Our CSR Commitments

Why printing is a major CSR issue

In a company, printing represents on average 3 % of turnover. Yet, most organizations don’t know how much they spend, nor the real ecological footprint of their printing fleet (paper, energy, CO₂, water).

👉 Gespage’s mission is simple: help every organization reclaim control of its print activity while reducing its environmental impact.

With Gespage and Gespage Stratus, cost reduction and environmental action are no longer two separate objectives : they are two sides of the same strategy

How Gespage acts for more sustainable digital practices

📊 Measurable data, not greenwashing

Gespage measures the real impact of printing in terms of:

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Trees consumed and saved

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CO₂ emitted and avoided

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Energy used and saved

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Water used and preserved

These metrics are accessible in clear, exportable reports (PDF or CSV), by user, department, printer, or site.

🔒User accountability

  1. Print2Me : print jobs remain on the server and are only released when the user authenticates at the device. 👉Result: up to 15 % annual savings in print volume.
  2. Eco-friendly messages and alerts: encourage duplex printing, black & white mode, or reducing page count.
  3. Automatic deletion of forgotten print jobs, with cost calculation and savings tracked.

Each employee becomes an actor in reducing paper waste and cultivating eco-friendly habits beyond printing.

⚙️Simple rules for real savings

  • Automatic redirection of large print jobs to the most economical printers
  • Application of quotas per department or user
  • Sustainable printing policies: B&W and duplex by default

👉Immediate gains: on average 2 % of the annual print volume saved via rules, and another 3–5 % through behavioral change.

Accessibility in service of sustainable development

Accessibility in service of sustainable development We believe sustainable print management should be accessible to all organizations, regardless of budget or IT infrastructure.

That’s why Gespage comes in two versions:

Gespage

(On-Premise)

installed on your servers, including internal private cloud

Gespage Stratus

(Cloud privé opéré par Cartadis)

hosted and managed to simplify administration while ensuring security

👉In both versions, the goal is the same : reduce environmental impact while maximizing ROI.

Open source & inclusivity at the heart of Gespage

Gespage values open source solutions because we believe in a digital world that is :

  • More efficient and sustainable,
  • Socially fair,
  • Ethically responsible.

We design accessible, simple interfaces usable from any device (old or new), so technology is inclusive and genuinely useful.

Cartadis’ CSR stance as a software vendor

As a French company founded in 1974 and based in Fontenay-sous-Bois, Cartadis takes responsibility across the value chain:

🌱 Responsible manufacturing

choosing components and materials compliant with environmental standards (e.g. WEEE, low energy consumption, recyclability)

🤝 Responsible partnerships

collaborating with suppliers aligned with our CSR values

⚡Energy efficiency

designing devices that minimize power use in standby and operation

📣Industry role

anticipating environmental regulations in collaboration with manufacturers and contributing to their evolution

👉 Cartadis’ main environmental action is the one its customers perform by adopting Gespage: reducing print volumes and carbon footprint.

Gespage, combining economy and ecology

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Direct cost savings

ROI observed in under 6 months

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Green savings

reduced consumption of energy and paper

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Human savings

empowering users, improving productivity, increasing satisfaction

With Gespage, reducing costs and protecting the environment are not conflicting—they reinforce each other.

Switch to responsible printing!