Sylvie Thomas, Head of Sustainability Policies & CSR for Lexmark Europe Middle East & Africa (EMEA) joins Louella Fernandes director of Quocirca to discuss best practices for enhancing sustainability through digitisation.
In this episode we discuss how circular principles are being applied to the print industry. We hear about Lexmark’s holistic approach encompassing sustainable design, efficient use, responsible reuse, refurbishment and recycling. Sylvie explains Lexmark’s involvement in the C-Servees project, its approach to reverse logistics, the application of blockchain and how Lexmark is leveraging synergies between digitisation and sustainability.
Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
00:44 – Sylvie’s career history role at Lexmark
02:58 – Lexmark’s circular economy approach
05:51 – Lexmark’s participation in EU waste research program Horizon 2020 C-servees project and
sharing its expertise in reverse logistics and remanufacturing.
10:59 – How Lexmark is using blockchain to create secure digital passports to track products and
materials in the circular economy.
15:12 – The difference between refurbished and remanufactured products.
17:12 – Lexmark’s drive for intentional engineering and how it is helping customer’s offset their
paper impact.
21:14 – Customer demand for sustainable partners and Lexmark’s work with the NHS to generate
social value and reduce impact in the use phase.
28:01 – How legislation is driving sustainability and Lexmark’s industry education role to accelerate
the circular economy transition.
29:57 – Lexmark’s plans to continue pursuing an advanced data-driven and circular approach to ESG
throughout the value chain.
33:44 – Sylvie’s first job selling French wine in Tokyo and what she learned.