Climate Change

Climate change is higher on the world’s agenda than ever before and all businesses (not just print) need to play a part in reducing emissions to help the UK meet its commitments established in Paris in December 2015.

Raising Awareness

The first step to climate-related action is awareness. Anglia Print has for many years established its annual emissions and since 2015 publicly reported, after external verification, the data via our Eco-Management & Audit Scheme registration. We have in place a robust framework to measure, monitor and reduce our emissions: from common-sense actions to reduce our energy use to the benefits gained by investing in the latest print technologies. Additionally, by engaging with external initiatives to reduce unavoidable emissions associated with our business.

Our electricity is purchased from Ecotricity, on 100% from renewable resources tariff. Electricity is used for lighting and powering equipment. Low energy lighting is in place and our heating system recycles generated heat. No gas or heating oil is used in our factory.

We’re Climate Positive

Unavoidable emissions associated with our operations are falling, thanks to our solar panel array.

For the financial year 2021/22 our emissions from energy use (electricity) and delivery transport (fuel used) have been calculated using UK Government GHG Conversions Factors for Company Reporting 2022. Our emissions data is also used for balancing our unavoidable emissions and this process we offset 115 percent of these emissions. This is done via Climate Impact Partners and their Mixed Portfolio scheme.

Anglia Print is strongly aware of the threats to Suffolk and Norfolk through climate change and we believe it is important to help raise awareness levels and engage with and support local emissions-related initiatives.

With the aim of recognising carbon reduction measures in Suffolk’s small and medium-sized businesses, the Suffolk Carbon Charter evaluates actions taken and grades a company accordingly Bronze, Silver and Gold. Anglia Print maintains Gold status for the Suffolk Carbon Charter.

 

We’ve installed Solar Panels

Since May 2022 we have been running on our new Solax Solar System.

This is a 46 x 400w PV panel array giving us 18.4KWh of possible energy production which is enough to run Anglia Print and charge our batteries to 17.4KWh to keep office equipment (Phones, Servers) running through the night. Of course this is dependent on Sunny East Anglia living up to its name.

Since it was commissioned in to service we have been producing approximately 2MWh per month saving 1.94 metric tonnes per month of CO2 being produced which in turn helps Anglia Print live up to its statement of being one of the Greenest and Cleanest Print companies in the United Kingdom.