Epson Corporation has announced that it has been named a Leader in ‘IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Sustainability Programs and Services Hardcopy 2026 Vendor Assessment.’
The report noted, “This document analyzes 11 prominent hardcopy equipment manufacturers with broad hardware, solutions, and services portfolios to address office workgroup/departmental printing environments worldwide.”
The report notes that “Epson stands out for its commitment to carbon negativity, resource circularity, and innovative technologies such as heat-free inkjet and PaperLab.”
Reflecting on Epson’s longstanding efforts in sustainability, IDC’s Phil Sargeant, senior program director, imaging and hardcopy devices and document solutions, European Region, commented, “Epson has been at the forefront of delivering sustainable solutions across its spectrum of print solutions for many years and continues to set benchmarks in areas such as energy reduction that its competitors must follow.”
Yoichi Yamada, executive officer and chief operating officer, P Office & Home Solutions Operations Division, Epson, said “We’re delighted to be recognized as a sustainability leader by such a respected industry analyst. This positioning is a welcome recognition of the progress we’re making and a testament to Epson’s long-term commitment to reducing the environmental impact of both our business activities and our technologies. We will continue to address the needs of our customers and create new value.”
Since its founding, Epson has built on its philosophy of efficient, compact and precise technologies to help improve customer productivity and support business growth, while creating environmental value across the value chain.
Under its long-term vision, Engineered Future 2035, Epson seeks to protect the global environment, contribute to a sustainable society and enhance corporate value through technological innovation and engineering. Epson places sustainability at the heart of its business strategy and views changes in society and the environment from the perspectives of both risk and opportunity. Guided by its seven materialities, Epson works to create both social and economic value.
In the environmental field, Epson is working toward the goal of becoming carbon negative and underground resource free, as set out in its Environmental Vision 2050. In addition to reducing the environmental impact of its business activities, Epson is delivering environmental value through its products, solutions and services.
Epson will continue to create value for customers while reducing environmental impact across the value chain, thereby contributing to a more sustainable society.
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market.
IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers.
