Epson Awarded EcoVadis Platinum Rating

Epson Awarded EcoVadis Platinum Rating for the fourth time, putting the company in the world’s top 1% for their sustainability.

Seiko Epson Corporation has once again earned a platinum rating for sustainability from EcoVadis, a leading provider of business sustainability ratings. This is in recognition of the company’s global efforts to uphold the highest standards on the environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement, and highlights Epson’s commitment and actions on sustainability.

The platinum rating ranks Epson in the top 1% of companies in its industry, particularly excelling in the fields of the environment as well as labour and human rights.

EcoVadis is a recognised business sustainability ratings organisation covering more than 220 industry categories, over 13,000 companies of all sizes worldwide across 180 countries and regions. Epson’s latest platinum rating reflects its ongoing commitment and notable improvements towards sustainable growth in the past year.

Epson is committed to becoming carbon negative and underground-resource¹ free by 2050 and has made a number of measurable commitments related to sustainability and community impact. Focused on solving societal issues, it publishes details about its environmental initiatives, the creation of social value, corporate governance, and other CSR activities in its website and Integrated Report.

Epson is a global technology leader whose philosophy of efficient, compact and precise innovation enriches lives and helps create a better world. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson’s goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050.

Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of more than JPY 1 trillion.

Epson & XBM Limited

Epson’s Number 1 reseller and one of only two Diamond Partners in the UK, XBM’s successful partnership with Epson is based on the sustainable credentials of Epson Heat-Free Print Technology, which has matured from its status as a disruptor a few years ago to a market proven success, providing thousands of XBM’s customers with a reliable print solution that saves time and money spent on electricity bills, whilst also reducing the users CO₂ emissions and Carbon Footprint.

Images: 

1. Epson Head Office
2. Epson’s CSR Goals
3. Epson WorkForce Enterprise AM-C office multifunction printer

Title: Epson Awarded EcoVadis Platinum Rating

Links:

Epson Heat-Free Technology

Epson Heat-Free Print Range

XBM & Sustainability

References:

1. Sustainability: https://corporate.epson/en/sustainability/
2. Epson: https://corporate.epson/en/