TECHNOLOGY giant Epson is on track to meet its goals of reducing its greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions in a bid to help mitigate the effects of extreme weather conditions and achieve sustainability.
“Climate change is a serious issue facing our planet and Epson is doing its utmost to address this issue,” Epson Global President Minoru Usui said of the firm’s commitment to decarbonization in support of the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25), which is ongoing in Madrid until December 13.
By 2025, the company aims to lessen its scope 1 and scope 2 GHG emissions by 19 percent compared to fiscal year (FY) of 2017.
“These targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative [SBTi] as being consistent with climate-change science. I am happy to report that Epson is well on its way to achieving these targets,” he said.
Epson has already made significant success toward achieving its goal with a 15-percent reduction in its carbon footprint in FY 2018 that ended March 2019.
The top executive attributed this to their initiative to reduce GHG emissions in production and across their value chain to help drive a shift toward a decarbonized future.
This is in addition to their eco-conscious products and heat-free inkjet technology, he noted.
Just recently, Epson launched in the Philippines the environmental-friendly WorkForce Enterprise WF-M20590.
Catered to enterprises, this multi-function monochrome inkjet printer can print at a rapid speed of 100 pages per minute (ppm) while reducing the impact to the environment when compared to laser printers.
“We have set targets for reducing GHG emissions in our own business activities and across the value chain to achieve the Paris agreement,” Usui said, while adding that their innovations can also play a major role in accomplishing the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
Moving forward, Epson plans to achieve its target via the energy-saving initiatives focused primarily on production innovations and the use of renewable electricity.
The global technology leader manufactures inkjet, visual communications, wearables and robotics. Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corp., the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of more than $10 billion.
Its business in Southeast Asia spans an extensive network of 11 countries with a comprehensive infrastructure of close to 500 service outlets, seven Epson solution centers and seven manufacturing facilities.
In the Philippines, Epson has an extensive network of 94 authorized service partners in 130 locations nationwide, over 400 dealers and more than 800 shops across the country.