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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
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.
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.
Exceeding expectations
“The Printed Image consistently exceeds my expectations. Their swift responses and unwavering ‘We Got This’ attitude eases the pressures of campaign planning. They consistently go above and beyond with valuable enhancements.”
Anthony Fitzgerald
Customer Marketing Manager
Primeline Sales & Marketing
Sustainable aspirations
“We were delighted with our Organic Cotton ‘Greenaware’ branded face masks. They helped to cut down on single use disposable plastic-based masks in Boyne Valley. Glad to see this product is part of a larger sustainable aspiration within your company.”
Robert Kennedy
Procurement Category Manager
Boyne Valley Group
A pleasure to deal with
“An excellent experience from the design, excellent service & communication from Katie, the proof team & Stephanie, and the final quality of what we received that I chose to stick with them for another project in our hotel.”
Lucie Dowling
Business & HR Manager
Pembroke Hotel Kilkenny
Thank you for your attention to detail with everything
“Thank you for your attention to detail with everything since initiating our order. The team at The Printed Image have been so great to work with!”
GEORGINA GANLY
Ireland Site Coordinator
Meta
They’re very efficient, good value and you’ll actually learn a fair bit from them also!
“I highly recommend the guys at The Printed Image. They’re very efficient, good value and you’ll actually learn a fair bit from them also!”
RICHIE BISSETT
Customer & Insight Manager
BEWLEY’S TEA AND COFFEE LIMITED
Professional, accommodating and going beyond what is normal business practise
“Working with The Printed Image has been a pleasure. Their professionalism, accommodation, and exceptional service, especially during tough times, have been impressive. I wish them all the best going forward.”
“Working with The Printed Image has been a pleasure. Their professionalism, accommodation, and exceptional service, especially during tough times, have been impressive. I wish them all the best going forward.”
BRIAN
General Manager
Fastway
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