Sustainability
Prints & Fine Art takes its environmental responsibilities with the greatest seriousness.
In order to demonstrate our commitment to good environmental practice, we will take all reasonable steps to manage our operations,
to minimise our environmental impact and to prevent pollution.
We will also comply with all applicable environmental legislation and to any other requirements to which our organisation may subscribe.
We support charities dedicated to the preservation of our Planet; Conservation International and The Woodland Trust.
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Commitment
We make a commitment to continual improvement and to maintain a framework for setting and reviewing environmental objectives and targets.
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Our Papers
Currently, European forests are growing at a rate of 1,500 football pitches of growth every day. These forests supply over 90% of the wood used by the European paper industry.
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Frames and Ink
Our wooden frames are all ethically sourced. We use archival water based inks which eliminates harmful emissions found with traditional solvent printing.
Supplying certified products to our customers assists them in achieving their own Social Responsibility commitments.
We take a great care as well in selecting the companies we are working with, and the efforts they are putting into the preservation of the environment.
We believe that by purchasing certified products it will have a positive impact on our forests and the wider environment globally and help
reduce our carbon emissions.
We ensure that all of our printers and paper suppliers understand and comply with our paper sourcing policy.
All of our papers for offset litho are sourced only from companies who are fully committed to utilising raw materials from well-managed renewable sources and our principal paper supplier has achieved the ISO14001 Environmental Management Standard.
Our principal suppliers for printing are committed to “environmental printing” whereby they
strive to reduce their carbon footprint across the entire company.
This is done by a variety of ways including the use of vegetable based inks, recycling cleaning solvents
and waste and offsetting any remaining carbon emissions.
They operate under a forceful written environmental management policy designed specifically to
minimise waste generation, pollution and the use of environmentally unfriendly products.
Key facts
We support charities dedicated to the preservation of our Planet; Conservation International & The Woodland Trust.
Prints are a sustainable, environmentally-friendly medium.
Currently, European forests are growing at a rate of 1,500 football pitches of growth every day. These forests supply over 90% of the wood used by the European paper industry.
Within Europe, print and paper products are one of the lowest industrial greenhouse gas emitters at 0.8%.
We use archival water based inks which eliminates harmful emissions found with traditional solvent printing.
Our packaging is 90% recyclable, we are working hard to achieve 100%
Our wooden frames are all ethically sourced.
We only purchase and use sustainably sourced stationery.
Staff are positively encouraged to walk or cycle.
All other travel undertaken by Prints and Fine Art is by public transport wherever possible.
Charities
As part of the celebrations for the 140th anniversary of our parent company, Rosenstiels partnered with global charity, Conservation International.
The aim is to spread awareness of the environmental threats to our planet, and what we as a global community can do to help.
We encourage you to support their efforts.
Our Planet is in Crisis. Science is telling us we must change the course of Earth’s development if we are to
avoid catastrophic impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss.
If we do not take dramatic action, after 2030 we will have surpassed planetary tipping points and no amount
of money or innovation will put our planet back on a sustainable path. The next 10 years will be the most important of our lives.
The world is waking to this challenge - and Conservation International is doing its part.
With your support we can protect our planet for ourselves and future generations.
Please take a moment to watch this short video to learn more about the work of Conservation International.
People need nature – and since 1987, Conservation International has worked tirelessly to protect it. They protect nature not only for its own intrinsic value but also to help reduce the impacts of climate change, disease, hunger and other threats to humanity. They help create vast conservation landscapes and seascapes in some of the world’s most biodiverse places. With partnerships from a diverse range of sectors, they empower people around the world to protect the nature we all rely upon for a stable climate, abundant food and fresh water, and good livelihoods.
Since their inception, they have helped protect more than 6 million square kilometers (2.3 million square miles) of land and sea across 70 countries. With offices in 29 countries and more than 2,000 partners worldwide, their reach is truly global. They help conserve some of the world’s most biodiverse and irreplaceable places such as the Bird’s Head Seascape in Indonesia, home to over 75% of the world’s hard coral species, the jungles of Liberia that contain some of the highest biological diversity in all Africa, and Amazonia, containing over half the planet’s remaining rainforests.
Conservation International has an A rating from Charity Watch, with exceptional scores for accountability and transparency.
To learn more about Conservation International’s work, please visit: www.conservation.org