Portishead-based design and print business BurleighPortishead has become North Somerset’s first sustainable design and print supplier by converting to 100% renewable green electricity.
The business is now solely powered by electricity from green energy supplier Good Energy. This is in addition to its other environmental commitments using vegetable oil inks, recycled and carbon balanced papers and recycling all their production waste.
BurleighPortishead was created in 2012 by the merger of two long-established family run companies – Burleigh Press and Portishead Press. They came together in purpose-built premises to form a new creative communications business. Both had already made sustainability a top priority and this decision forms a significant part of their future environmental commitment.
Sales and marketing director Fraser Ebbs said: “We are really pleased to become the region’s first sustainable design and print business. Carbon reduction is becoming increasingly important for local businesses and this decision goes a long way towards our goal of becoming 100% carbon neutral.
“Carbon reduction offers significant benefit to our clients too, as we contribute to reducing their own carbon reduction targets and meeting their wider environmental objectives. For them there is no cost implication so it’s being viewed as a real winner!
“We carried out a lot of research before deciding upon Good Energy as our supplier. They demonstrated that they are the most ethical in the market place and are very different from the large energy suppliers who often offer green tariffs as a bit of ‘green wash’. Good Energy believes in the principles of renewable generation, which is why they are chosen by organisations like The National Trust, Green Peace and the Green Party.”
