Canon: Festival Tree Building Earth Blue

"Beyond one hour"

On the evening of March 29, 2014, from 20:30 to 21:30, Canon (China) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Canon (China)) and 7 companies of Canon Group in China turned off the lights together with 8 companies of Canon Asia Marketing Group. One hour. Among them, Canon (China) has 16 branches, 16 permanent offices, 8 exhibition halls, and Canon's outdoor neon billboards in 6 cities including Guangzhou, Kunming, Fuzhou, Changsha, Lanzhou and Hohhot. . At the same time, Canon (China) announced that it has officially launched the theme activity “Fighting for Paper and Protecting Trees and Building a Blue Earth Together” in response to the theme of the “Blue Sky Self Creation” newly proposed by the World Wide Fund for Nature this year. This is also the sixth time Canon has participated in the "Earth Hour" event since 2009.

WWF has designated this year's "Earth Hour" theme as "Blue Sky Creation". It aims to appeal to every citizen to start from the sidelines every day and take concrete actions to care for the environment. Canon (China), as a corporate citizen and industry-leading imaging solution provider, also actively responded to this call. Based on the characteristics of its products, the Canon (China) put forward the theme activity of “Fighting for Paper and Protecting Trees and Building a Blue Earth Together”. The activities will be held within the company. Extending with the outside.

Inside the company, Canon (China) unified the print mode of all printing/copying devices to black and white/double-sided, and applied “double-sided printing”, “reduce margins”, and “single-sided paper” on the surface of the device. Use "such as environmental printing tips." At the end of each month, the printing volume of each department was calculated, and the department with the most paper reduction was awarded. The company’s employees are called upon to recycle the waste paper produced in the office area, and the funds sold are used by Canon (China) to carry out tree protection projects each year. This year, Canon (China)'s tree protection activities will begin in April. Some of its funding will come from the results of the paper-saving campaign and the love donations from Canon employees. Outside of the company, Canon sells a print/copy machine, sets up an energy-saving printing model for its customers, and popularizes day-to-day office knowledge among its distributors and other stakeholders. Paper office form to protect the environment.

Canon's office products and solutions are inherently eco-friendly. Canon’s imageRUNNER ADVANCE, a smart-compact digital multifunction printer, takes into consideration the environmental protection and energy saving from the initial design, and supports double-sided printing, which can reduce the use of paper by 50%. It also features the ability to print up to 16 pages on one sheet of paper, which can reduce paper usage by up to 97%. If a company uses 1,000 sheets of A4 paper per day, about 360,000 A4 sheets will be needed each year, and a 20-year-old tree will produce 3000 A4 sheets, and 360,000 A4 sheets will be equivalent to 120 sheets. tree. Calculated, Canon's laminator can protect up to 115 trees a year without logging. According to statistics from the environmental protection authority, a tree can absorb about 5 kilograms of carbon dioxide per day, and 115 trees can reduce carbon emissions by about 210 tons per year. This is equivalent to 10,000 cars traveling at the same time at 77 kilometers, which is equivalent to 10,000 families. Use gas for a year's meal. Canon's uniFLOW document printing solution can collect and analyze the data output from the device and control the printing cost as a whole. At the same time, it can also prevent excessive waste through personal print certification. This solution can also digitize paper information. With only one server, all 284 cabinets of paper data can be recorded and saved to further optimize the paper-saving effect.

In addition, Canon's concept of energy conservation and environmental protection runs through the design, development, production, logistics, sales, reuse, and other aspects of the company's operations, and puts forward the "product life cycle" concept of environmental protection. In terms of technology, Canon Copier's unique “On-Demand Fixing Technology” uses fixing film so that the heater will only start when the fuser film sleeve rotates, reducing the power consumption by 70%-90%. In terms of logistics, Canon rationally planned logistics routes and transportation methods. For example, in 2013, the Suzhou-Chengdu Green Direct Logistics Line was newly opened, which not only shortened the transportation time from 13 days to 7 days, but also reduced carbon emissions through the cargo truck method. 69.53%; and through more environmentally friendly high-speed freight trains, it is 97.13% lower than in the past. In terms of product reuse, Canon has long insisted on the recycling of toner cartridges and ink cartridges, and the use of bio-plastics and other environmentally-friendly materials during production. These have achieved environmental protection while improving the quality of products and services.

As Canon Asia Marketing Group, an advocate of the "Earth Hour" event, Mr. Hideo Ozawa, Canon Asia Marketing Group Chief Representative, believes: "Canon hopes to pass the concepts of 'movement' and 'health' through beautiful images. Many people can only shoot beautiful images with fresh air and a beautiful environment, and Canon hopes to create a series of environmental protection activities through its own “paper and tree care” and environmental protection concepts throughout the product life cycle. A beautiful environment does its best."