Lexmark Recognized as a Sustainability Leader by Quocirca

Diegem, July 4, 2022 

Lexmark, a global imaging and IoT solutions leader, today announced it has been named a leader in the “2022 Sustainability Vendor Landscape” report by global print and market insight research firm, Quocirca. The report analyzes sustainability in the broader print manufacturer ecosystem. In naming Lexmark a leader, Quocirca praised Lexmark’s embrace of circular economy principles and its successful integration of sustainable practices across its global operations.

“Lexmark’s focus on reuse and recycling, along with pledges to produce quality, environmentally friendly products in a sustainable manner helped earn its sustainability leadership position. With one of the industry’s most ambitious carbon neutrality targets, Lexmark is clearly committed to helping protect the environment,” said Louella Fernandes, Quocirca Director.

“As customers come under increased pressure to justify supplier choices and technology strategy from a sustainability perspective, the print industry must go beyond hardware to deliver solutions and services that actively help reduce customers’ environmental impact. Customers looking for measurable, reportable improvements will find Lexmark well positioned to help them toward their own sustainability goals,” Fernandes added.

The Quocirca report highlights these Lexmark sustainability achievements:

• Intent to be fully carbon neutral by 2035.
• Carbon, energy and resource consumption achievements
• 62% reduction in global emissions since 2005, on track to meet target of 40% reduction from 2015 levels by 2025
• Zero-landfill and zero-incineration policy with 100% of returned cartridges reused or recycled
• 39% reclaimed plastic used in new devices, 92% of new devices have PCR content
• Carbon Disclosure Project member, Signatory of the United Nations Global Impact and Member of Responsible Business Alliance and Responsible Mineral Initiatives
• Use of managed print services and cloud print management to enable customers to use shared computing power in the cloud, reducing energy and paper use
• PrintReleaf partnership, empowering customers to plant trees to offset paper use
• Smart Refresh data-based approach to determining when devices genuinely need to be replaced

“Lexmark has a long history of responsible, sustainable practices and we are proud that Quocirca has recognized us an industry leader in sustainability. Our focus on the environment begins with the intentional engineering of longer-lasting products and extends to the services, solutions and programs that reduce paper consumption, promote efficient use, and support our customers’ own sustainability efforts,” said Sylvie Thomas, Head of Sustainability Policies & CSR (EMEA) for Lexmark

In addition to sustainability offerings for customers, Lexmark is committed to creating a cleaner, smarter and more sustainable future within its own global operations. As part of its sustainability goals, Lexmark has been collaborating with C-SERVEES since 2018. This involves sharing the same vision, with concepts that will benefit the entire IT industry and help create new jobs with a positive impact in Europe, both on the economy and on society.

Supporting Resources

• Read an excerpt of the 2022 Quocirca Sustainability report.
• Find out how Lexmark helps customers achieve their own sustainability goals.
• Learn more about Lexmark sustainability practices in the Lexmark CSR report.
• Subscribe to the Lexmark Blog. 
• Follow Lexmark on LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.

About Lexmark 
Lexmark creates cloud-enabled imaging and IoT technologies that help customers worldwide quickly realize business outcomes. Through a powerful combination of proven technologies and deep industry expertise, Lexmark accelerates business transformation, turning information into insights, data into decisions, and analytics into action.  

About Quocirca
Quocirca is a global market insight and research firm specialising in analysing the convergence of print and digital technologies in the future workplace.