Sustainability
Minimising the impact on our planet is a key driver in the Greeting Card industry and Wrapid have strived continuously to reduce their own impact through carefully managed segregation of waste streams to both recover value and minimise landfill or incineration.
FSC® Certified
Our responsibility has been further extended and recognised through our FSC® Chain of Custody Certification (Licence No: FSC-C100547) for our paper products. Full information about our FSC® certified products is available upon request (see contact details). Responsible and sustainable approaches to the planet’s valuable forestry assets are more important now than ever and Wrapid are pleased to be supporting the FSC’s valuable efforts.
Environmental Responsibility
Wrapid is at an exciting point in its history, as we pioneer the revolution to ethical and environmental packaging choices. With everyone, not just big corporations, having to make more responsible choices when it comes to packaging waste, we are proud to be one of the companies leading the change.
We are dedicated to the responsible use of plastic through all stages of its life, from design, production and storage, to delivery and recycling.
Minimising the impact on our planet is a key driver in the greeting card industry. Wrapid has strived continuously to reduce our own impact through carefully managed segregation of waste streams to both recover value and minimise landfill and incineration.
We are committed to reducing our environmental impact and operating in a more sustainable manner, and it is our priority to encourage our customers, suppliers and associates to do the same. This is fundamental to our business strategy and operating methods.
Our company’s approach to corporate and social responsibility demands constant research and product development to ensure the minimisation of both our carbon footprint and the use of single-use plastic. The key is to find the balance between maintaining commercial and performance benefits to food processing and retail sectors, whilst also helping to save our planet for future generations. We at Wrapid take this commitment very seriously and are proud that similarly, environmentally-minded businesses are embracing our innovative solutions to the problem of plastic waste.
Ethical Trading Policy
We believe strongly in ethical principles & good stewardship and are committed to the concept of Universal Rights as outlined in the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights covering:
- The state duty to protect human rights.
- The corporate responsibility to respect human rights.
- Access to remedy for victims of business-related abuses.
We are proud to guarantee that we trade according to the principles of the Ethical Trade Initiative (ETI) Base Code (shown below). We are also members of Sedex (Supplier Ethical Data Exchange), a not for profit membership organisation dedicated to driving improvements in ethical and responsible business practices in global supply chains.
Because of this commitment Wrapid work to the following Ethical Trading Criteria:
- All employment is freely chosen.
- Working conditions are safe and hygienic.
- Child labour is not used.
- Wages are fair and comparable to industry standard and will always exceed the minimum wage.
- Deductions from wages as a disciplinary measure shall not be permitted.
- Working hours are not excessive.
- No discrimination is practiced.
- Regular employment is provided for those who are employed on a permanent contract.
- No harsh, cruel or degrading treatment or practices are allowed.
- No bribery, corruption, blackmailing or bullying is permitted.
- Third Party Suppliers and buyers are both free to sell and buy from any number of other businesses. No restrictions, as a way of guaranteeing business, are allowed.
We flag our Ethical Trading commitment to our suppliers and expect them to also follow good ethical practices.
Our place in the Circular Economy
Wrapid believe that businesses are responsible for achieving good environmental practice and operating in a sustainable manner.
We are therefore committed to reducing our environmental impact and continually improving our environmental performance as an integral and fundamental part of our business strategy and operating methods.
It is our priority to encourage our customers, suppliers and all business associates to do the same. Not only is this sound commercial sense for all; it is also a matter of delivering on our duty of care towards future generations.
We are dedicated to the responsible use of plastic throughout design, production, storage, delivery, recycling.
European Parliament Recycling Targets
Minimum targets for plastic packaging recycling or reusing:
Year | Initial proposal | EP amendment | Agreed |
2017 | 47% | 49% | |
2025 | 55% | 60% | 50% |
2030 | 55% | 60%* | 55% |
* No figure given – presumed same
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