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Sustainability

As part of our commitment to become a carbon neutral company we are keen to do all we can.

The Printed

Image

We use sustainable design to help launch products and brands

The Printed Image is committed to helping in reduce the environmental impacts of printing and protecting the environment we operate in. We take our environmental commitments seriously and have gone to great lengths to reduce our carbon footprint and minimize any potential waste.

Clients we’ve worked with

Certifications

ECO-VADIS GOLD

The Printed Image is thrilled to announce a significant achievement in our sustainability and CSR recognition by EcoVadis, the world’s leading provider of Business Sustainability and CSR ratings. We are honoured to have recently been awarded the prestigious Gold Standard for our outstanding performance, distinguishing them as part of the top 5% of over 100,000 companies evaluated across 175 countries.

In the dynamic industry of print and promotional merchandise The Printed Image has excelled by securing a sustainability and CSR position within the top 2% of all print companies assessed globally by  EcoVadis.  Over the past number of years year, The Printed Image has committed to being “The Home of Sustainability” in everything we do, allowing us to elevate our overall success to now be rated as Advanced in all four EcoVadis metrics, Environment, Sustainable Procurement, Ethics and Labor & Human Rights.  This remarkable accomplishment by a 100% Irish company reflects on The Printed Image’s unwavering dedication to audited world-class practices in all their operations.

 

We can share our EcoVadis detailed scorecard with you if you request this through the Contact Us

FSC

FSC

The Printed Image believes it is important to operate and achieve good environmental practices and is committed to protecting the environment and continual improvement of environmental performances by demonstration of the purchases and sale of sustainably managed resources, this is achieved by maintaining and complying with FSC Chain of Custody requirements.

The Printed Image are ISO 9001:2015 certified.

We actively seek to minimise our carbon footprint.  In 2022 our Scope 1 GHG emissions were 3.98 tons of CO² equivalent, Scope 2 emissions were 78.27 tons of CO² equivalent and Scope 3 emissions were 647.17 tons of CO² equivalent.  We achieved approximately a 10% reduction in these for 2023 and have similar targets in place for 2024 and 2025.  We will commence more extensive Scope 3 emission monitoring and reduction actions in 2024

Materials

Waste Management
All waste from our factory floor, storage areas and offices is strictly segregated by waste type/stream and disposed of according to the type of waste in the most environmentally friendly method of disposal possible.  In 2022 we generated 123.51 tonnes of waste.  Of this total 114.44 tonnes were recovered. 92.7% of all waste generated at the facility is sustainably recycled.  This percentage increased to 93.8% in 2023 and we have targets in place to improve this rate to above 95% by 2024.  We operate a zero hazardous waste and chemical and zero PFAS site.

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Testimonials

We have been supplying Print, Signage and Branded Promotional Merchandise for over 30 years – we do not like to blow our own trumpet, so we asked our Clients to do it for us.

Below are some of their comments.

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OUR ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS

Meet your green objectives. Eco-friendly options for your business below.

Eco-Friendly Branded Clothing

Eco-Friendly Corporate Gifts

Eco-Friendly Packaging

Eco-Friendly Print

Eco-Friendly Promotional Merchandise

Eco-Friendly Pull-Up Banner