Labels and Certifications

FSC: The Forest Stewardship Council is an international non-profit organisation promoting responsible management of the world's forests in accordance with exacting environmental, social and economic regulations. FSC is recognised by Greenpeace and WWF as being the only credible international certification system.

ISO 14001: Internationally recognised environmental management standard. Based on the principle of continual improvement, it aims to identify, verify and reduce a business’s environmental impact.

ISO 9001: International Quality Management Standard.

Blue angel: This eco-label endorsed by the German Ministry for the Environment is designed as a response to the issues of both environmental protection and consumer protection. It requires the use of recycled fibres 100% post consumer and prohibits the use of optical brightening agents.

European Eco-label: Under the European eco-labelling system, products are assessed against a set of environmental and performance criteria. A product must fulfil all the criteria in order to be awarded the EU eco-label. These environmental criteria take into account all aspects of a product’s life, from its production and use to its eventual disposal.

NAPM : National Association of Paper Merchants, UK trade association that promotes the use of NAPM recycled mark for qualifying papers.

POST CONSUMER RECYCLED FIBRES (PCRF) : PCRFs are produced from paper which has been used by the consumer, collected, sorted and recycled through an industrial process.