Environmental Policy

Quintessentially British Luxury Stationery – Handcrafted in England

Regarded as England’s leading specialist we produce high quality bespoke stationery for all occasions both personal and business requirements.  Using a unique combination of traditional skills and modern technology to create the ultimate in bespoke stationery, The Wren Press is fully committed to the development of our staff for continuity of relationships and professionalism.

• The Wren Press works closely with our suppliers through annual reviews ensuring that we minimise the environmental impact of the energy and materials that it uses. The Wren Press is working holds the FCS certificate,  only using FSC products: The FSC label enables us to be confident that the papers we supply are not contributing to the destruction of the world’s forests.
• The Wren Press also holds the ISO14001 certificate with The British Assessment Bureau to prove we are fully compliant with ISO14001. The Wren Press will welcome its annual external audit and has continued regular internal audits and testing ensuring continued compliance.
• The Wren Press is fully compliant with all legal and industry standard requirements for the prevention of pollution.  Continued award of the Royal Warrants is wholly dependent upon demonstrable responsible attitude towards compliance across the board.
• The Wren Press works to ensure that all waste is disposed of in an environmentally friendly way. For example, all toner bottles and ink cartridges are collected by our suppliers for recycling, all paper, packaging, bottles cans etc are all recycled through our management companies or independent recycling companies. All wastepaper is reused in store for test runs, setting up and testing machines.  We charge for packaging encouraging our clients to reuse the packaging where possible and have replaced plastic carrier bags with paper carrier bags.
• The Wren Press uses a small van for local deliveries; We are committed to reducing our “tonnes CO₂e” over the next 12 months.  To ensure we achieve this we will ensure that each trip is a multi-drop incurring fewer miles than is necessary.  Local small orders will be delivered by our staff to our clients where possible.
• The Wren Press has also committed to lowering its electricity usage over the next 12 months. To ensure we achieve this we will, replace light bulbs from T8’s to T5’s when replacements are needed, turn off all lights, computers and printers when not in use.
• As part of The Wren Press dedication to ensuring full compliance The Wren Press has appointed Positive Planet as our partner to train and audit the business to ensure we are appraised of the latest industry standard and requirements.  The Wren Press aims to achieve certifications for both Curzon Street and Bromley-by-Bow by August 2025

The action plan is being communicated to our staff and suppliers through use of our website, team meetings and posting on all notice boards throughout our offices.  This is augmented with awareness training and the promotion of a responsible attitude toward sustainability by our Managing Director Elgin Loane who heads up our organisation and is fully committed to ensuring maximum environmental synergy and efficiency.

This environmental policy will be published and displayed in our reception areas and on our website. A full annual review will take place with our appointed partners. Half year action plan reviews will take place with the Operations Manager and the Managers of the centres.

Managing Director, The Wren Press

15th July 2024