First global ESG report brings remanufacturing, product collection and sustainability programmes into a company-wide framework.
By The Recycler News Team
Katun has published its first global Environmental, Social and Governance report, bringing sustainability activities from across its international business into a single ESG framework.
The move builds on previous regional reporting, including Katun’s EMEA ESG reports, and gives the company a global structure covering environmental performance, social responsibility and governance. Katun says its aim is to embed ESG principles across its business.
For the imaging aftermarket, one of the more significant aspects is the prominence given to the circular economy. Katun says it has embraced circularity since 1990 and identifies remanufactured, recycled and refilled products as an established part of its business rather than a recent sustainability initiative.
Its sustainable product portfolio includes remanufactured toner cartridges, drums and printers, ecoKAP toner cartridges, waste-toner containers made using recycled plastics and refilled OEM toner cartridges. Katun says it introduced its refilled-OEM cartridge concept in 2008 and ha...