Eco-friendly AHP wins prestigious mark

Ancient House Press, based on the in Ipswich, has just been awarded Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody certification, highlighting its commitment to good working practices which minimise impact on the environment.

This entitles the printer to use the FSC logo on customers’ products when FSC material is used.

The FSC is an international, non-profit making organisation with a membership comprising environmental, social groups, progressive forestry and wood retail companies, all working in partnership to improve forest management worldwide in an environmentally responsible, socially beneficial and economically viable manner.

Alastair Frazer, Head of Purchasing and Quality & Environmental Representative at AHP says: “By achieving FSC certification, AHP has chosen an internationally recognised system which not only saves forests, protects wildlife habitats, keeps water cleaner and protects the rights of local communities worldwide but also demonstrates an innovative attitude to the sourcing and recommending of sustainable paper products.

“Currently only 80 out of 10,500 printers in the UK are FSC certificated and more and more customers are keen to use FSC materials. This is excellent news for AHP”.

In order to be given FSC certification, a forest must be managed in an environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable manner.
FSC provides clear certification and labelling of approved products and shows a certified chain of custody for the product from forest to end-user.

In March 2007, AHP was awarded ISO14001 accreditation, an international standard given to companies with an environmental policy which is fully supported by senior management and implemented across all areas of the
operation.


Caption:

Quality paper chain: AHP’s Alastair Frazer, Head of Purchasing, left, and Rex Rogers, Paper Buyer, with the company’s coveted FSC certification.

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