Through continued monitoring of our electricity usage, we have once again reduced electricity consumption across our major sites. In addition, energy efficiency investments assist us in better managing our greenhouse gas emissions and consequently we have achieved a 21% reduction in CO2 emissions during the year.
We believe in responsible recycling. All paper-based products that can be recycled are and we ensure that all paper-based waste is returned to our sites for recycling. To this end, we have further increased recycling at our sites by 7% during the year which has in turn significantly reduced the amount of waste sent to landfill.
During the year we implemented a program that provided our customers with information about a range of environmentally preferable paper product choices that have a lower environmental impact, which was very well received.
