SUSTAINABLE SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR – OFFICE PRODUCTS
environmental network. In 2001 Kyocera witnessed an embryonic interest in environmental issues among IT and procurement managers in some of its customer organisations. We established The Green Card Network to enable these early adopters to share information about improving their organisations’ environmental performance, and to find out about the legislation that was going to affect UK business. At this stage the concept of an “Environmental” or “Sustainability” manager just didn’t exist, but many of those who joined the network have gone on to take up senior environmental roles in their organisation. Today the Green Card network has more than 2000 members, who receive monthly e-bulletins on topics of environmental business interest and legislation, and who use our website to keep up to date with relevant environmental issues. Our Green Card conference is free to attend for members and draws speakers from the highest levels of corporate and public sector business in the UK, such as Capgemini, RSA, and Barclays, alongside organisations such as Envirowise, the Environment Agency and Forum for the Future. By bringing together members of environmental organisations, public bodies and UK businesses and public sector organisations Green Card facilitates debate and awareness of environmental challenges and best practice.
www.thegreencard.org.uk Internal: In marketing its ECOSYS products on their environmental merits, Kyocera Mita ensures that environmental issues are at the front of mind for all of its employees. Regular “philosophy workshops” reinforce Kyocera’s commitment to protecting the environment while promoting commercial enterprise. Staff are kept informed of our progress against specific environmental targets via the monthly company newsletter and progress is also published on Kyocera’s corporate website.
PARTNERSHIP: Kyocera Mita UK is the first 10:10
Leader company. 10:10 is a mass engagement and action programme that aims to cut carbon emissions in the UK by 10% in 2010 by engaging consumers in reducing their personal emissions, and engaging businesses in doing likewise. Kyocera Mita UK offers financial and in- kind support for the campaign, in addition to committing to reduce our carbon emissions by 10% in 2010.
www.1010uk.org
Local Community partnership: Cutting Carbon with Kyocera – A community project with Reading Borough Council. (RBC) Cutting Carbon with Kyocera is a core element of Reading Borough Council‘s sustainable communications programme designed to encourage residents and businesses to reduce their environmental impact, and to advise them of the support available to assist them. Reading has a strong commercial sector with 51% of carbon emissions that are attributable to the region associated with businesses. Thus it is essential to engage businesses as well as residents in carbon cutting exercises. RBC aims to support its regional businesses through challenging economic circumstances with information designed to help them reduce costs through environmentally responsible activities.
Through its partnership with Kyocera, Reading Borough Council has ensured that its sustainability programme has strong resonance with the commercial sector and can be promoted via a high profile radio campaign. Reading Borough Council is responsible for the well-being of all its residents and sees its Cutting Carbon programme as a central part of community development in the region. Kyocera Mita UK was actively involved in establishing the Reading Climate Change Partnership and is represented on its board. It also hosts the Reading Green Business Network, which promotes collaboration between local businesses on Carbon mitigation and adaptation. Kyocera is also a partner in the LoCUS project, a new programme that aims to encourage SMEs to reduce their carbon emissions. It was recognised during the initial research phase that the fact that most SMEs are tenants means that they are reliant on their landlord’s co- operation to execute some types of carbon reduction projects. The campaign therefore plans to focus on this aspect, and to create a dialogue between landlords and commercial tenants to facilitate the development of collaborative emissions reduction projects. Supporting sustainable organisations: Kyocera Mita UK has recently opened a new Technology Suite in central London to act as a permanent exhibit of Kyocera technologies and credentials as well as a conference suite for up to 50 delegates. As part of its CSR programme Kyocera Mita is offering the suite as a venue on a pro-bono basis to organisations holding events that are focused on promoting sustainability.
www.kyoceramita.co.uk/index/about_us /kyocera_technology/
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CARBON REDUCTION COMMITMENT: Kyocera aims to meet its obligations to reduce environmental impact through a combination of measures from legislative compliance, to achievement of voluntary standards, to the continuous focus of its CSR policy on education and awareness programmes. Kyocera was the first company in its industry sector to achieve the Carbon Trust Standard, achieving a 9% overall carbon reduction; 80% higher than that typically seen from applicants. It has committed to a 10% per year absolute emissions reduction; a target that will become increasingly challenging given that the business is experiencing double digit growth. We encourage employees to look at all aspects of our business and supply chain to identify where carbon reductions and savings can be made: Success story: Kyocera Mita changed logistics suppliers, moving to a service provided by DHL. During the bedding-in process Kyocera Mita’s logistics manager proposed scheduling improvements and consignment consolidation that could reduce carbon emissions and save time and money for DHL. The resulting changes to the process delivered an annual carbon emission reduction of 12 tonnes for DHL.
PAPER PRESSURE:
As a 10:10 leader company we’re putting ourselves under extra pressure to achieve our 10% emissions reduction target, and one of the ironic side effects is that we’re using our own products less. We’ve been focusing on cutting paper use and we’ve reduced paper consumption by 29% so far this year.
CONCLUSION: Kyocera has developed a robust and reliable print technology that helps our customer meets the dual targets of reducing both environmental impact and cost. Kyocera has also recognised its responsibility to educate users of its products in how to minimise the impact of their business. Our message resonates strongly in the current climate of environmental awareness coupled with business austerity, and Kyocera is currently enjoying its strongest sales performance in the past decade. We believe that this success vindicates our belief that environmental and commercial objectives are not mutually exclusive but instead should be an intrinsic part of any organisation’s business plan.
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