Our Committment to The Environment

Through the years, we have been a leader in managing our business in a way that impacts the environment in a friendly, positive, and thoughtful manner. Long before others were paying attention to environmental issues, we implemented the following Environmental Vision and Management Policy:

• We're FSC Certified. Origo has earned the distinction of being certified to produce printed materials which are accepted as meeting the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
  
  
• Origo qualified for this certification by having strict procedures in place for handling FSC papers and print projects. FSC certified paper products are recognized as coming from well–managed forests adhering to environmental and socioeconomic standards in accordance with principles and criteria of the Forest Stewardship Council.
  
  
• Products carrying the FSC label are independently certified to assure consumers that they come from forests that are managed to meet the social, economic and ecological needs of present and future generations.
  
  
• We recycle tons and tons of paper every month. Frankly, it is a lot of work and effort, with a buy-back revenue stream that covers only a small fraction of the cost of our efforts. That's OK, we believe it to be a very valuable effort.
  
  
• We use recycled and FSC-certified papers whenever possible, and encourage others to do the same.
  
  
• We use inks and toners that are recyclable whenever possible.
  
  
• We have implemented programs to reduce our electrical consumption and to minimize the usage of all raw materials.
  
  
• A very important way that we urge our customers to partner with us in our environment efforts is by using our digital/internet ordering, proofing, and reordering system. Use of our digital ordering system enables all of us to save substantial amounts of gasoline and other raw materials.
  
  
• If you have suggestions about how we could further our environmental impact, please call us with your ideas.

For more information about FSC -- please link to FSC CANADA at:


http://www.fsccanada.org/about.htm