Ethical Policy

Sustainability/Environmental Policy

1.1 Overall Aim
The company is committed to ensuring the goods and services it purchases:

• are manufactured, delivered, used and disposed of in an environmentally and socially responsible manner and
• deliver long term value for money for the company and its customers

1.2 Key sustainability objectives
Buying more sustainably offers potential whole life cost savings, supports our commitment to green causes, safeguards our reputation as a responsible educational distributor, and protects the health of staff, customers and end-users.

The key objectives addressed by this policy are:

• Purchasing products that are manufactured from sustainable resources
• Reducing fossil fuel usage to minimise climate change
• Reducing usage of hazardous materials
• Reducing waste
• Improving quality of life
• Protecting biodiversity
• Complying with current and anticipating future legislation

1.3 Innovation & Supplier Development
Sustainability is a key aspect of our commitment to innovation.

We will prioritise key suppliers with the highest spend and sustainability impacts for targeted supplier development activities. These will be give senior management support and focus on continuous improvement and tangible delivery of sustainability benefits throughout the supply chain.

We will work with these suppliers to reduce their whole life costs and environmental impacts.

We will encourage suppliers to propose innovations which improve the sustainability of their products.