Premier and its customers have planted a range of native species trees in woodlands across the UK
Through working with its customers, Premier Paper Group has raised more than a half a million pounds to support the work of the Woodland Trust.
Premier, which first started working with the Woodland Trust in 2011, had raised £519,000 for the charity by the end of 2016 through its carbon capture programme and sales of Woodland Trust office paper.
The company has funded the planting of 87.5 hectares of new native UK woodland – an area equivalent to 122 international sized football pitches.
Using guidelines from The Carbon Trust and DEFRA, Premier calculates the amount of CO2 generated in the production and distribution of the paper. Customers can then choose to capture the equivalent amount of CO2 by planting trees in the Government accredited Woodland Carbon scheme through the Woodland Trust.
‘We are really grateful for the terrific support of Premier Paper,’ said Karl Mitchell, director of fundraising at the Woodland Trust. ‘Funding the equivalent of 122 football pitches of trees will bring a big boost to the environment.’
