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Katun makes major change to waste toner cartridge range
Katun Corporation has announced it will only use recycled plastic for the manufacture of newly launched waste toner cartridges in 2023 and onwards. Katun has made the eco-friendly choice to make a difference by using less waste – all new waste toner cartridges will be produced using recycled plastics. In most cases that means that more than 90% of the plastic used for the finished product will be recycled material. Following this announcement, Katun has launched the Katun Performance™ Waste Toner Cartridge for use in Konica Minolta Bizhub 300i/360i/450i/550i/650i/750i-series applications (made with over 90% recycled plastic), which is available to order now from Katun’s online catalogue. This exclusive waste toner cartridge range will display Katun’s Eco-Friendly logo on the packaging, confirming that Katun is taking steps to protect the environment and adopt sustainable business practices. Katun’s portfolio already contains
many sustainable examples, including remanufactured toner cartridges and drum units, and refilled OEM cartridges. Using fewer raw materials and less energy consumption during production, these products impose considerably less environmental impact compared to the manufacture of new-build products. Sustainable practices are not only demonstrated in the Katun product range but also to services. Katun’s ‘Print it, Plant it’ program, which, in partnership with
PrintReleaf™, allows customers to offset their paper printing output through reforestation. To date Katun customers and its customers have contributed to the planting of more than 6,800 trees in reforestation projects across the globe.
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Konica Minolta retains Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World listing
Konica Minolta, Inc has been listed among the ‘ 2023 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World’ . This is the sixth time Konica Minolta has been included on the list and the fifth year in a row, following 2011 and 2019-2022. The Global 100 is announced annually by the Canada-based Corporate Knights at the meeting of the World Economic Forum, known as the Davos Meeting, which this year was held from 16-20 January. The 2023 Global 100 corporations that excel in sustainability were selected based on a rigorous assessment of more than 6,000 public companies, with more than $1 billion in revenues around the globe, based on an evaluation of environmental, social and governance indicators as well as the ability to promote diversity and innovation and the percentage of sales of eco-friendly products. Four Japanese companies are on this global list of corporations that excel in sustainability. Konica Minolta continually develops products and solutions to address social and environmental issues that are energy- efficient and help customers transform their
production processes and promote workstyle reform. When developing a new product, Konica Minolta identifies the impact the product would have on the environment at each stage of its lifecycle, from manufacture and transportation to use and disposal, and assesses the items the company has set for this purpose. In doing so, Konica Minolta endeavours to reduce environmental burdens across the lifecycles of its products. This product assessment system allows the company to release only those products that have met the standards of environmental labelling schemes of various countries, including the International ENERGY STAR Program, Blue Angel Mark of Germany, and Eco Mark of Japan, while complying with the latest environmental laws, properly managing chemical substances, and improving the environmental performance of its products without fail. Konica Minolta will continue to take on the challenge of innovation that can promote the growth of its business and the creation of new value for the global environment and all human society.
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