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“Environmental impact

and the potential for
cost savings are taken

to a different level”

CASE STUDY

David Shorto and Making Impressions are working together on EMAS

Making Impressions already auditor approval, took less EMAS registration means reduced general waste and
had ISO 14001 in place as than six months. that Making Impressions reduced gas, water and
an EMS as well as additional Funding assistance was is guaranteed not to lose electricity use. Our progress
procedures to measure, gained and the year one any clients because other will also be externally
record and log a wide range cost to Making Impressions companies have a higher verified and published in
of performance aspects. was less than £3000; the environmental status. next year’s statement.
Therefore, EMAS was indeed company expects to recoup In our EMAS At the time of writing only
a relative formality for this more than this through Environmental Statement seven UK printing companies
company. The complete cost savings and new we’ve publicly committed are EMAS registered but
process, from the day business opportunities. to some very specific targets the number of printing
Making Impressions decided Although client retention for progress during 2011: companies working towards
to gain EMAS registration, to is difficult to quantify, the increased recycling and EMAS is in double figures.

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