Gateshead-based office technology company, SOS Group, is helping businesses and organisations towards their sustainability goals by supplying practical solutions to improve efficiency.
Key to this is their partnership with Epson, that brings the addition of heat-free business inkjet technology to the SOS Group solutions portfolio, supporting clients to reduce their energy usage and waste.
George Young, a director at SOS Group, explains: “Every workplace or organisation is looking closely at areas where efficiency can be improved from an environmental and cost perspective.
“For our clients, our role is to simplify that process and provide solutions that fulfil both objectives.
“Many businesses labour too long with older technology and devices that were simply not designed with modern energy efficiency standards in mind. Outdated office equipment consumes significantly more electricity, resulting in higher energy bills and a larger carbon footprint.
“Switching to newer, energy-efficient models like Epson’s heat-free technology can dramatically lower operating costs and support sustainability goals.”
Epson’s heat-free inkjet printers offer significant cost-saving and environmental benefits by consuming dramatically less energy than equivalent laser printers, using fewer consumables, producing lower CO2 emissions and requiring less intervention from engineers.
Recently, Newcastle Eagles began using Epson’s heat-free business inkjet technology at the Vertu Motors Arena as part of their commitment to reducing environmental impact and waste at both the basketball club and the Eagles Community Foundation.
And now North East workplace training specialists, UTraining, have turned to SOS Group to help reduce their own energy usage and associated carbon emissions.
UTraining works with companies to support employee development and boost workplace productivity and recognised a need to improve their own environmental performance.
Like an increasing number of SOS Group clients, they were attracted by the many benefits offered by Epson’s heat-free inkjet technology.
Darren Bain, Director of Utraining, says: “We’re committed to reducing our carbon footprint in line with our company values of sustainability and low carbon practices.
“Working with SOS Group, we were able to specifically identify areas where improvements could be made, and this new print technology is helping us significantly reduce our energy and consumables usage.
“It’s a simple but very effective step to take and we’re now looking at using SOS Group’s zero-waste recycling programme to give all our used ink and toner cartridges a new life.”
Many printer cartridges are unable to be remanufactured, so SOS Group’s zerowaste recycling programme enables the creation of new products from what were previously ‘single-use’ plastics.
Plastics and metals from all makes and models of printer consumables can be separated and cleaned ready for re-use ensuring a zero-to-landfill process.
It provides a specialist solution for used printer and copier consumables and has significant environmental benefits including reduced landfill waste, resource conservation and lowered pollution.
HSE compliant, it is a practical, reliable and sustainable solution to waste products and is becoming increasingly popular with SOS Group clients.
Established in 2002, SOS Group is an award-winning office technology company facilitating business requirements across all sectors.
Based on the Team Valley and specialising in providing copy, print, scan solutions, the company has grown into an SME that counts multinationals within its established client base and the company helps deliver internationally significant sporting and political party events.
Its own growth was achieved by creating successful, long-term client relationships and each of the company’s directors has a passion to help others do the same, working closely with small businesses and supporting start-ups as they grow.
George Young adds: “Our aim is always to work with clients to support their own sustainability goals and to promote innovation in energy usage and waste management technologies.
“Be that within a major sporting arena or at a workplace training provider, we can make a difference to environmental performance and business efficiency very simply for the benefit of us all.”
For more information on how SOS Group can support business sustainability goals, please visit: www.sosgroup-ltd.co.uk