Submit your contact details below and an Epson expert will be in touch:
For more information on how Epson treats your personal data, please read our Privacy Information Statement.
Image "The big picture" © ESA/NASA
We all have a role to play in building a better future. For Epson, being a sustainable company means being mindful of every aspect of our organisation – from the smallest lightbulb to the largest factory. It fuels our innovation, drives our growth, motivates our workforce and, ultimately, to contribute to society. It is also an essential part of how we work with our partners across the supply chain.
Epson’s vision is to become an indispensable company that uses its efficient, compact and precision technologies to achieve sustainability in a circular economy
Epson will become carbon negative and underground resource1 free by 2050 to achieve sustainability and enrich communities.
“We are dedicated to offering businesses across Europe a clear ‘green choice’ in the products they use,” said Yoshiro Nagafusa, president of Epson Europe. “I hear from customers everyday about their need for technology that is better for the environment, cost effective and efficient. This is what Epson has delivered and the achievement, alongside the cumulative gains, lies with our business customers who have made the choice to switch from laser to inkjet technology.”
As part of our 2025 Corporate Vision we want to contribute to the development of a sustainable society by leveraging efficient, compact and precision technologies to reduce the environmental impact of products and services across their life cycles.
Large corporations, like Epson, have the power to effect change quickest given their reach throughout global supply chains and impact through product development to make the circular economy model a reality. Even in today’s digitally powered world, the printer is considered an essential business tool by 77% of employees in the EU52. Research also confirms better comprehension, concentration and lower stress levels result from reading printed text as opposed to digital screens3. For example, our WorkForce Pro inkjet printers now use up to 96% less energy, produce up to 94% less waste and emit up to 92% less CO2 than comparable laser printers4.
In addition to improving the design and performance of existing products, applying the principles of the circular economy has required Epson to think about its business in a new light. We have commenced our Circular Economy Project to ensure this thinking model is reflected throughout our company and the community we work in, such as recycling printer cartridges at Epson Telford and third party certification throughout our processes.
Image © Charlie Waite
Epson's history of environmental projects and policies started with an enforced pollution-control programme that successfully ran over four decades. By the end of the 90s, Epson had published its achievements in an annual environmental report. Since the beginning of the new millennium, Epson has widened its scope and is active in reforestation-projects, energy control and zero emission programmes alike. Read more about some of Epson's environmental milestones below.
Our message is simple: “Better Products for a Better Future”. And yet, these six simple words contain the statements that empowers us everyday to do our best for our customers, our business partners and our environment.
From the first sketch until its entry into a recycling process: All our products are developed with an ecologically sustainable life cycle in mind. This is the key-strategy for our eco-considerate products and it carries our efforts to decrease our environmental impact beyond our gates, into your homes and office.
We set concrete targets for environmental specifications that should be achieved at the product planning stage. And, we have introduced a design-for-environment (DfE) process in which we evaluate how well we did in and after the design stage.
We all have a role to play in building a better future. For Epson, being a sustainable company means being mindful of every aspect of our organisation – from the smallest lightbulb to the largest factory.
Business units within the Epson Group establish their own environmental action plans, and carry out the activities using an Environmental Management System. We conduct internal evaluations to check performance against the plans and take corrective action if necessary.
Our commitment does not end at the gates of Epson’s production facilities. Our endeavours already influence the daily work routines of our customers and business partners.
Learn moreImage "Earth glinting in the sun" © ESA/NASA
Epson is committed to developing environmentally conscious products, which means that sustainability is considered from conception to completion. Along with an eco-friendly design, this also means the elimination of hazardous substances in our complete product range.
The ecological optimisation of our production processes is one of the core areas where our policies take action. We mainly focus on global warming prevention, the elimination of emissions and the control of chemical substances. Furthermore, we dedicate our efforts to issues like an enhanced transportation system, well-engineered water and substance management and environmental risk management.
The responsible and effective processing of our products after they have ended their service for our customers and business partners is important.
So important in fact, that we already include a recycling strategy as early as the planning stages for our products. All of our finished products comply with the WEEE directive from 2005. For our expendable items, such as cartridges, we have established a collection system that assures a safe return of empty cartridges to Epson.
We see it as our duty to provide support and carry our strategies into the global community. Together with our customers and business partners, we develop and participate in programmes that enforce ecological thinking and responsibility in various fields like Eco Corporate Citizenship, Eco Technology, Eco Communication or Eco Education.
LEARN MORE
To fulfil our corporate social responsibility (CSR), we aim to address environmental issues by providing value that exceeds the expectations of our customers and society.
Has been successfully added to your basket
