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PaperCo joins the Princes Mayday Network
Wednesday 22. September 2010 - PaperCo has joined the Princes Mayday Network, a campaign started by HRH Prince of Wales when he stated that: "Climate Change is the greatest challenge facing mankind today and we only have a very small window of opportunity to act."
Part of Business in the Community, the Princes Mayday network operates to inspire, engage, support and challenge as many businesses as possible as they work together towards a sustainable future.
“PaperCo is already working in conjunction with Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and other key Government departments. We were identified in 2008 as one of 20 key suppliers to participate in the Carbon Disclosure Project – Supply Chain Leadership Collaborator (SCLC) project – and have made a submission annually since then. The Carbon Disclosure Project aims to understand how business captures and interprets its carbon impacts. We are also on the All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group held at the House of Commons,” says Veronica Heaven, corporate responsibility director of PaperCo.
In 2007 the companys CO2 emissions were put at 14,791 tonnes per annum. By 2020 it is committed to lowering that figure to 10,410 tonnes. It is doing so by looking at ways of reducing energy used by heating, cooling and lighting and by having responsible company car and distribution policies.
Only recently PaperCo announced that printers using 9lives “born again” paper from PaperCo can now be supplied with an A4 environmental statement giving the specific savings the product has achieved in reducing landfill, litres of water, electricity, CO? and wood. The statement can be tailored for a given job and this project will continue to evolve in future.
“We continue to support our customers wishing to progress to a more sustainable future and in September and October will run a series of Environmental Matters seminars around the UK. Already we are PEFC and FSC certified and over 80% of the products we supply are Chain of Custody approved,” says Veronica Heaven. “Sustainability matters and we are delighted to join the Princes Mayday Network and share our methods of measuring, monitoring and reducing our carbon footprint with like-minded organisations.”