Friends Provident is a leading UK financial services group and a member of the FTSE100 Index. Friends Provident has a high profile Corporate Responsibility programme which includes a well established environmental component.

The goals for this programme include the support and setting of high environmental standards for key suppliers. In 2006 a key goal was introduced; to implement an ISO 14001 certified print supply chain.

Williams Lea identified key environmental initiatives for Friends Provident through a process it calls Environmental Roadmapping.

Key facts 

• In January 2006, only 2% of Friends Provident’s print spend was with ISO14001 companies
• By September 2007, 75% of spend was with ISO14001 companies, due to Williams Lea achieving higher environmental standards within its supply chain
• Friends Provident use approximately 500 tonnes of paper annually for marketing print. The introduction of an 80% recycled content paper has resulted in a total reduction in the carbon footprint for paper in excess of 500 tonnes*

*Research shows that 100% recycled content papers save on average 1.32 tonnes of carbon, per tonne

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