Environmental Impact

Unmanaged printing leads to wasted paper, expensive consumables, and unnecessary energy use. Take control of your environmental impact with cloud-native tools that reduce waste and turn your printing into a positive force for ecological renewal.

Measure your environmental impact

View your print usage in relatable terms like trees consumed, carbon emitted, and energy used for smartphone charges.

Download the Environmental Summary report to validate your sustainability initiatives and simplify your ESG reporting.

To learn more, see the Manual page on Reports and insights .

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Eliminate waste with secure print release

Hold print jobs in a secure virtual queue until the user is physically at the printer to collect them.

Automatically delete unreleased or forgotten jobs after a set time to prevent overflowing recycling bins.

To learn more, see the Manual page on Secure print release .

A screenshot from the PaperCut Hive platform showing how the job timeout feature ensures confidential documents are held in a secure queue

Encourage greener choices at the printer

Prompt users to print double-sided or in black and white right when they release their jobs at the MFD or on their mobile device.

Set print quotas and limits to manage costs and encourage thoughtful printing behavior.

For a full guide check out cost-saving tips for printing . And jump over to the feature page on Quotas to learn about restricting accounts.

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Ditch the print server with Zero Trust architecture

Eliminate the need for dedicated on-premise print servers by moving your print security to a cloud-native, Zero Trust model.

By removing aging hardware and shrinking your infrastructure footprint, you reduce energy consumption without compromising on-site resilience.

To learn more, see the Manual page on PaperCut Hive security .

Illustration of a removalist with a print server on a trolley and a diagram showing laptops, computers and printers all connected together.

Plant trees with Forest Positive printing

By joining the PaperCut Grows program, your organization transforms essential printing into a catalyst for ecological restoration. PaperCut Hive uses your real-time print data to fund certified reforestation projects—planting more trees than your printing consumes.

Automated Sustainability: No manual math required; Hive tracks usage and facilitates planting automatically.
Transparent Reporting: Access a live dashboard to see your tree count for easy ESG and CSR reporting.
Verified Impact: Partner with leading experts to ensure trees are planted in high-need regions and monitored for long-term survival.

Jump over to this page to learn everything about PaperCut Grows .

Illustration demonstrating an equation printing from PaperCut products plus PaperCut grows equals forest positive printing

Partner with a certified B Corp workplace

When you choose PaperCut Hive, you’re also choosing to work with a business that walks its own sustainability talk: we’re a certified B Corp workplace.

In fact, PaperCut has established its own in-house sustainability initiative called Sustainable Futures. This collective of PaperCutters manages PaperCut Grows, B Corp, and ESG reporting for the business.

Curious about Why PaperCut became a B-Corp?