IiE Award

PPS is delighted to have been awarded a top Green level through Investors in the Environment.  To be awarded the top Green level there has to be a series of high level criteria being met followed by an official auditing process which enables Investors in the Environment to identify where the company is environmentally as a business.

By qualifying for the top level Green award PPS will be classed as a green leader and help to set the standard for the environment amongst businesses.

Over the past number of years, PPS Print has developed a very good Environmental Management System through Michelle, our Environmental Champion, and supported by Marcus and all of the team in the office.

We are delighted to have achieved 95% overall success rate.  All areas that were audited achieved above 80%.

100% of our targets were met and we were able to provide all of the evidence required to pass the audit.

The resources that are measured as part of the audit include: Electric, Gas, Water, Waste – Recycling, Paper and Landfill, IPA and Ink, and Carbon.

Our monitoring and statistics show that;

• Gas was reduced by 28% year on year
• Ink was reduced by 5% year on year
• IPA (Chemical used in print) was reduced by 33% year on year

In addition we have implemented an online portal to show the % reduction in waste used in the office.

There are now 3 bins in operation arond the building:

• Paper Only
• Recyclable Waste
• General Waste

Our general waste has reduced significantly and is now only collected fortnightly.

Additional actions involving Staff or Environmental Projects that PPS have been involved in to support the audit were:

• Took part in Zero Waste Week
• Fully FSC® Certified (The Forest Stewardship Council®)

• Printing for charities at reduced rates
• Giving 15p for every card sold in our Christmas card sales
• Attending the Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice Anniversary event
• Took part in the Text Santa Appeal

We look forward to maintaining our Green Award and to continue monitoring and implementing our improvement processes as a leader in setting the standard in Environmental processes in business.