Corporate Social Responsibility

At Webmart we are committed to ensuring that we DO WELL and DO GOOD.

Green Credentials

At Webmart we want to show that exceptional achievement and a sustainable eco-balance are possible. We're not there yet, but every day we aim to be a little closer.

Carbon Offsetting

Webmart takes the impact of our activity on the environment very seriously and has an active policy of eliminating the carbon footprint of our commercial activity.

The Carbon Footprint for Webmart was 116 tonnes in 2008/9.

See the World Land Trust Certificate for details.

This was offset through the World Land Trust Carbon Balanced Fund and is invested in land purchase and restoration of threatened tropical forests. At present these projects are in Ecuador, Brazil, Mexico and Paraguay, and the portfolio is expanding.

FSC / PEFC / ISO 14001 Accreditation

Webmart is delighted to announce that we are fully FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) and PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes) certified.This allows our customers to purchase print through Webmart from suppliers who use paper derived from responsibly managed forests.

We have also achieved ISO14001 environmental accreditation.

The Webmart Oxygen Farm™

For each £1 that clients offset under the Eco-Print initiative, Webmart will invest £1 into re-afforesting an area of agricultural land in the UK with indigenous hardwood trees. To enhance the environment still further, we have the area actively managed to encourage bio-diversity, and all forms of blood sports are banned from it.

Cars

Our company car policy has an upper emission limit of 180g/km for 2009, reducing 10g/km per year to an upper cap of 130g/km by 2014. In addition, we always share journeys wherever possible and have a pro-active policy of bike use (yellow ones of course!).

Public Transport

WEBMARTEERS have to use public transport, where available, as a matter of policy, and always use the lowest emission option (low-cost airlines are less polluting than the legacy airlines, for example).

IT Services

The servers that host our various websites are provided by 1&1 - the first large web-host to rely solely on renewable energy.

Office

18% of our carbon footprint is in the office. We have changed providers of electricity to GOOD ENERGY - the UK's only 100% renewable energy provider.

Eco-Print/Print-miles

Clients and suppliers are able to calculate and offset their print projects footprint via our FreePrintManagement.com site - another world first.

Related news:

World Trust Charity Climb

In May 2008 Simon Biltcliffe climbed Denali (Mt. McKinley) a 20,320 ft mountain in the Denali National Park, Alaska. The climb was for The World Land Trust and enabled them to purchase 35 acres of threatened wilderness habitat and all its wildlife. We would like to thank all who sponsored Simon in this tremendous expedition.

Please view the certificate from The World Land Trust

Simon on Green Commerce

Article in Catalogue/E-Business by Simon Biltcliffe on the challenges and opportunities of Green Commerce.
PDF Download: Page one - Page two

Working with Clients - Craghoppers: Case Study

“Webmart takes the impact of their activity on the environment very seriously. They have an active policy of eliminating the carbon footprint of our commercial activity.” - Craghoppers catalogue, page 64.
Download the Craghoppers' plan to save the planet!