Building a Future Ready Multi-Academy Trust with Konica Minolta
Academy trusts are contending with shrinking budgets, expanding school networks, and increasingly complex procurement requirements, all while support staff and IT teams face mounting demands. That’s why partnering with a dependable, end-to-end Managed Print Service (MPS) provider is not just beneficial, but essential.
Procurement Made Simple and Compliant
Sourcing new print solutions doesn’t have to mean long tender processes. By utilising the National Education MFD and Digital Transformation Framework you can compliantly work with suppliers including Konica Minolta. Accessing a framework helps MATs streamline procurement, bypass red tape and access pre-vetted, compliant contracts with competitive pricing. You get trusted solutions faster, with full transparency and no procurement headaches.
Expert-Led Installation with Minimal Disruption
From campus-wide rollouts to phased transitions across multiple schools, Konica Minolta delivers a seamless setup experience. The team manages the entire installation process, including planning, testing, and configuration, often scheduling work during holidays or low-traffic periods to avoid disruption. Whether deploying a few devices or scaling across your trust, we ensure it’s done right the first time.
Ongoing Support That Keeps You Running
Print downtime drains time and resources. With Konica Minolta, you benefit from proactive monitoring, remote diagnostics, and automated toner replenishment, all designed to keep your devices running smoothly. Most issues are resolved before staff even notice, dramatically cutting on-site service needs and giving IT teams one less thing to worry about.
Reduce Costs and Waste—Without Compromising Quality
Konica Minolta’s MPS can cut print-related costs by up to 30–40%, while reducing paper usage by up to 50% through smarter defaults and automated controls. For budget-conscious MATs, these savings translate directly into more predictable planning and reinvestment opportunities.
Drive Sustainability Goals
Sustainability is front and centre in education. Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) are increasingly held to high environmental standards, from reducing carbon emissions to achieving measurable recyclability in their operations. With the UK education sector responsible for roughly 37% of total public sector emissions from buildings¹, MATs are under growing pressure to adopt greener practices.
Tackling Waste with Recyclable Print Components
A key area for improvement is print and consumables. Traditional cartridges, plastics, and e-waste significantly add to landfills. Konica Minolta’s toner recycling scheme and eco-conscious manufacturing help MATs close the loop:
Returnable cartridges and components prevent single-use plastics from going to landfill.
Their devices use recycled materials and come with end-of-life collection programmes.
These efforts mirror broader trends—institutions with recycling initiatives see a 34% reduction in landfill waste², and paper recycling alone saves around 24 trees per ton³. For MATs managing dozens of sites, small changes deliver huge impact.
Educating Through Action
Schools play a vital role in building sustainable habits:
The internationally recognised Eco-Schools programme demonstrates how student-led recycling can engage learners and reduce campus waste⁴.
Practical measures—classroom recycling points, managed print policies, and e-waste bins—reinforce environmental values in daily routines⁵.
With Konica Minolta, MATs can extend these behaviours: secure toner and device recyclables through in-school collection points and easy-return processes. It’s a visible commitment to sustainability that students, parents and Ofsted inspectors appreciate.
Lower Costs, Greater Impact
Aside from environmental gains, recycling reduces costs. The WRAP Business Guide suggests that every tonne of recycled paper saves between £400–1,000 in disposal costs⁶, crucial savings for MAT budgets. Konica Minolta supports this with print management tools (e.g. PaperCut) that monitor usage, enforce duplex printing, and reduce paper waste, enhancing both efficiency and eco-credentials.
Responsible E-Waste Disposal
IT estates generate e-waste and devices like printers, projectors and PCs must be disposed responsibly. Konica Minolta partners with certified e-waste recyclers to ensure GDPR-compliant data sanitisation and zero-footprint disposal, matching best practices in the industry.
Aligning with Net-Zero Goals
Konica Minolta takes sustainability seriously too:
100% of production sites run on renewable electricity
CO₂ emissions down by 61% since 2021
Netzero target set for 2050
By adopting recycling programmes, MATs not only support these efforts—they also strengthen their own path to net-zero, reflecting a shared vision for a cleaner future.
In Summary
With secure print release, user authentication, data encryption, and full centralised control, Konica Minolta solutions help protect sensitive pupil and staff data, while meeting GDPR and data protection requirements without burdening internal IT teams.
Managed Print Services with Konica Minolta go far beyond supplying hardware. They deliver a full journey from procurement and rollout to reliable long-term support, designed to reduce admin workload, cut costs, improve sustainability and keep your staff focused on what matters most: education.
MATs can boost sustainability through proactive recycling and responsible procurement—ensuring consumables, cartridges, and e-waste are managed with environmental and financial responsibility.
Konica Minolta’s expertise, backed by robust recycling schemes and green manufacturing, helps MATs turn printing from an environmental challenge into an eco-friendly asset, supporting student learning, inspiring community action, and guiding trusts toward net-zero sustainability.
Get in touch to find out why more schools are turning to Konica Minolta for their sustainable print solutions.
For help using the framework you can contact the Help Desk managed by Dukefield Print Solutions.
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