It follows a six month process by CarbonQuota, which specialises in calculating the carbon impact of manufacturing.
Chapelton managing director, Neil Skelton, said: “This is a great beginning for Chapelton. Achieving Carbon Neutral status will benefit our customers and suppliers, eventually offering products that meet the needs of the environmentally conscious. This first step is focusing on our direct operations and in the future we will include all logistics and products.”
Kent-based Chapelton supplies both virgin and recycled fibre grades from a range of key global suppliers and is dual certificated to both Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) environmental standards.
Skelton added: “We are currently working on a plan to reduce our CO2e emissions have begun streamlining how we manage our in-house waste, alongside other environmental projects such as removing as much single-use packaging as possible. We are working to reduce this further. We are also looking at ways to reduce both our commuter and business miles. Our reduction of Carbon use is part of our long-term business plan.”
