DSR secures brace of green accolades

DSR has completed a hat-trick of green accolades after it was awarded the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) chain of custody accreditations.

The print management firm, which has sites in Northampton, Brussels and Belgium, was certified in December and has already experienced a "significant" growth in the work it carries out on the environmentally friendly stock.

Phil Thompson, business systems manager at DSR, told printweek.com the interest reflects "the current climate where people are becoming increasingly aware of the need to be as green as possible".

He added that the firm, which acheived the ISO 14001 standard in April 2005, has experienced an increase in popularity for its green paper stock from both "existing and new clients".

The company, which was audited from September prints work on FSC and PEFC paper that include the Nine Lives 55 and Regency ranges.

Mike Naylor, managing director at DSR, said the print industry is "renowned for both massive paper consumption and the resulting waste, so we felt it was important to take the necessary steps to address this issue as a responsible business".