Businesses around the world have been assessing their companies as of late to see where they can cut corners and save money. One of the best ways for a company to do this is to make its practices friendlier to the environment. With the upcoming United Nations summit on climate change only days away some industries are trying to preemptively change thing which may eventually become part of worldwide law if things go well at the summit. One area that some companies are falling behind is in printing, where research has shown companies tend to fail when it comes to waste. Although recycling levels for most companies have improved, studies have shown that most lack proper governance over documents being created in the first place.
Studies from Ricoh, a leader in the printing industry, showed that companies are missing many opportunities to become greener though document governance. Ricoh has found that there are a variety of ways that companies can cut the amount of waste that they have simply by doing an audit of the environmental aspects of document governance. What they found is that most companies are not auditing the environmental aspects of many of their printing practices.
Nearly a third of those studied said that their employees did as they wanted when it came to things like two sided printing, and that many were unaware of their own company’s policies when it came to recycling paper and toner. Ricoh also suggests that all companies centralize their printing operations to reduce waste, so that employees are forced to follow certain guidelines when it comes to printing.
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