YOUR CHALLENGES SERVICES BLOG CORONAVIRUS SITUATION UPDATE ABOUT CAREER CONTACT / ENQUIRY OUR STANDARDS We constantly challenge ourselves to deliver an ever-better service. HOME ABOUT US OUR STANDARDS SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY QUALITY ASSURANCE & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT CONDITIONS OF SALE CODE OF CONDUCT & INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES OUR CERTIFICATIONS Sustainability Walstead Central Europe pursues its objectives in a way that respects both its employees and the environment. Our Environmental Health & Safety Policy sets out how we minimize the environmental impacts of our own service offering and support our clients’ sustainability commitments. Our commitments include reducing emissions, developing opportunities for recycling and pollution prevention, and using paper, energy and other resources more efficiently. We achieve sustainability in a number of targeted ways. GREEN PROCUREMENT across the supply chain by: Ensuring that print and packaging materials meet environmentally-responsible specifications. Choosing additional products and services that cause minimal environmental impacts. Minimizing waste throughout the supply chain. Informing clients on sustainable options. Encouraging sustainable practices among suppliers. Over 70% of paper FSC® or PEFC certified. RESOURCE EFFICIENCY, or doing more with less. Identifying, measuring, and continuously improving consumption efficiencies for raw materials and other resources. Optimizing paper use. Undertaking Energy Reduction Programs. Pursuing Heat Recovery Initiatives. Implementing a Water Efficiency Program. WASTE MINIMIZATION by Reducing, Reusing, Reprocessing and Recycling. Reducing Emissions using high-end regenerative thermal oxidizers (RTOs) to limit heatset printing emissions. Reusing (reprocessed) chemicals and (filtered) water to reduce resource consumption and discharge. Reprocessing ink to new ink specifications or re-mixing it into black (key) ink. Recycling 100% of waste paper, paper dust, printing plates, plastic wrap and recovered blanket wash-oil. Working only with certified waste contractors. STEWARDSHIP – dedication to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Learning and sharing best practices through internal and external training and communication to increase the awareness of all employees about the importance of forward-looking environmentally responsible behaviors. Regularly monitoring and reporting sustainability results. Adhering to the ISO 14001 Environmental management standard. Maintaining our EU Ecolabel certification. Successfully adapting our manufacturing processes to meet the emission standards of the IPPC Directive specified as BAT – Best available technology. Complying with: European Economic Area Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical substances Regulation (REACH EC 1907/2006) as amended in 2015 and 94/62/EC Packaging & Packaging Waste Directive. Supporting clients in product-related compliance requirements (toy safety, food contact, etc.) DOCUMENTS TO DOWNLOAD Code of Conduct & Integrity Principles Polski Integrated Management System Policy English ISO 9001 English ISO 14001 English ISO 27001 English ISO 28000 PL - Obrońców Modlina ISO 45001 English Mellow Colour ISO 12647 EN - Starachowice EU Ecolabel EN/PL - Kraków FSC Certificate English PEFC Certificate English REACH Declaration_2019 English Conditions of Sale English Preparation of Materials for Printing English Proof Verification Procedure English Quality Specification (finished product) SPOUT01 English Final Product Quality Specification SPOUT05 English General Conditions of Purchase English/Polski Transport - Ogólne Zasady Współpracy PL - Kraków Purchase of Energy from Renewable Sources Diploma 2021 English/Polski PSG Final Product Quality Specifications English Professional solutions for stories worth telling SEND AN ENQUIRY ©2021 Walstead Group, All Rights Reserved. terms of use privacy policy sitemap