The Eco Start Program

Canon Solutions America Canon Eco Start Program

Sustainability is becoming an important purchase consideration for print customers. Canon’s Eco Start program provides a simple way for print service providers to build their sustainability portfolios. Learn how Eco Start engages Trees for the Future to plant trees in developing communities on behalf of customers who purchase a new Canon production press.

The environmental and sustainability initiatives of Canon Solutions America and our parent company, Canon U.S.A., cover all aspects of our businesses.

Beginning in the product development stage and throughout the remainder of the product’s life cycle, Canon considers the environment, utilizing energy-efficient manufacturing processes and trying to minimize hazardous substances from our products. The Eco Start Program is an extension of this commitment and is designed to help create a positive impact on the environment.

The Canon Solutions America Eco Start Program is an initiative that was developed as a partnership collaboration between the Production Print Solutions division of Canon Solutions America, our production print customers, and the Trees for the Future organization. This program is designed as a first step to helping our customers achieve carbon-neutral production. Furthermore, this program allows Canon Solutions America customers to take part in helping to improve the livelihood of communities, while putting trees back into the environment.

To plant the trees, Canon Solutions America works with Trees for the Future, a Charity Navigator four-star organization. Since its inception in 1989, Trees for the Future has helped thousands of communities improve their livelihoods and environment by planting more than 344 million trees.

Throughout the duration of the Eco Start Program, Canon Solutions America has planted more than 2.78 million trees on behalf of its customers, in Forest Gardens that provide food and income for hundreds of families who previously suffered from chronic hunger. On average, 90 Canon Solutions America customers participate in this program each year. Additionally, the total number of trees planted under the program will help remove more than 100,500 metric tons of carbon over the next 20 years.

This alliance, forged between Canon Solutions America, its customers, and a well-respected non-profit organization, helps improve the environment and local communities as a direct result of our sales activities and allows our customers to take an active part in the sustainability tradition Canon has established.

Recent Initiatives

• Canon Solutions America Sows Seeds for Growth with Continued Support of Trees for the Future
• Canon Solutions America Reaches 1,733,430 Trees Planted
• Canon Solutions America Planted a Million Trees with Trees for the Future to Inspire a Greener Future
• Eco Start brochure
• Eco Start infographic