That’s us! We’re ESG award winners, having just come out on top at the recent Exhibition News Supplier Awards! And we’re totally made up about it. It means so much to us but it’s important for our customers and for you too.

There were lots of categories but this was the biggie as far as we’re concerned. The one we wanted. Why? Because it says so much not just about what we do but about how we operate as a business.

Supplying sustainable print products responsibly is the number one driver for KNP and our customers. So our ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) approach, standards and policies are right at the heart of how we operate.

KNP | EN Supplier Awards ESG win trophy    KNP | EN Supplier Awards ESG win Dave Gibbons on stage

Producing print for literature, Direct Mail, door drops & flyers, POS, event signage, large format, office manifestations and branded corporate goods, we’ve been supplying everything sustainably for 13 years. Go back further and we’ve been supplying print to Events & Exhibitions customers for over 30 years. With lots of long-standing clients we’re well and truly entrenched in the Events & Exhibitions world and it’s safe to say we feel like an integral part of it.

A better business

Delivering high quality products for all our customers should be a given, it’s what you all expect. But being sustainable, being a good employer, having ethical processes. That’s what makes a good business. And that’s what we’re striving for. So to win this ESG Award really means so much to all of the KNP team. It’s recognition for what we’ve all work hard to achieve together.

This recognition says that, when you place a job with us, you can be confident we’re committed to delivering it the right way. And we share your ambitions for how businesses should act responsibly, treat their staff and minimise their impact on the environment.

Never veering from our belief of ‘doing it right getting it right’ has driven our reputation for quality, reliability and long-term relationships. It’s now helping drive our reputation as one of the leading sustainable printers in the UK.

We look at every aspect of our business and with every decision, from raw materials to supply chain or energy sources, we ask ‘how does this reduce our impact on the environment?’

Through solar power, lower energy tech, less harmful materials and environmentally conscious processes today we’re carbon neutral.

Sustainable projects and initiatives

Elsewhere on our site (like our Environmental page) you can have a good old look around in more detail about what we do but to give you an overview  of what’s contributed to our ESG Award win:

  • With 600 rooftop panels we’re fully solar powered, our LED lights use 90% less power, our heating operates on a timer. All these initiatives slashed our power usage and we even returned 35,000 units to the grid last year.
  • We’re FSC certified so our paper is produced sustainably and sourced responsibly guaranteeing it comes from forests adhering to strict environmental standards.
  • We only use vegetable-based inks to remove chemicals from the print process.
  • We recycle printing plates, toners and lamination waste with recycling points for paper, plastic, aluminium. Wastepaper is taken by a firm producing packaging.
  • We have 3 electric car charging points and encourage staff to consider their travel inc. cycling or drive sharing.

ISO Certification

And we’ve got the following, important ISO certifications to further bolster our credentials and give customers the confidence and trust they need that we’re doing things the right way:

  • ISO9001 governs our quality control and process. Every member of the team is trained to continually quality control our output, and the ISO9001 standard gives us the ability to measure our efficiency and improve performance.
  • ISO14001 is the international standard for environmental management systems (EMS). It’s the principal standard specifying the requirements for the formulation and maintenance of an EMS. Meaning it helps control and reduce our environmental impact and ensures legal compliance.
  • ISO27001 certifies that our people, processes and systems protect the security of the data & information we handle on your behalf to the highest possible standards. Giving you absolute confidence over the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your data.

The future

We’ve got this far and won this award through taking the initiative. But we know you can’t stand still. Which is why we’ve set ourselves the aim of becoming completely Net Zero by 2027. To help us achieve this aim we’re soon to join forces with Carbon Quota. Our partnership will see Carbon Quota carry out:

  • Operational Carbon Footprint Study covering the impact of our buildings, company vehicles and people.
  • Supply Chain Carbon Footprint Study unveiling the carbon implications of our procurement activities.

And implement an Automated Product Carbon Footprint enabling us to calculate the carbon footprint of individual print jobs.

Shall we win together?

If you wanted a bit of a chat about how we do things and how we can help you win when it comes to being more sustainable, pop over to our contact page.

We’re pushing forward and we’d love to be the ones that help you push forward too.