MELVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Highlighting
the company's approach towards creating a sustainable global
society, Canon Inc., the parent company of Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging
solutions, released its annual Sustainability Report. For
2015, Canon exceeded its goal of a 3 percent lifecycle
CO2 emissions improvement index per product 1
over 2014 figures through efforts to make products more compact,
lightweight, and energy efficient, as well as through improved
efficiencies during manufacturing and transportation. The Company
has also been recognized with multiple awards for its corporate
environmental sustainability efforts.
"Canon takes great pride in being a steward of the environment
and of the communities in which we do business," said Seymour
Liebman, executive vice president, chief administrative officer and
general counsel, Canon U.S.A.,
Inc. "Our commitment to the environment, whether through product
design or corporate social responsibility initiatives, will remain
unwavering, and we look forward to continuing these celebrated
efforts for years to come."
Throughout the product lifecycle, Canon actively strives to
reduce the environmental impact its activities have. The
Sustainability Report highlights the environmental achievements of
the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C3300 Series of A3 color multifunction
devices, which were developed with the goal of reducing energy
costs and CO2 emissions as compared with previous
imageRUNNER ADVANCE models. The imageRUNNER ADVANCE C3300 Series
reduces CO2 emissions compared to previous imageRUNNER
ADVANCE models by incorporating bio-based plastics and recycled
materials on certain exterior parts, and by designing housing parts
that use fewer resources. Combined with energy consumption that's
among the lowest in its product category, the lifecycle
CO2 emissions of the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C3300 Series
have been reduced by approximately 23 percent as compared with
previous models.
In addition to the Company's efforts to be environmentally
conscious, the Company's corporate sustainability activities have
been recognized via awards multiple times over the past twelve
months:
SmartWay® Excellence Award
Canon
U.S.A. was honored with a 2015
SmartWay Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) for serving as an industry leader in
freight supply chain environmental performance and energy
efficiency. Canon's work to reduce transportation-related
greenhouse gas emissions, including strategies such as modal
shifting, load efficiency and encouraging its carriers to join the
SmartWay Transport Partnership, have earned the Company this
esteemed distinction.
ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year - Product Brand
Owner Award
Canon was recognized by the EPA this year as a
2016 Partner of the Year for its contribution to reducing
greenhouse gas emissions by manufacturing energy-efficient
products. In 2015, 100 percent of the products released in Canon's
five main product categories 2 eligible for the program
were ENERGY STAR certified. Among Canon's ENERGY STAR
certified products are the new imageRUNNER ADVANCE 8500/6500 Series
Multifunction Systems (MFPs) models.3
Call2Recycle Leader in Sustainability Award
Canon's
strong commitment to sustainability through battery collection and
recycling was recognized with the 2015 Leader in Sustainability
Award by Call2Recycle, Inc., a not-for-profit organization
promoting battery recycling throughout the United States and Canada.
Among Canon's various environmental sustainability initiatives
is the Toner Cartridge Recycling Program, which marked its
25th anniversary in 2015, and now uses a process of
sifting and melting to turn waste toner dust into pellets that can
be used to make recycled products. Additionally, Canon launched an
in-house solution to recycle waste toner liquid this past year.
Canon is also the proud sponsor of a variety of environmental
conservation and corporate social responsibility activities. In
2017, Canon will celebrate 20 years supporting the Yellowstone
Park Foundation, which provides educational programs and helps
contribute to scientific research and conservation efforts in
the United States for America's
first national park. Among the initiatives that Canon sponsors in
the park is the "Eyes on Yellowstone" program that promotes the
observation of endangered wildlife species residing in Yellowstone National Park through Canon
imaging devices.
For more information on Canon U.S.A.'s environmental initiatives and
corporate social responsibility programs, please visit
www.cusa.canon.com.
About Canon U.S.A.,
Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is
a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and
industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding Mexico) markets. With approximately
$31 billion in global revenue, its
parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S.
patents granted in 2015† and is one of Fortune
Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2016. Canon
U.S.A. is committed to the highest
level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent
U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it
distributes. Canon U.S.A. is
dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and
environmental responsibility. In 2014, the Canon Americas
Headquarters secured LEED® Gold certification, a
recognition for the design, construction, operations and
maintenance of high-performance green buildings. To keep apprised
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†Based on weekly patent counts issued by United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
1 Canon's lifecycle CO2 emissions improvement index
per product is an index that considers manufacture of raw materials
and parts, operational site activities, logistics/transportation,
and customer use of products. To create the index, total CO2 is
normalized by, among other factors, per unit consolidated net
sales.
2 Copy Machines/Multifunction Devices, Laser
Printers, Inkjet Printers, Large-format Inkjet Printers, and Image
Scanners
3 As an ENERGY STAR® Partner, Canon
U.S.A., Inc. has certified these
models as meeting the ENERGY STAR energy efficiency criteria
through an EPA recognized certification body. ENERGY STAR and the
ENERGY STAR mark are registered U.S. trademarks.
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