Environmental Policy

The CPI Group is committed to the prevention of pollution and continual improvement to reduce our effect on the environment. 
In striving to achieve this commitment we will:

• meet all necessary legislative, regulatory and consent requirements that relate to our business
  
• keep informed of environmental issues and, in particular, those which are of direct relevance to our business
  
• continue to raise the awareness of all our employees, the effect of their actions on, and their responsibility to the environment; by
• communication, discussion and training
  
• minimise our environmental impact by the operation of suitable waste minimisation and recycling schemes
  
• manage our building and grounds in an environmentally sensitive manner
  
• wherever practicable make use of best environmental practice when planning and developing new and existing operations
  
• operate a thoughtful purchasing policy by selecting, wherever practicable, materials and services which are less damaging to the environment
  
• encourage customers to use FSC certified paper in their books and avoid using wood products from the following sources:
• illegally harvested wood
• genetically modified wood
• wood originating in forests with serious social conflicts
• wood originating from uncertified High Value Forests
  
• set environmental objectives and targets based on continual improvement, monitor results and review on a regular basis
  
• establish and maintain an Environmental Management System which continually reduces waste, effluent, emissions and the use of scarce resources.
  

CPI UK Managing Director
August 2005