Trinity Mirror is the UK's largest newspaper publisher, with a portfolio of more than 500 media brands.
This includes over 300 newspapers (local and regional) and supplements, four sports titles, as well as over 300 websites and a variety of magazines and directories.
The Group employs 11,000 people in centres across the UK, including nine major printing sites.
We recognise that all our business activities have the potential to affect the environment and we endeavour to manage these in a responsible manner. This Policy sets out our commitments in relation to the main areas where the Company has significant environmental impacts:
- Paper sourcing, sustainable forestry and recycling
- Energy consumption and greenhouse gases
- Volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from print works
- Waste management and recycling
- The purchase of contracted printing and product distribution services
This Policy has been adopted by the board of Trinity Mirror, who will ensure that it is progressively implemented through a programme of annual targets and action plans. Progress against policy commitments will be regularly audited and reported publicly using appropriate performance indicators.
Paper sourcing, sustainable forestry and recycling
Trinity Mirror is a major purchaser of paper for newspapers and magazines, and we recognise the potential impact that timber extraction for paper-making may have on forest conservation.
We are committed to ensuring that the wood fibre used to produce our paper comes from reputable sources. This means that we will seek to use either recycled fibre, or "virgin" wood fibre that comes from well-managed forests. Trinity Mirror supports the concept of independent third-party certification as a means of promoting good forest management practice and we will use our buying power to support certification schemes wherever possible.
It is Trinity Mirror's policy to:
1. Maximise the proportion of recycled fibre in the paper we use, within the technical constraints of obtaining paper that is fit-for-purpose.
2. Work with our paper suppliers to trace the forests of origin of the virgin wood fibre that goes into the paper we use.
3. Work with our suppliers to identify any forest sources of wood fibre that are unacceptable, either on environmental or social grounds, and seek to eliminate these from our supply chain.
4. Wherever possible, purchase paper where the virgin fibre content has been independently certified as coming from well-managed forests.
Energy consumption and greenhouse gases
Trinity Mirror recognises that climate change, triggered by greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, poses a significant threat to the world's environment. We contribute to the emission of greenhouse gases through the energy we use for printing, for running our offices, distributing our publications and in business travel.
We are committed to measuring and wherever possible reducing the energy consumption associated with all of the operational activities where we have direct management control.
It is Trinity Mirror's policy to:
1. Measure and report the energy consumption of our printing works and offices.
2. Measure and report the energy consumption of our in-house vehicle fleet.
3. Identify opportunities for energy saving and set defined action plans for achieving these savings.
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