Green Printing has never been so easy

Robert Burtons is a green printing and packaging company with an eco-friendly outlook on printing. Robert Burtons has for many years recognised and worked to reduce the impact that our business has on the environment.

• 100 % of our paper waste is collected & recycled as post consumer waste.
• 100 % of our metal printing plates are recycled.
• We use vegetable oil based inks & varnishes, which are better for the environment.
• We use & encourage use of recycled papers & boards or sourced FSC certified & sustainable forest for the use of green printing.

Over recent years it has become increasingly evident that climate change will be one of the most pressing issues for the future existence of our planet.

At Robert Burtons Green Printing and Packaging we have made a commitment to the future by implementing eco-friendly initiatives to reduce our carbon emissions and strive to become a carbon neutral company.

This commitment involved an audit by the Carbon Reduction Institute of our total greenhouse gas emissions, or carbon footprint. These include emissions created in the generation of the electricity we use, the direct and indirect fuel emissions, methane emissions from our landfill waste and other emissions generated from our manufacturing and transport processes.

What are we going to do?

We are committed as a green printing business, dedicated to offset 100% of our carbon emissions. Robert Burton’s next step is the process of offsetting, or counter-balancing our carbon footprint. This takes the form of purchasing carbon credits from recognised green initiatives such as energy efficiency, green printing and renewable energy resources.

These carbon credits are Government Accredited under the NSW Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme, and the Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator.

How can you help?

Eco-friendly and “green printing” and packaging companies are a rarity still, although there are many initiatives aimed at reducing carbon emissions. Some examples of these are the development of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, research and development in energy efficient technologies, tree planting, and even changing the traditional incandescent light bulbs in every house, to the 80% more energy efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL).

In order for these initiatives to continue, and to be effective in reducing carbon emissions, they require funding, not only from government sources, but from business and public sources as well.

Robert Burton has decided to register our company with the Carbon Reduction Institute, which offers certification to companies who offset their carbon footprint by purchasing carbon credits to deliver green printing solutions. The Carbon Reduction Institute uses the funds derived from carbon credits to fund initiatives that are mentioned above.

Carbon Neutral or “Green” Printing

Robert Burtons can now offer our customers Carbon Neutral “Green”Printing. This allows you to choose if you would like to make your printing carbon neutral, thus helping the environment. If you choose to offset the carbon footprint of your print job you will be charged a small surcharge of 1%. This surcharge is used to purchase carbon credits.

Robert Burtons does not profit from this surcharge. We are independently audited by the Carbon Reduction Institute each year. The Carbon Reduction Institute is also independently audited by the relevant Government Departments.

Robert Burtons invites all our customers to join this exciting initiative and work towards, and invest in a stable environment for our own and future generations.

Should you wish, you could promote your products to your clients with a statement from Robert Burtons certifying, “This product is Carbon Neutral”

Robert Burtons is proud to be a carbon neutral “green” printing company offering eco-friendly printing solutions that help the environment. For further information please click on link to Carbon Reduction Institute or contact a staff member at Robert Burtons.

GREEN PRINTING – MAKE IT CARBON NEAUTRAL