Koozie and IMAGEN reveal carbon neutral goals

In other news from HP Inc, the vendor is using recycled coffee grounds on the finish of its latest all-in-one computers. The devices incorporate the coffee residue to give them a speckled finish.

The computers have other environmentally friendly features. The enclosure is made from over 40% post-consumer recycled plastics, the arm stand uses 75% recycled aluminium, and the base contains 100% reclaimed polyester. The packaging has also been reduced in size by 62%, which allows HP to ship up to 66% more units per pallet.

New partnership for Epson and WWF

US promotional products supplier Koozie Group and sister company IMAGEN Brands intend to become carbon neutral on Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by the end of 2024.

Last year, Koozie and IMAGEN began measuring these emissions monthly. Using legacy data, they employed an outside firm to trace carbon dioxide output on these two scopes back to 2017. Now they are adopting a two-pronged approach to reach their carbon neutrality goals.

Firstly, work will continue on internal projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including undergoing annual EcoVadis audits to measure the success of ongoing company efforts against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Secondly, the companies will invest in carbon sink projects. For example, given Koozie’s large calendar division, afforestation programmes designed to help create new forests on degraded lands would be a likely choice.

The organisations will purchase offsets via a third-party partner through projects independently validated and verified to recognised global standards, including the Verified Carbon Standard and the Climate Action Reserve. These ensure each credit issued represents one tonne of carbon dioxide that has already been removed from the atmosphere and that credits have not been used more than once.

Epson has launched a three-year international partnership with NGO WWF focusing on forest restoration and conservation. The agreement has been hailed as a first of its kind for a Japanese corporation in the electronics and precision instruments sector. It builds on the existing relationship between the two organisations that started in March 2022 with a marine conservation project in Southeast Asia. Based on a shared ambition to tackle common environmental concerns, the partnership will encompass three objectives:

1. Addressing the manufacturer’s environmental footprint

2. Supporting WWF’s forest restoration and conservation projects in seven countries across four regions

3. Communicating about current environmental issues

In line with the above, Epson is committing around $1.5 million over the next three years which will go towards WWF forestry projects.