Konica Minolta bizhub ECO

2019: Start of bizhub ECO service

On June 18, 2019 the Konica Minolta company announced start of bizhub ECO – service for more eco-friendly operation of multi-function printers. The offer includes special settings of the printer, neutralization of emissions of a carbon dioxide gas and participation in the social initiatives which are carried out by Treedom company. As of June, 2019 the service is available to all multi-function printers (MFPs) in the current line and future color MFPs of the company.

As reported in Konica Minolta, the bizhub ECO service consists of three elements:

• the first – preset tuning of an ecological configuration: the engineer of Konica Minolta exposes optimal parameters of the purchased device, for example, the admission of empty sheets when copying and scanning or a toner regime of economy as the standard. Printing and copying in a full duplex or installation of monochrome printing by default also belongs to such settings.
• the second element – the program of neutralization of emissions of a carbon dioxide gas during the operation of the device. For its implementation the general emissions of the equipment during all life are calculated, and then are minimized within the certified compensation ClimatePartner project.
• the third and most significant bizhub ECO element is cooperation with the Treedom online platform. At each sale of service the small farm plants one tree on the earth. So each customer becomes the sponsor of a plant. It is possible to monitor its growth and development online.

Information on ecology is in addition provided to clients for further sustainable development of business. However the advantage is not limited to ecology: costs of customers decrease thanks to reduction of consumption of paper, a toner and electric power. The implemented initiative, according to representatives of Konica Minolta company, also helps women from developing countries: they plant trees at the expense of what they gain income and support families.

"It is important that Konica Minolta gives to clients the chance personally to participate in actions for conservation and also helps to lower a carbon trace from their activity. Go further away and support the project of recovery of the woods which at the same time improves provision of women in developing countries – remarkably and important doubly", noted Dzheron Patsi, the area manager of D/A/CH of Treedom Germany company

According to the statement of the developer of service, increase in level of environmental friendliness of own business and business of clients and also the help to society – the key purposes of Konica Minolta. In January, 2019 the company joined RE100 organization and set the task to receive 100% of electricity from renewable sources by 2050.

"More and more our clients are interested in formation of eco-friendly business. We see how small and medium-sized companies aim at sustainable development and try to find acceptable options of achievement of the goal. The bizhub ECO service became the tool which can help them with it", noted Theresa Haller-Mengold, the head of department of sustainable development of Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe