Our Sustainability Accreditations and Certifications
ISO 14001 is an internationally agreed standard that sets out the requirements for an environmental management system.
Designed for any type of organisation, regardless of its activity or sector, it helps to demonstrate our constant dedication to monitoring and reducing our environmental impact. This certification covers standards such as audits, communications, labelling, and life cycle analysis. We received our certification in 2022, but there were several years leading up to this, heavily investing in the refinement of our processes and actions to become more sustainable.
In 2022, we had the honour of working with Carbon Quota in the development of our net-zero pathway. This project was achieved through Carbon Quota undertaking extensive analysis of our day-to-day operations in order to quantify our operational carbon footprint. Our operational carbon footprint is the sum of the absolute carbon emissions associated with our buildings and vehicles. The intensity of CO2 emissions per tonne of substrate purchased associated with our direct operations was reduced by 49% between 2020 to 2021 (certified: CarbonQuota 2022).
Further actions needed to reach net-zero within Imageco were then decided upon within the development of our net-zero pathway. We then as a company made commitments to make the necessary changes to improve our operational carbon footprint. These commitments along with the purchase of certified carbon credits through Carbon Quota’s chosen schemes have allowed us to be certified as a Carbon Neutral printer. Becoming a certified carbon neutral printer is arguably one of our greatest sustainability achievements to date and we will continue to work on our commitments made within our net-zero pathway.