Our Commitment to Sustainability
Sustainability and a healthy planet mean everything to us at Kao Print. And we have been doing this for a long time–since 1970, when we began producing and selling a de-inking agent for recycling waste paper.
Initiatives like these take centre stage and sustain our growth. We adhere to robust Environmental, Social, and Governance strategies that contribute to sustaining our planet, workplace, and communities. We adapt our business processes and products to reduce their environmental impact.
We remain committed to pursuing eco-friendly practices across all our business segments.
Turning Words Into Actions
We say it, and we do it. As global leaders in smart, healthy, and sustainable industrial inks, we have implemented challenging measures to achieve our sustainability objectives. Environmental responsibility remains an integral part of our business and focuses on three areas.
Conservation, Community, and Corporate Culture
- Conservation – We endeavour to create quality products with minimal environmental impact. We have committed to using renewable and natural-based raw materials to achieve this. We source raw materials from sustainably-managed operations. We also aim to quantify the environmental impact of our raw materials and end products. We formulate our inks for easy use by our customers to increase efficiency, which results in using the least amount of ink necessary.
- Community – We aim to support communities where everyone can live life to the fullest. For maximum benefit to society, we conduct our business with awareness of its impact on our communities. We take the interests of employees, their families, and the communities where we work with great concern. We believe in fostering strong relationships with our customers and the surrounding communities while supporting efforts to create a circular economy.
- Corporate culture Our corporate culture reflects the commitment to manufacturing and delivering products using the least resources. Our state-of-art production equipment promotes a manufacturing culture that produces the least carbon emissions.
An Eco-Friendly Approach to Sustaining Our Planet
One of our critical eco-friendly strategies to achieving a circular economy involves a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
The system evaluates the environmental impact of our products and raw materials throughout their life to determine the optimum ink products for reducing the environmental impact, such as carbon emissions.
Other Sustainable Practices
- Materials selection – We source our raw materials from sustainably managed resources
- Manufacturing – We aim to use production methods with efficient energy usage and zero waste production
- Transportation – We identify higher-efficiency transportation and downsize packages to minimize carbon emissions
- Using products – All product development goals include reducing harmful environmental impact
- Waste disposal – We have introduced refillable and replaceable packaging to minimize waste
- Promoting sustainability – We work with consumers and surrounding communities to promote eco-friendly lifestyles
Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Inks
Our chemists and engineers focus on creating the highest performing inks with the least environmental impact.
Inks for a Healthier Planet
- LUNAJET, a Water-based Pigmented Inkjet ink
- Bio-Based Mineral-Oil-Free (MOF) inkjet inks