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The team will be responsible for championing environmental performance and improvements throughout the company. The team was developed following the successful implementation of an Environmental Management System and ISO 14001. It further reinforces DST Output’s commitment to reduce its impact on the environment and assist clients and suppliers to do the same.
Tim Delahay, CEO at DST Output commented: “This is not just about jumping on the ‘green bandwagon’; it’s about investing in the future. It’s too easy to say that you have a commitment to running an environmentally friendly business, it’s another thing to actually do so.”
The new team includes: Rob Leigh, Suzy Green, Terry Pearce, Maria Lipscombe, Andy Hawkins, Lucy Klinkenberg, Tony Gaskin, Karen Fynes-Clark, Dave Barker, Amit Arora, Andy Whitchurch and Allen Molloy.
During the next couple of years, the team will be developing further projects to reduce waste, reduce power usage and increase recycling;
1. Upgrading of the building management system to reduce electricity consumption by 5%
2. Identifying of additional waste streams for recycling
3. Investing in an improved plastic and landfill waste baler to increase the grades of recyclable plastic to reduce the volume of waste to landfill by 10%
4. Reducing the power consumption of machinery by tailoring dryer temperatures to individual job requirements
5. Working with suppliers to develop reusable packaging and cut cardboard waste by 15%
Lucy Klinkenberg said: “Environmental policies are not only good for the environment, but they’re good for your business and the bottom line. Like many businesses, we’ve found that by simply regulating power outputs and monitoring our wastage, we have already reduced our impact on the environment and it has helped to streamline business processes.”
Tim concludes: “Our White Paper Solution gives us an environmentally friendly business model, with its reduction in pre-print and waste. The environmental team will enable us to further capitalise on the other initiatives we have already begun in this area, following the principles of reduce, reuse and recycle.”
