THE CAXTON PRESS has long been dedicated to being as clean and green as possible. We choose to make a difference, not only with the highest quality print, but also through ecologically friendly production. Over the years we have worked consistently to reduce our environmental footprint:

  • We were one of the earliest Christchurch companies to earn attention from the Christchurch City Council’s TargetZero programme for our good environmental practices.
  • We have reduced our landfill waste by 80% over the past two years by recycling all offcut paper, cardboard, aluminium printing plates, plastic bottles and plastic wrap from pallets. We offer non-recycleable dry waste to the Recovered Materials Foundation and Creative Junk for public availability; all other dry waste goes to EnviroWaste for further sorting of recyclable material. Less than 5% of our waste would now go to landfill.
  • Our newest printing press makes use of the latest technologies to reduce paper and chemical waste, energy consumption and even noise.
  • We run inks containing soy oil.
  • We prefer paper from sustainably grown fibre.
  • We use water-miscible printing and platemaking chemicals.
  • We use energy-saving lightbulbs wherever possible and turn off all workstation
    computers overnight.

Now we are embarking on a journey to formalise this commitment to the environment. After researching the benefits of various environmental management systems and chain-of-custody certification programmes, we have joined Enviro-Mark®NZ, New Zealand’s leading environmental management and certification programme. The all-encompassing five-step Enviro-Mark®NZ process will enable us to ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental legislation; it will help us to identify, implement and monitor continuous improvement objectives and targets; and it will recognise our efforts to manage our environmental risks and impacts. Our ultimate goal is to achieve Diamond status, a level comparable to ISO 14001.

Most importantly, Enviro-Mark®NZ certification confirms our heartfelt commitment to being a responsible, earth-friendly business, today and into the future.