The topic of environmental sustainability and “going green” has gained global attention in recent years. This green movement is impacting both large and small businesses today.

Some office equipment manufacturers are transitioning their products to achieve eco-initiatives and have recently introduced solid ink supplies to reduce waste and hazardous chemicals. Others have focused green efforts on providing useful recommendations for energy consumption.

But, with Managed Print Services (MPS), you’ll get the biggest “green” bang for your buck. Our Managed Print Services not only help your organization “go green,” but also increase productivity while lowering your overhead costs. Consider these eco-friendly benefits of MPS:

• MPS assessments offer the opportunity to establish baseline environmental metrics for your energy usage, carbon footprint, and paper usage/waste.

• MPS fleet optimization of your company’s machines (printers, MFPs, etc.) provides the opportunity to replace an aging fleet with more energy-efficient devices.

• MPS technologies for secure printing and routing provide the opportunity to use the lowest-cost devices and reduce unnecessary output.

• MPS technologies for toner reduction, duplexing, and other types of printing reduce overall paper and toner use.

• MPS workflow improvement provides the opportunity to leverage electronic document solutions that include scanning, capture, workflow, and document management technologies.

Although “going green” strongly resonates with decision-makers across vertical industries such as healthcare, education, government, and more, significant cost-savings is the ultimate driver for any business. As paper reduction represents one of the best metrics for measuring and improving environmental sustainability for the office today, the monitoring of device energy usage is also a consideration.