Customers express high interest in being green, but when it comes to people actually acting on their intentions, well…not so much. The two main environmental concerns employees expressed were about depletion of natural resources (trees, water, energy) and perceived harm to the environment from toxic materials in printers and in ink/toner.
Apparently yes, at least in the UK where they take their sustainability seriously. Ricoh's unique Sustainability Optimization program, accredited by the British Standards Institution (BSI), helps businesses to improve the efficiency of their document workflows while at the same time taking a carbon-balanced approach to managing information.
The events will discuss the challenges companies face in meeting their cost reduction, productivity, and sustainability goals as well as showcase Ricoh's Managed Document Services (MDS) approach, a collaborative journey to help companies meet their specific business objectives. A current Ricoh MDS customer will be present at each event to discuss how Ricoh's MDS solutions have impacted their business.
The Consortium's vision is to advance science to drive a new generation of innovative products and supply networks that address environmental, social, and economic imperatives. Through multi-stakeholder collaboration, its mission is to design and implement credible, transparent and scalable science-based measurement and reporting systems accessible for all producers, retailers, and users of consumer products.
The Ricoh Women's British Open is one of the four Majors in Women's Golf, and the only Major played outside of the USA. Steeped in history, with a winners list that reads like a 'who's who' of women's golf. Ricoh aimed for a low carbon footprint at the tournament in all areas of document production. All of the printers used for the event were set for high energy efficiency, and members of the media were instructed to minimize printing whenever possible.
It's possible that direct-mail costs have actually gone down as much as 17% over ten years ago, if you buy the premise of an interesting report released by Digital Nirvana.
While FedEx Office, Staples and Office Depot continue to lead the pack and build upon already high standards, companies such as Amazon.com, Costco and xpedx continue to fall short on critical questions about the sustainability of their products and processes. In the middle are companies such as Target and PaperlinX, each of which are adopting new green paper purchasing policies which, though they leave some key questions unanswered, represent important progress toward really making the grade.
Unless you are coming down with the Swine Flu, the Doc is all for going green, and one way to do that is to get a handle on your printing infrastructure.
