Sustainability
The Board of Directors is very aware of its responsibilities towards the environment and to employees and believes that driving sustainability goals through the business is not only the right thing to do for future generations but also makes for good business practice.
Business activities
The Company’s business is to develop and market software solutions for printing and electronics for inkjet printing. As a result, management believes the Company has no activities that are likely to have significant, detrimental effects on the environment. In fact, an application of some of the Company’s products is to limit ink use when printing and inkjet printing is inherently more sustainable than analogue printing: generating less waste in all aspects of production. Indeed, in many of the Company’s key growth markets, such as packaging and textiles, environmental factors are influencing how those markets develop.
Reducing our environmental footprint
For several years the Company has implemented policies aimed at minimising the Company’s environmental footprint, including recycling waste from paper, ink, toner cartridges, other computer consumables and computer hardware.
The Company is implementing policies to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 footprint such as sourcing renewable energy and prioritising low-carbon forms of travel and is talking with supply chains to measure and push down on Scope 3 carbon footprint. Starting in 2022, the Company has partnered with Octopus Electric Vehicles to allow UK based employees to lease electric vehicles via a salary sacrifice scheme. To date 8 employees have taken delivery of their electric vehicle.
Mike Rottenborn, CEO“We’ve been carbon neutral since the end of 2021 by planting trees to offset our carbon footprint and have aimed to show leadership in the industry by advertising our commitment to Net Zero. Inkjet print manufacturing is itself a sustainable activity offering reduced waste, less pollution, and just-in-time manufacturing and we’ve been pleased to share our knowledge during presentations on the Carbon Footprint of Inkjet at industry conferences.”
Carbon offset
Since 2021, through a partnership with Ecologi, the Company now offsets the carbon footprint of all Company employees, whether from personal activities at home or from (Scope 1 and Scope 2) activities at work. Ecologi facilitates the funding of carbon offset projects and tree planting around the world, to generate high quality carbon offsets. Since this partnership with Ecologi started, the Company has achieved an offset of over 3,500 tonnes of CO2e and funded over 48,000 trees, which have contributed to 24 environmental projects across the globe.
Employee initiatives
The Group is implementing policies to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 footprint such as sourcing renewable energy and prioritising low-carbon forms of travel and is talking with supply chains to measure and push down on Scope 3 carbon footprint. Since 2021, through a partnership with Ecologi, the Group now offsets the carbon footprint of all Group employees, whether from personal activities at home or from (Scope 1 and Scope 2) activities at work. Ecologi facilitates the funding of carbon offset projects and tree planting around the world, to generate high quality carbon offsets. Since this partnership with Ecologi started, the Group has achieved an offset of over 3,500 tonnes of CO2e and funded over 48,000 trees, which have contributed to 24 environmental projects across the globe.
