Making greater use of electronic communications reduces the amount of paper we use for our internal and external communications. The paper we do use is environmentally friendly and comes from sustainable sources.
Promoting electronic communications
Communicating electronically saves paper, ink - and money. That’s why we offer investors the opportunity to receive communications via email, which has resulted in over 1,500 investors taking up the offer. (Please email us if you would like to switch from paper to electronic communications.) This website, of course, is another way we communicate with our stakeholders with minimal impact on the environment.
Environmentally friendly paper and ink
Where printing is required, we use non-bleached paper from sustainable sources. The Advance Laser paper we use for our publications is manufactured from trees farmed under the environmental management system ISO 14001. The paper is elemental chlorine free and manufactured from fast-growing eucalyptus trees. The water used in its production is sourced from the Advance Agro mill’s own purpose-built reservoir, which collects rainwater and run-off. Advance Agro uses tree waste (bark and lignin) to generate electricity to run its mill.
The printing companies we use are locally owned and operated and use the latest in vegetable oil-based and mineral oil-free inks. These contain fewer chemicals and are more biodegradable and carbon efficient than their synthetically produced counterparts.