What you can do

5 key steps /

  • Paper & Ink

    1- Select papers with an environmental certification: FSC, Recycled and Carbon Neutral.
    2- All Arjowiggins Creative Brands are made with FSC certified pulp, Conqueror is Carbon Neutral in many European countries and our recycled grades are of superior quality.
    3- Choose vegetable inks, water-based acrylic varnish and additives such as moisturising solutions or cleaning products with an environmental certification on the label.

    See creative papers

  • Artwork

    Think before using solid colours and laminating processes as these impact more on the environment.

  • Printer

    Choose printers with environmental credentials.

    The FSC’s list of approved printers.

  • Waste

    Sort your waste. Paper, plastics and metal can be recycled. Use an approved collection company for treating your waste.

  • Communication

    Stating in your small print that vegetable ink or eco-friendly paper have been used to produce your product adds value to your communication.

    Register for the FSC logo Kit

All certifications /

  • FSC certification

    See the FSC certificates of our mills

  • Recycled Grades

    Arjowiggins Creative Papers stand for quality. That’s why our Recycled grades are made with a superior recycled pulp, developed with Greenfield exclusively for our products. Recycled pulps can be pre and post-consumer. Arjowiggins Creative Papers Recycled is made with post-consumer pulp only.

  • ISO 14001

    The international environmental management standard. It certifies that a company is committed to reducing the impact of their production on the environment, establishing an action plan to improve their environmental skills.

  • Carbon neutral

    All Arjowiggins mills are ISO 140001

  • EU Flower

    Carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is largely responsible for global warming. Carbon offsets are measured in metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent in Carbon dioxide by an independent party. The Co2 emissions can be offset by sponsoring a project avoiding or removing by a carbon emission. At Arjowiggins Creative Papers, we work with a recognised organisation, the Carbon Trust Company, to measure and minimise our carbon dioxide emissions.

  • APUR

    We carefully select projects to offset our reduced emissions. All our mills are lower than the EC legal carbon limit. Conqueror goes one step further by being CarbonNeutral in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Benelux, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland and Austria.

  • NAPM

    Established in 1992, the EU Eco-label Flower is a unique certification scheme aimed to help European consumers distinguish more environmentally friendly products and services.

  • Paper profile

    APUR brings together producers and users of recycled papers. It offers a guarantee of the proportion of recycled papers. It offers a guarantee of the proportion of recycled fibre used in a recycled paper, a minimum of 50% recycled fibre being a base.

  • WWF Score Card

    The UK National Association of Paper Merchants has been the only accredited trade association for paper and board merchants wholesalers since its foundation in 1920.

  • EMAS

    Paper Profile enables the paper buyer to make well-informed product choices, by presenting figures on essential environmental parameters in a uniform layout. It is a voluntary environmental product declaration scheme developed and provided by leading paper producers.

  • Nordic Swan

    WWF Score Card is one-stop paper toolbox to help guide paper producers as well as commercial and individual paper buyers.

  • Blue Angel

    The EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme is a management tool for companies and other organisations to evaluate, report and improve their environmental performance.

FAQ /

    • What are the environmental certifications and labels ?

      Find out about eco-certifications by downloading the chart.

      Download the certification logos here

    • What is « wood-free » paper ?

      Wood free doesn’t mean that a paper is made without using wood. The term actually refers to the refining of virgin wood fibre. These papers contain little or no mechanically ground fibres, eliminating lignin, the visible particles and natural substances that cause the paper to yellow with age.

    • What do ECF and TCF mean ?

      ECF means Elemental Chlorine Free, TCF means Totally Chlorine Free. In the past, bleaching paper pulp with chlorine produced large amounts of organochlorine compounds, including dioxins. Today, dioxin release has been cut dramatically by replacing some or all of the chlorine with chlorine dioxide. Progress has been made and ECF pulping now accounts for 75% of bleached pulp globally.

      All Arjowiggins Creative Papers are ECF

    • FSC, recycled fibres, Carbon Neutral. Why these certifications in particular ?

      These three environmental standards show that Arjowiggins is ecological in all its activities. Find out how they work together in the next questions.

    • What does FSC certified mean?

      This proves that all our virgin wood fibre, necessary for the production of superior-quality paper, comes from ethically-managed, replanted forests.

      All Arjowiggins Creative Brands are FSC certified

    • What does Recycled paper mean ?

      Arjowiggins Creative Papers stand for quality. That’s why our Recycled grades are made with a superior recycled pulp, developed with our innovative supplier Greenfield exclusively for our products. Recycled pulps can be pre and post-consumer.

      Arjowiggins Creative Papers is made with high quality post-consumer pulp only.

    • What is Carbon Neutral ?

      Carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is largely responsible for global warming. We work with a recognised organisation, the Carbon Trust, to measure and minimise our carbon dioxide emissions. We believe in real projects that we select carefully to offset our reduced emissions.

      All our mills are lower than the EC legal carbon limit. Conqueror goes one step further by being CarbonNeutral in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Benelux, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland and Austria.

    • What is post-consumer recycled paper made from ?

      Recycled papers is made from paper fibre that has been reprocessed from paper recycled by consumers.

      At Arjowiggins, our definition of Recycled is only post-consumer recycled pulp.

    • Is removing ink from paper prior to recycling a toxic process ?

      No. Deinking recycled fibres uses only water, black soap and hydrogen peroxide.

    • Is it better to choose FSC certified paper or recycled paper ?

      The recycling process saves precious water and energy, as compared with paper manufacture from virgin wood fibre. But recycled paper has lower technical properties, its printability, stiffness and resistance. As a result, when choosing recycled grades, it’s important to look for a premium quality. Our recycled grades are of top quality only. They’re made with premium pulp selected and processed specifically for Arjowiggins. To ensure a high-quality recycled pulp, paper can be recycled only 4 to 5 times. So sustainabilty can only be achieved by using both FSC certified virgin fibre paper and recycled. The final choice between FSC and recycled papers depends on the needs of a given communication. All our Arjowiggins Papers are FSC certified. OUr recycled grades are made from high quality Post-consumer pulp only.

      All Arjowiggins Creative Papers are ECF

    • Is the FSC certification reliable ?

      FSC is the only worldwide standard recognised by WWF and Greenpeace. FSC certification guarantees respect for the environment and for social and economic criterua around the wood trade. It proves independently that our papers come from ethically-managed sources and not from illegally-logged timber or funding conflict. We buy FSC certified pulp because we believe only sustainable pulp should be used to make paper.

    • What is the FSC Chain of Custody ?

      he FSC Chain of Custody tracks timber from forest to paper mill, to merchant, to printer. Only if every part of the chain is FSC certified, can the end prodcut carry the FSC logo.

      Arjowiggins Creative Papers commit in buiding the chain further to ensure the FSC certification to our clients.

    • How does a company become FSC certified ?

      Materials are tracked back through all phases of thei evolution and suppliers are checked for FSC certification. Interested in becoming FSC certified, supporting environmental standards, adding value to your business and products and using the FSC logo ?

      Find out more