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| “Environmental responsibility is good business. We've reached the tipping point where the price and performance of IT are no longer compromised by being green, but are now enhanced by it.” |
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Environmental responsibility is on the business agenda of most organisations with many under pressure to actively participate in “green” initiatives such as community eco-awareness and advocacy programmes, energy reduction programmes, as well as adhering to mandatory recycling laws and increased environmental regulations.
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"Green IT" is #1 on Gartner's list of the top 10 technologies and trends. |
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67% of enterprises are implementing environmental programmes. |
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80% of enterprise RFPs evaluate environmental aspects. |
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30% of decisions are based on environmental factors. |
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The key focus is on environmentally sound products and solutions. |
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Gartner states that by 2010, about half of the Forbes Global 2000 companies will spend more on energy than on hardware. |
1Source: HP internal research |
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| HP and the Environment |
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HP’s technology and solutions can help your company support environmental initiatives. The HP Eco Solutions programme was created to help individuals and companies alike easily identify environmental initiatives, products and services designed to be environmentally friendly. Find out how you can achieve lower energy consumption, calculate your carbon footprint, use less paper, recycle and reduce the impact of imaging and printing. HP innovation is helping companies worldwide realise the economic and environmental benefits of comprehensive energy-wise strategies.
» Compare the carbon footprint of your existing printer fleet to that of a new, optimised fleet with the HP Carbon Footprint Calculator |
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| Establish an Energy-efficient Printing & Imaging Infrastructure |
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Reduce the cost of power, waste and asset disposal with energy-efficient HP solutions by right-sizing your printing and imaging fleet to fit your needs. The result will be fewer, more power-efficient devices that improve productivity and satisfaction of users.
Organisations can also reduce power consumption significantly by using energy-efficient printing and imaging devices. At HP, we are working to exceed the eco-label standards established around the world by conducting active power testing based on the ENERGY STAR® methodology. HP has the highest number of ENERGY STAR qualified printers when considering all printing technologies.
» Read more about HP's EPA Energy Star |
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| Reduce e-waste and tap into the hidden value of aging assets |
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HP’s Planet Partners Return programme has over 200,000 customer touch points in 11 countries in Asia Pacific. The programme provides free HP cartridge returns and any brand of computer equipment which are then recycled to recover valuable plastics and metals for new products. This state-of-the-art process has been in operation since 1992.
» Click here to learn more about HP Asia Pacific recycling programme |
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| Create a more reliable automated document infrastructure that helps eliminate waste |
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According to an HP internal case study, switching to duplex printing will reduce the total paper volume by 800 tons, for an annual savings of $7.7 million. HP helps you make more efficient use of paper with HP Web Jetadmin and HP Universal Print Driver. With these solutions, you can easily set automatic duplex printing for individual printers or entire fleets.
The HP Eco Printing Assessment helps customers assess their energy consumption, paper usage and carbon emissions, and recommends ways to use less energy and paper, recycle more and reduce the impact of imaging and printing.
» Learn more about HP Web Jetadmin
» Learn more about HP Universal Print Driver |
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| Six ways HP helps IT support environmental initiatives |
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HP's technologies and solutions can help support your environmental initiatives.
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HP imaging and printing products are environmentally friendly by design – a conscious effort is made to design products with fewer parts, from recycled materials, with multifunction capabilities and enhanced power management |
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HP saves IT energy – Many HP products have been awarded the EPA Energy Star qualification |
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HP technology helps IT do the right thing in the end –HP products have been designed for Recyclability. |
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HP takes the headache and expense out of recycling supplies – HP makes it easy to return empty cartridges for recycling. |
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HP helps IT (and the world) breathe easier – is constantly finding ways to reduce the total carbon footprint of its products |
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HP Financial Services gives IT the ultimate take-back – organisations can lease IT assets and return them for refurbishment, resale or recycling. |
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» To learn more about HP's commitment to green go to www.hp.com/go/globalcitizenship and www.hp.com/environment
» Find out more on how HP can help you implement a green imaging & printing environment in four simple steps |