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Epson Awarded EcoVadis Platinum Rating

Announcement posted by Epson Australia 22 Oct 2024

Highlights Epson's commitment and actions on sustainability

Epson has 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.

 

For more on Epson's sustainability initiatives and achievements go to: https://corporate.epson/en/sustainability 

 

Epson Australia recently released its inaugural Sustainability Impact Report, the first-ever documented step that truly highlights and details the company's continued commitment to driving sustainable progress across Australia and New Zealand. 
 

Front cover of Epson Australia's inaugural Sustainability Impact Report

 

The groundbreaking report for Epson Australia showcases and details the company's dedication to operating responsibly within the earth's limits, whilst simultaneously fostering positive relationships with people and communities and striving for continuous improvement across industries.

 

To see highlights and a summary of and to download Epson Australia's first-ever Sustainability Impact Report in full go to: https://www.epson.com.au/Impact-Report 

 

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Epson's platinum rating for sustainability from EcoVadis

Front cover of Epson Australia's inaugural Sustainability Impact Report  Follow Epson on social media:
 

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1Free of non-renewable resources such as oil and metals

 

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About Epson, Epson Australia and Epson New Zealand
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.
https://corporate.epson/en 

 

Epson Australia offers an extensive array of award-winning image capture and image output products for the commercial, industrial, consumer, business, photography and graphic arts markets, and is also a leading supplier of value-added point-of-sale (POS) solutions for the retail market. Epson is the market leader in Australia and worldwide in sales of projectors for the home, office and education. Established in 1983 Epson Australia and now in its 40th year of operation, its headquartered in Macquarie Park, NSW and is a subsidiary of the Epson Group headquartered in Japan.
www.epson.com.au 

 

Epson New Zealand offers an extensive array of award-winning image capture and image output products for the commercial, industrial, consumer, business, photography and graphic arts markets, and is also a leading supplier of value-added point-of-sale (POS) solutions for the retail market. Epson is a market leader in New Zealand, Australia and worldwide in sales of projectors for the home, office and education. Epson New Zealand is headquartered in Auckland and is a branch of Epson Australia Pty Limited, a subsidiary of the Epson Group headquartered in Japan.
www.epson.co.nz