Arjowiggins Graphic is recognised by ISO 50001

Posted by Will Green 19/05/2014

Arjowiggins Graphic, the leader in the development of environmental paper solutions, has successfully implemented the IS0 50001 certified energy management system at its Greenfield De-inking Plant, Le Bourray, Wizernes and Besse Paper Mills.

Through this international standard, Arjowiggins Graphic is recognised as a business that is demonstrating best practice in energy management, whilst also following a programme for continuous improvement.

The careful and responsible use of energy has long been an important part of the Arjowiggins Graphic corporate policy that extends to all departments and employees.

Although in recent years, various energy conservation measures have been successfully implemented, the company decided to approach the diverse activities of energy efficiency in a more consistent and systematic way.

Going forward, through the introduction of an energy management system in line with ISO 50001, Arjowiggins Graphic will develop a policy for more efficient use of energy, use data to better understand and make decisions about energy use and measure the results, to ultimately achieve improvements in energy performance, efficiency and cost reductions.

Energy management at Arjowiggins Graphic has become an integral part of the management system and having already achieved the ISO9001 Quality, ISO14001 Environment, and ISO18001 Health and Safety and FSC(r) Chain of Custody standards, this now completes its programme.

Agnes Roger, Chief Executive, Arjowiggins Graphic, commented:

“Environmental performance and energy management are rooted in Arjowiggins Graphics culture and have been a priority since the creation of the Company. Today, our products and technologies are recognised as enabling low energy consumption for the end user. It is applicable to all four of our manufacturing sites producing these products and was an outstanding team effort from Arjowiggins Graphic’s staff to complete the certification process.”

Rogers continued:

“Mitigating the impact of our processes on the environment through efficient energy management is part of our industry strategy to integrate environmental issues into everything we do without sacrificing on quality. By providing customers with the highest standard of recycled papers Arjowiggins Graphic is able to offer sustainable alternatives, helping to reduce our customers’ impact on the environment as well as that of our own business.”