Business Info - issue 137

24 | P2P Magazine 01732 759725 BULLETIN Time to flex the paperboard? Sweden’s largest cinema chain, SF Bio, is hoping to save up to 10 tonnes of PVC a year by making gift cards from paperboard instead of plastic. Anna Marcusson, product manager for gift cards at SF Bio, said: “When our card supplier, Megacard, suggested we could make our gift cards from paperboard and thereby drastically reduce their environmental impact, it was self- evident to us to switch.” Johan Granås, Head of Sustainability at Iggesund Paperboard, points out that the relative simplicity of changing from plastic cards to ones made from Invercote by Iggesund Paperboard is encouraging more companies to make the switch. He said: “Because the cards’ format is identical, it’s easy to make the switch. Apart from the actual production process for making the cards, very few other components of companies’ existing equipment need to be modified, so this is a very simple step to take, compared with redesigning a plastic packaging solution, where complex and fully automated packing lines must be modified.” www.iggesund.com Award presentation The Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire was given the inside track on Commercial’s hydrogen- enabled delivery fleet, solar-powered bike shed and other sustainability initiatives when she visited the business services specialist’s Cheltenham HQ to present brother and sister co-founders Arthur and Simone Hindmarch with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development. Dame Janet Trotter was also given a tour of the Commercial Foundation social enterprise, which focuses on empowering disadvantaged young people with work readiness skills. www.commercial.co.uk Antalis reinforces commitment to sustainability Antalis, a European distributor of paper, packaging and visual communications solutions, has reinforced its commitment to sustainability by joining the Act4nature biodiversity initiative. The voluntary pledge unites 60 companies in a shared commitment to protect and restore biodiversity and follows the recent launch of a Biodiversity Plan by the French Government. Its support for Act4nature comes as Antalis reveals it is on track to cover 85% of its supply chain with a responsible traceability process by 2020 – a commitment in-line with Biodiversity 2020, the national strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services. Matthew Botfield, Corporate Social Responsibility manager for Antalis, said: “Antalis has prioritised the traceability of its products for a long time. Thanks to our Antrak platform, we have 50,000 pieces of information available, which enables us to accurately trace our supply chain.” He added: “Traceability is not only about enhancing the image of Antalis; it is about creating value for all our clients and end-users.” www.antalis.co.uk Pod u like Meeting growing demand for private and team working spaces, The Meeting Pod Company was showing its full range of Meeting Pods at 100% Design in Olympia, London on September 19-22. The freestanding, modular meeting spaces are made on the Isle of Wight and can be customised with integrated lighting, power, audio-visual equipment, acoustic dampening materials, a wide choice of upholstery options and solar panels for outdoor Pods. The full range includes the two-person Meeting Pod, which can be connected together in configurations for 4, 6 or 8 people; the Escape Pod; the Pod2; the Phone Pod; and the Outdoor Pod. www.themeetingpod.co.uk Four clicks to buy Office Monster, the Leeds-based online office supplier, has updated and redesigned its website, following a £50,000 investment. The new site offers a streamlined shopping experience that enables customers to find stationery supplies and purchase a product with just four clicks. In the next phase, it plans to add VR and 3D product configurators for the purchasing of office furniture. www.officemonster.co.uk Blake supports School in a Bag Postal packaging brand Blake has partnered with the charitable organisation School in a Bag, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. School in a Bag provides poor and vulnerable children with a bag filled with stationery, learning resources and eating utensils. The partnership was launched on July 4, when Blake held a red-themed School in a Bag Charity Day, raising £10,000 to fund the bags. Tim Browning, innovation and marketing director at Blake, said: “The Blake School in a Bag partnership marks the start of a new phase in our CSR Responsibility program. Our mission is to support social mobility for children by ensuring they have access to the materials they need to learn and be educated. There are millions of children in the world who will never go to school and this right will continue to be denied them, unless we can make a difference. This launch event and the funds we have contributed mean that over 600 children will now have the materials they need to learn.” www.blake-envelopes.com www.schoolinabag.org