Labour and Environmental Policies
Materials Used
The Pepin Press is FSC®-accredited with license number SCS-COC-000652-ALV. Our FSC® logo license number is C016391. Paper constitutes 99% of materials used for Pepin Press’ products, the bulk of which is made in the European Union (Poland, Finland and The Netherlands). A smaller part of the paper we use is made in China. The majority of paper used complies with FSC® and PEFCTM standards. All printing facilities we use are FSC®-accredited and ISO-certified. Ask for our FSC®-certified products.
The Pepin Press uses recycled carton for shipping boxes. Furthermore, we minimise carton disposal by reusing cartons as much as possible. Disposed carton is submitted for recycling.
Currently, we are in the process of minimising the use of plastics in our products and packaging.
Factory Inspections
All factories that currently manufacture goods for The Pepin Press hold appropriate certificates in
testimony of good labour conditions and responsible environmental policies. Production sites are in The Netherlands, Malaysia, Singapore and China. Factories in the latter 3 countries are Sedex/SMETA audited. More importantly, in our view: we extensively inspect all factories ourselves, verifying, among other things, the general working environment, labour conditions and waste disposal. The Pepin Press works closely with its manufacturers and visits often take several working days, supervising production and following all steps in the production chain from the storage of our own paper stocks, prepress, printing, binding and packing. We are confident that no child labour nor any form of forced labour is being used in any factory producing Pepin Press’ products.
Transport and Warehousing
The Pepin Press’ principal road transport and warehousing partner in the EU is a pioneer in sustainable logistics with dozens of trucks running on LNG, which is currently the least polluting viable energy source for heavy, long-distance road transport. In the near future we expect to use more and more electric transport for short and medium distance transport.
Documentation
The Pepin Press collects and keeps up to date documentation with regard to manufacturing and labour
standards. Certificates and audit reports currently held include FSC®, PEFCTM, EU Ecolabel, ISO 9001,
ISO 14001, ISO 50001, OHSAS 18001, SGS , and Sedex Ethical Trade.
If information is needed about any of our products, please submit your request to sales@pepinpress.com, stating the product or series about which you wish to know more.