Seacourt Environmental printing

Seacourt & the Environment

Seacourt's Environmental and Ethical Credentials

We have an established reputation for being one of the world’s leading Waterless environmental printers. We hold:

• EMAS
• ISO14001
• Carbon Neutral status - Climate Care

Furthermore, all our business processes have been checked for sustainable routes:

• Green Energy UK: electricity from 100% renewable sources
• Vegetable oil-based inks
• We use recycled paper on virtually every job we produce
• Waste management – we recycle waste paper, plates, pallets, cardboard, ink and CDs
• Carbon Neutral status enables us to stabilise our impact on any areas we cannot improve upon at present

Our belief in social responsibilities has led to:

• Regular donations to charities
• Participation in community programmes

Recent Awards:

• Major Commendation at BCE Environmental Awards 2009
• Working to ISO 12647 Colour Standard
• Winner: European EMAS Award 2008 (Small Organization category)
• Queen's Award for Excellence: Sustainable Development 2007
• Green Champion (print & publicity) - Green Apple Environmental Awards 2006
• Finalist European Business Awards for the Environment 2006
• Winner Oxfordshire Business Award: Environment Category Year 2005
• Winner London Liveable City Award 2005: Contribution to Air Quality
• Winner SEEDA Sustainable Business of the Year 2004
• Winner Oxfordshire Sustainable Business of the Year 2004

Environmental initiatives at Seacourt

There are many initiatives that go on unseen at Seacourt that contribute significantly towards our goal of best environmental practice, for instance:

• First and foremost we have an excellent waste minimisation programme
• We have reduced landfill by 80% from 2005-2008 and from 2009 have reduced this by a further 50%
• Run on 100% renewable electricity
• Recycle 100% of all waste paper, packaging materials, plates, inks and CDs
• We have reduced our diesel fleet of vehicles by 50%, further reducing our CO₂ emissions
• Seacourt is fitted with light sensors that ensure lights are used only when actually needed
• All office paper is recycled
• A toner cartridge recycling scheme for all printers, photocopiers and fax machines
• 50% of money raised through recycling paper is passed onto a local young people's environmental group
• We offer our clients a CD recycling scheme, when we deliver to clients we also collect CDs + jewel cases for recycling