Through our ongoing research and efforts, we continually strive to minimise our environmental impact and ensure that our green message is a positive one. As part of this, we prioritise environmentally friendly printing across our materials and processes. Our involvement with multiple schemes and accreditations ensures that we are monitored and held fully accountable to our environmental commitments.
See why Hartgraph is trusted by clients across the UK!
Trusted by clients across the UK!
We are thrilled to be one of just a handful of certified Carbon Balanced Printers in the UK, supporting the fantastic work of the World Land Trust. Our certification reflects our deep commitment to environmentally friendly printing and reducing our overall environmental impact.
As a business, we have measured and balanced the annual impacts of our fossil fuel usage, transportation and electricity consumption. These impacts are third-party verified and balanced with the international conservation charity World Land Trust (WLT).
WLT offsets these emissions by protecting threatened habitats and wildlife that would otherwise have been lost, avoiding the release of stored carbon and enabling the regeneration of degraded habitats, which gradually reabsorb atmospheric CO₂.
We are an FSC-certified printer (FSC-C106360). When you see the FSC’s logo, it indicates that products are certified under the FSC certification system, offering confidence that paper or board was sourced responsibly, ensuring that our forests are alive for generations to come. Customers may request that their products be manufactured using FSC-certified materials.
As a business, we are proud that in addition to ISO 9001, we have also been accredited with ISO 14001. This accreditation sets out a set of management standards put forward by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). The purpose is to clarify the best practices for us to continually monitor our performance and work towards reducing our environmental footprint.
Recycling is a core part of our ethos. We operate a comprehensive recycling program in partnership with J & G Environmental, which handles all our production waste through treatment, disposal, and recycling. Meanwhile, Pulp Friction is responsible for our paper recycling.
As part of our focus on environmentally friendly printing, we use vegetable oil-based inks and water-based varnishes to reduce our chemical output, and our lamination and mailing wraps are biodegradable wherever possible. Foil-stamped papers are fully recyclable, re-pulpable and biodegradable.
We have signed up for a renewable energy source, meaning that any electricity that we pull from the grid is matched with energy created from a renewable energy source such as wind and photovoltaics. Certification can be provided for this on request.
We know that many of our customers strive to be environmentally conscious, too. Here is how you can get involved and support environmentally friendly printing:
FSC® – by speaking with us and selecting a certified paper or board, we can place the FSC logo on your print, offering your clients/customers assurance that you are purchasing responsibly.
World Land Trust – as a business, we are now carbon neutral. To ensure that your printed piece is fully carbon balanced, you can choose to carbon balance the paper. This would enable you to place the World Land Trust logo on your print with the message that both the print and the paper are carbon-neutral.
We would be happy to discuss both of these options with you in greater detail, so please do get in touch with our sales team on 01628 810523.
Through our ongoing research and efforts, we are always striving to reduce our impact on the environment and ensure that our green message is a positive one. When you work with Hartgraph, you can be confident in knowing that you are using one of the most sustainable and planet-positive print and packaging companies in the industry.
Call us today on +44 (0)1628 810523
