Printers FSC®-certified for the 15th year in a row
Using sustainable papers as standard ...
Team Calendar's parent company Whitehall Printing is celebrating 15 years of using FSCⓇ-certified papers as standard across it’s operation.
The family-run printers was granted FSC Licence No. C009453 in 2010, one of the first businesses in the South West UK.
This means the printers is part of the ‘chain of custody’ – a transparent supply system of sourcing paper from sustainable, well-managed forests.
The Bristol-based producer of calendars, brochures, books and business print now uses FSC papers as standard, with other sustainable products available on request.
The independent family business was founded in 1977 and handed down a generation to brothers Adam and Joe Bendon in 2007. The brothers were keen to make the environment a priority and sought out FSC certification when awareness was relatively low. Marketing Manager Lucy explains;
"Back then a lot of people thought that paper came from rainforests – which of course is a myth – so we had a huge education piece to explain that new forests had been planted for pulp, thereby increasing the number of trees on our planet, rather than reducing them”.
The city of Bristol won Green Capital of Europe in 2015 and has held some of the highest recycling rates in the UK*. The city was also named Britain’s Greenest City in a 2024 recent study**. Director Joe says local clients have embraced the opportunity to know where their papers come from.
In 2022 the printers achieved Carbon Neutral status and introduced electric vehicle delivery in and around Bristol.