Sustainability has been defined as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.

As a training organisation, we onboard a responsibility to introduce our talent to green thinking, ensuring that Granite Print is aware of environmental impact with considerations to sustainability, particularly in relation to ink and paper.

Our Sustainable Curriculum – 2021

From 2021, Granite Print commits to including educational reading material on Sustainability in all trees related items, both online and in-shop. Our staff are trained to promote sound environmentally sustainable principles and practice through trainings offered. In relation to fashion, these may include:

Sustainable Business Certificate – LCS Green Leaf Certification

We’re also delighted to offer emerging talents and business owners the opportunity to strengthen green knowledge, working practices and policies with our accredited, launching in March 2021. This training comes with an Granite Print Leaf Certification logo which may be used in support of your business. 

Sustainability at Granite Print

Granite Print is committed minimising the adverse impact of our activities on the environment, from the prevention of pollution and continuous improvement and re-evaluation of our policies.

We ensure that we are compliant with relevant environmental legislation while focusing on the following activities as part of our sustainability commitment:

Energy: Endeavours to reduce our use of overall energy consumption. We endeavour to use energy supplied by renewable sources to run our facilities where possible.

Waste: Staff attending trainings are taught to decrease the impacts of waste. We implement a waste hierarchy of reduce, reuse or recycle within the Company. Recycling facilities are clearly marked and introduced to staff.

Procurement: Granite Print will endeavour to support local businesses and suppliers for its purchases and contracts to reduce the impact on transport to the environment.

All staff are made aware of Granite Print’s Sustainability Policy This is a precursor to Sustainable Business Certificate –Granite Print Green Leaf Certification for those that wish to pursue this.