Pepper Environmental Ethos
It is clear that in today's society, the preservation of our environment is a hot topic. Especially within the print and direct mail industry where there is the perception that an awful lot goes to waste. At Pepper we have recognised the environmental concerns of printing and mailing production.
Last year Pepper was awarded BS8555 - the new standard for environmental management systems from the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment. For full details click here. And this year we have been re- accredited after a successful audit by an independent NQA auditor, for the full story click here.
Throughout 2007 and into 2008 and beyond, we continue to make environmental sustainability one of our key business objectives.
We are passionate about the environment and as a result have already reduced our carbon footprint by implementing the following:
- Installing a compacter to help reduce volume of waste.
- Reducing waste removals to once per month from four times, thus reducing carbon emissions caused by unnecessary transportation.
- Using vegetable based printing inks which are volatile chemical free.
- Sourcing all paper from sustainable sources
- Using overnight couriers eliminating unnecessary same day transportation thus reducing emissions.
- Recycling metal plates used for printing.
- Reducing electricity consumption through a "switch-off" policy.
- Waste segregation procedure, leading to 80% reduction in landfill.
- Recycling of all paper, cardboard and plastic waste.
- Encouraging the adoption of recycled or FSC certified paper stocks wherever possible.
- Legal compliance with all environmental legislation related to our company.
- Reduction in use of and recycling of hazardous chemicals and emissions.
These are just some of our key successes in reducing waste and operating on a more sustainable basis. In 2008 we are working towards the ISO 14001 environmental accreditation and believe this will demonstrate our commitment to the cause even more.
Please read our Environmental Print section to see how we can help you achieve a more sustainable print and direct mail campaign.
Click here for our full Environmental Policy Statement.
