pittick, Director of B2B Indirect Sales, Canon UK : “Our corporate philosophy and culture stems from the Japanese word Kyosei, which means ‘living and working together for the common good’. All our business endeavours, including our relationships with partners and customers, are based on this philosophy. “We also commit to the UN SDGs, 12: Responsible Consumption and Productions and 13: Climate Action. business. Since 2015 we have lowered water consumption by 20 per cent, greenhouse gas emissions by 16 per cent and maintained a 75 per cent waste recycling rate.” Gillian Anderson, Employee Experience Manager, Konica Minolta : “Our CSR strategy focuses on championing change, we do this through building transformative partnerships, embracing diversity and inclusion, supporting a culture of health, safety and wellbeing and demonstrating environmental change. As a socially conscious business, we are making CSR a priority and embedding it into our operations and strategy, this includes using our products to drive social and environmental change, developing a culture where our employees can be at their best and helping our customers meet their own sustainability goals.” Daniel Quelch, UK Sustainability & CSR Manager, Epson Europe : “Our Japanese roots greatly influence our approach to CSR. Much of our success in this area can be attributed to Epson’s Japanese principle of monozukuri – the art and science of manufacturing – which fosters sustainable manufacturing. This means that at Epson, CSR is all about delivering value to our employees, customers, society and environment at every step of our operations. “In practical terms, this means we have adopted the SDGs defined by the United Nations and formulated science- based targets for our greenhouse gas reduction initiative. As part of the effort to reduce our corporate footprint (and in Europe, this accounts for the majority of our eco footprint), we have introduced Much of our success in this area can be attributed to Epson’s Japanese principle of monozukuri – the art and science of manufacturing – which fosters sustainable manufacturing James Pittick Gillian Anderson