Environment

Our stationery factory is based in the ancient market town of Otley, surrounded by the breath-taking countryside of the Yorkshire Dales. It’s not just where we work; it’s where most of us live too. So it's only natural that we strive to be good neighbours and

do all we can to nurture our community.

Not only are we heavily involved in local projects, but we're also members of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust. We go to great lengths to reduce the impact our business has on the environment from solar panels on the roof, to owl boxes on our premises to encourage wildlife.

DID YOU KNOW?

It's estimated that in Europe alone, forests are increasing annually by an area equivalents to more than 1.5 million football pitches.

The majority of trees cut down in the tropics are cleaned to make way for agriculture or provide domestic fuel, not to make paper.

In managed forests, for every tree cut down, three or four are replanted in it's place.

Paper fibres can be recycled up to six times. Since 2001, the amount of household waste paper and card collected for recycling has increased by 60%.

Paper is truly sustainable, with waste fully recoverable, ready for recycling into new paper.

Our Sustainability Guide

Paper stationery is lovable stuff. But, as you sit down to write on your Silvine notebook's first pristine page, the last thing you want is the thought of swathes of rainforest trees being decimated for this moment of pleasure.

FSC® Certified

100% of our product materials are from well managed sources, certified by the FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council®) or recycled.

(License number: FSC® C018241)
Civil Rights

We choose paper from sources where workers civil rights are not violated.
We stay natural

We do not buy paper made from genetically modified trees.
Legally harvested wood only!

We do not buy paper made from illegally harvested wood - whether from natural forests, or from forests which have been cleared to make way for plantations or other non-forest enterprises.
Monitoring suppliers

We expect our suppliers to conduct their business in an ethical manner.
Conserving resources

We expect our suppliers, like ourselves, to actively work towards conserving their energy and water usage and the prevention of land, air and water pollution.