Fuji Xerox launches third sustainability report

The 2007 Sustainability Report details Fuji Xerox Australia's
long-standing commitment to the environment and ongoing initiatives designed to
improve the sustainability performance of the organisation.

During the briefing, Fuji Xerox Australia's
managing director Andy Lambert told attendees that the transparent communication
of corporate sustainability management and performance is becoming increasingly
important to customers, partners, suppliers and community alike.

Lambert says, "This year we have witnessed a
remarkable turning point in community attitudes toward climate change, and this
is noticeably influencing government and corporate agendas. The growing focus
on carbon management has led Fuji Xerox Australia
to improve its own carbon management and to consider how we can contribute to
our customers' carbon reduction goals."

Reflecting this theme, the Sustainability Report
specifically outlines how Fuji Xerox Australia
can help its customers improve their own environmental performance.

All Fuji Xerox Australia
products, technologies and services are designed with sustainability
performance in mind. The company is known for its Extended Producer
Responsibility program, where equipment and parts are taken back from the
customer at 'end of life' and remanufactured or recycled to achieve over 99 per
cent resource recovery.

According to Lambert, "Our equipment consistently
wins energy-efficiency awardsWe made a commitment to halve the energy consumption
of our devices ten years ago. As a result, when replacing old equipment with
new, our customers can benefit from energy consumption reductions ranging up to
71 per cent.

"In addition, the sophisticated knowledge
management solutions available to our customers offer both business and
environmental benefits. Our document software and digital technologies help
customers reduce paper usage, whilst our services help them improve the
efficiency of document intensive business processes, minimise equipment
footprint, save costs and cut overall carbon emissions."

The briefing featured a panel discussion with
participation from six leading corporate sustainability practitioners and
commentators, including panel facilitator Murray Hogarth of ECOS, Energetics
Founder and Director Jon Jutsen, Climate Institute CEO John Connor, Stockland
Commercial and Industrial CEO Steve Mann, IAG Sustainable Business Practices
Senior Manager Pauline Gregg, and Fuji Xerox Australia Corporate Affairs
Director Ramsay Moodie.

Panel commentators spoke about the
practical measures businesses can take to effectively minimise carbon
footprint, increase business efficiency and save costs. Participants noted
these measures are sometimes neglected by companies in the rush to 'go carbon
neutral' by simply purchasing carbon offsets, when more aggressive and tangible
action is required.

Andy Lambert told briefing attendees that Fuji Xerox Australia
employees, customers, business partners and the broader community expect the
company to act as a good corporate citizen by finding the right balance between
economic, environmental and social considerations. He said, "We are proud of our achievements to
date, but realise sustainability is a journey, so we continuously strive to
improve our response to sustainability challenges and opportunities."

The 2007
Fuji Xerox Australia Sustainability Report has been independently assured by
Banarra Sustainability Assurance and Advice, and meets the Global Reporting
Initiative G3 guidelines, application Level B+.

 

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