Go eco-friendly with The Consortium
We're very keen to promote sustainable business and we try to help our customers do the same. On this page
you can find out about ways that you can help reduce your impact on the environment.
Switch to electronic documents
You can easily switch to having your invoices and statements sent to you by email instead of by post.
Having documents emailed instead of posted saves paper and may help reduce C02 emissions since the requirement
for mail deliveries is reduced. You may also find electronic documents easier to manage and generally
more convenient, since they are sent instantly and are stored easily.
We will donate £1 to cancer research uk for every account that signs
up for electronic documents.
Click here to sign-up for electronic documents
Stay updated and get involved with our new blog
If you're interested in staying updated with everything we're trying to do to reduce our impact on the environment
check out our new blog called Go Green. We need our customers and other stakeholders to
contribute to the blog so get involved today.
Go Green | About Go Green | Get involved
Reduce paper waste & C02 emissions: Order online
When you order by post or fax your order has to be typed into your computer, posted or faxed and then punched into
one of our computers. At times there are errors or unreadable parts to the orders, so we have to contact you to confirm
order details before processing. This is a long and wasteful process. By ordering online or by phone you know instantly
whether a product is in or out of stock, you can correct errors straight away, view our latest products and changes (online)
and track your order. You can also make changes to your account, have our latest deals
emailed to you and much more.
Click here to get your web account
Switch to eco-friendly products
It's the little changes that add up to make a big difference. Just by changing some of the
products you purchase regularly to eco-friendly alternatives you can be more
environmentally friendly. Have you looked at our eco-friendly and recycled product range?
Eco Product highlight: Tru-Green envelopes
Tru-Green envelopes are made entirely from 100% recyclable and compostable materials: Not just the paper, but the sticky bit as well.
What's more by buying Tru-Green envelopes you are helping support a poor area in India, where the Tru-Green envelopes are manufactured. And for
every 200,000 envelopes sold, 7 trees are planted. Find out more about Tru-Green envelopes
or go directly to the Tru-Green product page.
Recycle your used inkjet and toner printer cartridges
We offer free provision of collection boxes and free collection of your used inkjet and
toner cartridges. By recycling the cartridges fewer materials will go into landfill sites and less
manufacturing of new cartridges is required, meaning you are helping reduce carbon emissions.
Click here to find out more
SIMS users: sign up to receive catalogue updates by email
By signing-up to receive your catalogue updates by email instead of having the CD's mailed to you,
you are helping the environment by reducing manufacturing waste and delivery van carbon footprints.
To encourage this eco-friendly move we will donate £1 to Cancer Research for every one of our customers
that signs up to receive SIMS catalogue updates by email instead of by post.
What's more, by having SIMS emailed to you, you don't have to wait for the CD to be delivered and you can have
the latest updates emailed to you automatically so you don't have to remember to update.
Sign-up to receive SIMS updates by email
Ways in which we are working more sustainably
To find out more about our corporate social responsibility, how we've reduced our delivery waste,
our Environmental Management System ISO Standard and our involvment in The Global Compact
go to our
Environmental Responsibility page.