Konica Minolta South Africa is continuing to reaffirm its commitment to sustainability with a donation of fruit and shade trees to the Western Cape.
The donation will be celebrated with a tree planting ceremony taking place on Monday, 31 October 2022, at local Somerset West primary school, Bizweni Primary School. The donation – which comprises of 50 fruit and indigenous shade trees – was made possible by Konica Minolta South Africa’s dealer, Tytec Group, in partnership with Food & Trees for Africa.
“This tree planting provides the ideal opportunity for us to educate our learners and community members about the benefits of planting trees – which, of course, go well beyond environmental greening to include creating shelter for animals and conserving water,” comments Justus Swart, acting principal of Bizweni Primary School in Somerset West.
Brian McMillan, Owner of Tytec Group, a Konica Minolta dealer, agrees that the tree planting ceremony is significant for young South Africans. “It is Tytec’s privilege, in conjunction with Konica Minolta South Africa, to be part of the tree planting ceremony. For Tytec, the planting trees symbolises change in South Africa, bringing hope to people’s lives, changing landscapes, and hopefully ensuring theses spaces are more enjoyable to work, play and learn in. Trees are an invaluable resource to our environment, providing shade, shelter and a source of food to both people and animals. We are extremely privileged and proud to be part of such a great initiative, which aligns to our environmental sustainability commitments.”
Marc Pillay, CEO of Konica Minolta South Africa adds; “Our team at Konica Minolta South Africa are also keenly aware of our own responsibilities in terms of sustainability. The 50 trees that are being planted will offset 18.45 tCO2e in their lifetime. This donation brings the total number of trees, Spekboom and Bamboo donated by our company since 2008 to 63,379 trees. We are proud to say that an impressive 1,303 schools and 89 community centres have benefited from our planting campaign.”
23,387.08 tCO2e have been offset by the company enabling Konica Minolta South Africa to have maintained their carbon neutral status since 2013 – a remarkable feat achieved some years before it has become a regular occurrence to reduce carbon emissions and achieve carbon neutrality.
At the same time, Konica Minolta is working to prevent pollution and e-waste from the use of its products. The company’s Toner Recycling Project was launched in 2014 to address waste created by toner bottles and cartridges, providing a solution for products that are not accommodated in the recycling market, and which are not reusable or refillable. To date, more than 90 tons of used toner bottles, cartridges and imaging units have been saved from landfill and recycled through this project.
About Konica Minolta South Africa
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