Our longstanding commitment to the environment stems from a deep desire to preserve our natural resources. We can only flourish as a company if our products and solutions go beyond their designed function and keep the environment in mind.
We’re passionate about sustainability and the role we play in the health of our global environment. Our commitment started almost 80 years ago and gets stronger every day.
Our philosophy of developing efficient, compact and precise technologies—or “Sho-Sho-Sei” as it’s known in Japan—has been infused into every Epson product since the beginning. Designing for low energy consumption, minimized waste, small footprints, high reliability and minimal moving parts results in outstanding solutions for our customers. And also supports our Environmental Vision 2050.
Less Plastic Waste with Cartridge-free
By using larger, cartridge-free refillable ink tanks instead of traditional ink cartridges, our EcoTank printers helped reduce millions of pounds1 of plastic from going into landfills.
Less Energy Consumed & Maintenance with 3LCD Projectors
Epson’s ECO mode can lower power consumption by as much as 29% and the use of long-lasting laser light sources reduce the need for maintenance.
We manage our business with a closed resource loop and circular economy in mind. From the materials we use to manufacturing and distribution, we’re constantly looking to lengthen product life cycles through repair, refurbishment, recycling and reuse.
Repair
- User replaceable parts for many products
- Extended service plans offered in addition to warranty
- Expansive network of Local Service Centers
Refurbish
- 100K+ products refurbished in the U.S. annually
- Quality-certified by Epson
- Service and support direct from Epson
Recycle
- Reducing environmental burden by recycling end-of-life hardware
- Our Product Stewardship Program lets customers return used Epson products for recycling
Reuse
- Investments in Dry Fiber Technology facilitate paper recycling with little water to create paper, packing, face masks and more
- Our PaperLab product is the world’s first dry process office papermaking system3
Building on our momentum, in March 2021 we revised our Environmental Vision 2050, stating the ambitious goals we’re working towards. In addition to developing environmental solutions closing the resource loop and promoting decarbonization, we continue to increase our commitment to specific goals and actions supporting global efforts to achieve sustainability.
By 2024
Target to achieve 100% renewable energy at all qualified Epson locations.
By 2030
Target to recycle 30% of all plastics used.
By 2030
Target to reduce total GHG emissions aligned with the SBTI 1.5° Global Warming Scenario.
By 2050
Target to become carbon negative and non-renewable underground resource-free.
Here at Epson, our technology is driven by our commitment to society and the environment. We focus on the essential and eliminate the unnecessary to create greater value. With this philosophy at our core, Epson has always strived to meet sustainability needs and will continue to do so.
For 2021, Epson has been named most sustainable company in Japan by Forbes Japan magazine.
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Notes:
1 EcoTank printers worldwide 2011 - 6/2021.
2 Based on product and replacement ink bottle sales in North America 2015 – June 2021.
3 PaperLab is the first dry process office papermaking system, per Epson research conducted in November 2016.
*All projected images simulated.