The OEM and its channel partner Dalton Ellis have announced that their UK partnership will exclusively create the sustainable Carbon Neutral Programme.
The programme has been created to make sustainability easier and encourage businesses and other users to be a part of the environmental programme. Carbon emissions need to be reduced by 80 percent by 2050, scientific bodies have said, and this and climate change is “high on the agenda for governments and businesses”. Lexmark is a member of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and is “continually looking to make environmentally conscious decisions”.
Lexmark and Dalton Ellis will provide consumers with a “package that consists of recycled woodland trust paper, a Lexmark printer [and MFP] and access to Lexmark’s Cartridge Collection Programme (LCCP)”. The OEM is also donating money to The Woodland Trust from each purchase of the programme, which offsets carbon emissions and is completely sustainable. Dalton Ellis also has additional environmental practices, which include “pull printing”, increasing efficient printing and reducing use of paper by 20 percent.
Chris Law, Supplies Director at Lexmark, said: “At Lexmark, we’re always working to empower businesses to not only save money but become sustainable at the same time, and the Carbon Neutral Programme that we’ve created in conjunction with Dalton Ellis, is living proof of this. Our goal is simple; we want to continuously provide our customers with innovative, high-quality products and services in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.
“From start to finish, the Carbon Neutral Programme provides customers with an easy option to do their part in helping the environment.”
Nick Munton, Managing Director at Dalton Ellis, stated: “We created the Carbon Neutral Programme specifically with our customers in mind. We’ve worked to create this initiative exclusively in partnership with Lexmark, who through established initiatives such as LCCP recognise the importance of having a first-rate CSR scheme in place. Not only are we offsetting the output of carbon into the environment through the Carbon Neutral Programme, we’re also saving our customers time and money.”