Sustainability and Social Value Objectives
Navig8 is a champion for sustainable working, reducing our carbon footprint and delivering environmentally sound solutions to our clients. We do all we can to reduce our carbon footprint for ourselves and our clients.
We have a very strong environmental policy that includes internal practices, as well as production guidelines and are always working towards new ways to reduce our environmental impact.
From our extensive time working with large organisations, Navig8 has substantial experience understanding and working in alignment with well-defined social value objectives. We take environmental policy very seriously and strive to adopt sustainable processes both in-house and when collaborating with clients. We understand the importance of sustainability and aim to take actions that will positively contribute towards the UK’s net zero target.
Carbon Balanced Offsetting
Navig8 offers a Carbon Balancing option for printed reports. Carbon Balancing offers an easy way for organisations to lessen the carbon impacts of their printed communications, decreasing their carbon footprint and contribution to climate change.
The programme works by allowing organisations to offset their residual greenhouse gas emissions through the protection and conservation of important standing forests that are under threat of clearance. The carbon impacts of an organisation’s product or service are estimated and an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide is prevented from being released into the atmosphere.
In using the Carbon Balancing programme, the World Land Trust logo will also be used in the printed report, demonstrating your support and corporate responsibility. Any participating organisation will also receive an accompanying certificate and certification number that directly relates to the stock used in the report. It is unique.
We can only do this for the report and only if the client commits to printing with a written order because we have to buy the paper. We do strongly recommend this initiative as it is best practice, not many people do it and they all should be doing it.
Carbon Balancing Case Study – JD Sports Fashion Plc Annual Report
JD Sports Fashion Plc is a leading international organisation that owns a wide range of sports, fashion and outdoor brands. Where Navig8 produced the JD Sports Annual Report for 2021, JD sports opted into the Carbon balanced paper initiative where as a global multichannel retailer, they understood the importance of reducing the product’s environmental impact.
After placing the order with the printer for paper of varying sheet weights (text stock and cover stock), once the number of sheets was confirmed, the World Land Trust could then determine the total carbon balanced (in Kg) and total land protected (in m²).
JD Sports Fashion Plc received their certificate with a unique certification number for using the carbon balanced paper initiative; an example of how the certification is displayed within a printed report can be seen along with the World Land Trust Logo and unique number.
Navig8 and the environment
Navig8 is a champion for sustainable working, reducing our carbon footprint and delivering environmentally sound solutions to our clients. We do all we can to reduce our carbon footprint for ourselves and our clients.
We have a very strong environmental policy that includes internal practices, as well as production guidelines and are always working towards new ways to reduce our environmental impact.
In addition to our working practices, we ensure any deliverables are produced in the most sustainable way. We advise on material selection, avoiding any non-recyclable substances and materials.
All of our print work is printed on FSC accredited stock as a very minimum requirement, recycled if at all possible, and printed using vegetable inks.
For an overview of the process that we take to deliver an annual report, have a look at this article. Have a look at our annual reports blog section.