01732 759725 VOX POP 46 ...continued Dave Prezzano: “At last year’s World Economic Forum (WEF), the Davos Agenda focused on mobilising global leaders to shape the principles, policies and partnerships that will create a more inclusive, cohesive, and sustainable future starting right now. To that end, HP is a founding signatory of the Tech Talent Charter, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to increasing diversity and inclusion in the UK technology industry. At the WEF, HP joined 61 global business leaders in committing to adopt and implement the International Business Council’s Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics. These metrics offer a set of universal, comparable disclosures focused on people, planet, prosperity, and principles of governance that are considered most critical for business, society, and the planet. Standardising metrics helps enable stakeholders to better evaluate and hold businesses accountable for ESG disclosure and performance. “Finally, through our partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) we aim to reach across the globe to set new standards for environmental leadership. Projects such as The Epicenter for Climate Conservation and Climate Witness focus on analysis, research and data collection in order to reduce HP's greenhouse gas emissions, improve product energy use, and educate and inspire others to do the same.” Sam Johnson: “The strength of the initiatives we’ve put in place means that Brother Group joined the FTSE4Good Index in 2020 – a select group of the world’s most environmentally and socially sustainable companies. We were also accredited by Valpak, an environmental consultancy, as being 100 per cent net zero waste to landfill across our UK operations. “We’re aligned with the UN Global Compact, which outlines 10 principles for sustainable growth. By taking part in the initiative, we’re committed to promoting greater environmental responsibility and driving the development of sustainable technologies.” Trevor Northfield: “We do the obvious things like working with partners to recycle what waste we do produce (polystyrene, cardboard etc.), and our subcontractors who handle our property maintenance to make them as efficient as possible. “We also work with the leasing company that supplies our vehicles to try and find out what other organisations are doing which helps us to use best practice whenever practical. We use the Royal Mail network to transport nonurgent items around the country, to save our staff extended journeys. “We of course work closely with our customers to reduce waste – for example, not printing when not necessary. It sounds counterintuitive for a print business but we are much more than that as we are an IT business. We believe by having this attitude it will not only save waste but it will encourage our clients to purchase our other products and services, because they cannot only see the value for money we offer but also our efficiency-first mind-set.” Boris Manev: “Last year we joined forces with National Geographic to promote the protection of the world’s permafrost – the frozen ground beneath the polar regions of the earth – launching the ‘Turn Down the Heat’ campaign. “The campaign comes as scientists predict the world’s permafrost will thaw entirely by 2100, drastically changing ecologies, raising global sea levels, and releasing over 950 billion tonnes of methane into the atmosphere. Together, Epson and National Geographic aim to raise awareness of how businesses can reduce their impact of global warming. “In October 2021, we also announced a Europe-wide partnership with eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, to be the face of a major awareness building campaign for Epson’s cartridge-free EcoTank printers. Usain demonstrates in his own light-hearted Last year we joined forces with National Geographic to promote the protection of the world’s permafrost – the frozen ground beneath the polar regions of the earth – launching the ‘Turn Down the Heat’ campaign way that with Epson’s EcoTank printers, you can literally “Just Fill and Chill” for up to three years of cartridge-free nohassle printing.” Pietro Renda: “MPS Monitor has always been committed to respecting natural resources. Through its partnership with PrintReleaf – an organisation that aims to neutralise the environmental impact of printing processes through certified reforestation projects – over 80,000 trees have been planted all over the world to compensate the pages printed through the devices monitored by MPS Monitor. That is an impressive number that quantifies the constant and important commitment of MPS Monitor in collaboration with its commercial partners. “In this case, MPS Monitor transmits the data from the monitored devices to the PrintReleaf platform, which automatically compensates for paper consumption with the planting of trees in different areas of the world, based on a ratio of 8,333 sheets of paper per tree. This way, PrintReleaf contributes to Trillion Trees, the platform launched by the World Economic Forum to plant a trillion trees in support of the United Nations Decade 2021-2030 for the restoration of the ecosystem. Scientists estimate that reforestation can contribute up to a third of the emission reductions demanded by 2030 to meet the Paris targets.” Steve Holmes: “PaperCut supports the Australian charitable fund and conservation project, Carbon Positive. Carbon Positive Australia’s reforestation project supports the rehabilitation of degraded Australian land while sequestering carbon and restoring Australian natural biodiversity. Now for every new PaperCut license sold, Carbon Positive Australia plants a tree in one of their controlled sites. We also partner with One Tree Planted, while local building management specialists ensure that our workplace facilities are working as efficiently as they should be.” PrintIT Reseller: With which groups are you partnering with regarding key sustainability initiatives? www.hp.com www.brother.co.uk www.sharp.co.uk www.lexmark.co.uk www.epson.co.uk www.mpsmonitor.com www.papercut.com Sam Johnson
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