• We care about our environment
• Our environment policy
• Being Carbon Smart
• FSC Chain of Custody
• ISO 14001
• ISO 9001
• Sponsor Trees
• Recycled paper
• Vegetable based inks
• Waste management
• Alcohol-free solvents

Abacus have achieved FSC Chain of Custody

When a printer holds the FSC Chain of Custody and the paper used in a project is FSC certified the end product can be labelled as FSC certified. This certificate is about the fibre tracking process and ensures that there is no contamination between FSC and non-FSC material.

Individual products within our range are labeled with the FSC logo. In this case, the FSC logo identifies items produced from batches of timber where a minimum of 70% of the timber is from forest certified in accordance with the rules of the Forest Stewardship Council.

There are several different FSC papers that fall under the following categories:

• FSC 100% - Products come from forests certified as meeting the environmental and social standards of the FSC.
• FSC Recycled - Post-consumer reclaimed materials includes wood and, or wood fibre that has been reclaimed from a product after that product has been used for its intended purpose by individuals or business.
• FSC Mixed Sources - Products with a Mixed Source label support the development of responsible forest management world wide.

The wood comes from FSC certified well managed forests, company controlled sources and, or, post consumer reclaimed materials.

Click here to view our FSC Chain of Custody (COC) certificate [PDF 883KB]

Abacus can now print digitally on 100% recycled weights from 100 - 300gsm on either silk or gloss.