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Sustainable

Here’s what we’re doing to be more sustainable and reduce our carbon footprint:

Carbon Captured Paper

Thanks to our partnership with the Woodland Trust and their Carbon Capture Programme, we are able to quantify and offset the CO2 of all paper products where possible, down individual business cards.

100% of all money raised by this programme goes directly to the Woodland Trust, over £1.1million to date, offsetting over 66,000 Tonnes of CO2 so far (that’s as heavy as 13,500 elephants) and over 266,000 trees have been planted (166.78 hectares) which would be 142 miles of trees if they were planted in a straight line!

Carbon Offsetting for Design

In addition to offsetting the CO2 of the paper we print on, upon request we can offset 1 tonne of CO2 for every hour of design work we do for our clients by contributing to Global Portfolio VCS certified carbon reduction programmes across the world via a range of products that include; carbon avoidance, clean and renewable energy generation, and many of the projects are within developing countries, where they also provide additional social benefits such as; biodiversity, education, jobs, food security, clean drinking water and heath & well-being.

Investing in high quality international carbon reduction projects, making your business get one step closer to carbon neutrality, and achieving your ESG goals. These carbon offset projects focuses on high quality using Gold Standard Verified Emission Reductions (VERs) and Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) certified credits, and all of these projects meet the stringent requirements of the Quality Assurance Standard (QAS) for Carbon Offsetting.

Scope 1 & 2 Emissions

The kind and professional team at Pause People are supporting us in measuring, reducing and rebalancing the carbon footprint of our Scope 1 and 2 emissions year on year, in a simple and consistent way that meets global best practice. This means we can deliver our customers a service that minimises their carbon emissions and continually seeks opportunities to enhance their interaction with the environment and its natural resources.

The Pause People Earth Team - Carbon Awareness and Compliance Simplified: Truly Understand your Carbon Footprint and How to Rebalance It While Staying Compliant.

The Pause People Energy Team - Energy Minimisation and Renewable Generation: Truly Understand What You Can Do About Your Energy Costs and How to Take Action.

Packaging & Delivery

At Viro Print we make efforts to reduce any and all plastic from our packaging, using cardboard/paper boxes where-ever possible, as well as using eco-friendly water-activated kraft packing tape that is 100% recyclable and petroleum free, with no need for it to be removed from boxes before they are recycled, making it even easier for clients.

We are also able to offer local customers in Hampshire 100% emission free delivery on request via electric vehicle, and in addition to this, any shipments we send via UPS are part of their Carbon Neutral Shipping Programme, helping to further reduce emissions as a whole.

Energy

We make efforts to source the energy that powers our equipment responsibly, and as such our digital Xerox press is powered by 100% renewable energy courtesy of Octopus Energy.

In addition to this, the lithographic presses we use, and their respective finishing equipment, are partly powered by 300 solar panels, accounting for roughly 25% of factory power usage, with surplus being supplied back to the grid. In addition to this, mechanical heat recovery ventilation is utilised to divert excess heat generated by the presses to warm the factory in colder months, further saving on gas and electricity.