Increase the eco-friendliness of your print functionality

“Did you know that printing, copying and scanning accounts for a third of the energy consumed by your office?”

Upgrading your print functionality achieves two main results:

• Reduces your costs and increase your efficiency
• Reduced carbon footprint and environmental profile

As the climate change agenda gains momentum businesses that can show a commitment to carbon reduction may gain a reputational advantage as a ‘green’ supplier.

In addition, the Climate Change Bill commits the UK to an 80% reduction in carbon emissions. As the biggest polluters, businesses will be expected to contribute significantly to carbon reduction efforts. The Carbon Reduction Commitment – introduced in April 2010 – requires the larger companies to register with the Environmental Agency and provide details statistics on their carbon use.

Whilst this will not affect most businesses for quite some time, the larger organisations must sign up immediately. As they push to create a greener brand, companies in their supply chain may be expected to improve reduce carbon-intensive activities to fall in line.

With insufficient green credentials you may be missing out on business opportunities.

As such, companies should commit to improving their carbon footprint as early as possible to ensure they can fall in line with compliance regulations when they take effect.

Print functionality is a great place to start.

Balreed offers a bespoke service package that gives you the opportunity to discover how much your print activity contributes to your organisation’s overall carbon footprint.

Armed with these results, we can show you how to cut one tonne of your carbon emissions immediately.

For example:

• Use up-to-date software to cut paper usage by 40%
• Drastically reduce energy costs by replacing old equipment. Some of the latest printers consume up to 60% less energy
• Recycle old cartridges and toners – we will provide you with a storage container for used printer consumables and empty it regularly
• Introduce pull printing, where you can use a swipe card or finger identification to run the print, improving security and confidentiality as well as reducing wastage.

Further improvements can also be made:

• Migrate expensive print to cost efficient multi-function devices where possible
• Introduced Managed Print Services where ‘pay as you go’ systems would be more efficient

Balreed is a leading supplier of print, copy and scan equipment for today’s business environment. We have over 30 years experience and have built a reputation for professionalism, quality products and outstanding service.

And because we’re independent, we can match your business needs perfectly with a mix of state-of-the-art hardware from World leaders including Canon, HP, Konica Minolta and Ricoh.

Why not take advantage of our free energy consumption evaluation by contacting Balreed today?