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Tree Planting - 3,000 New Trees Planted at Heartwood Forest

It’s Thursday 27th November 2017, 9:30am and the temperature is just touching 3˚C; it’s the morning after an incredibly stormy night. For most people today is ‘business as usual’, but that’s not the case for 150 of Premier’s customers and guests as they journey from across the country to the jewel, that is Heartwood Forest, hidden in the Hertfordshire countryside.

Located just north of St Albans, in the quaint and picturesque village of Sandridge lies Heartwood Forest; initially mixed farm land, Heartwood Forest was acquired by the Woodland Trust in ...


Tree Planting - Premier plants a further 1,000 trees, to boost woodland growth and combat tree disease

The Premier Paper Group, the UK’s largest independent paper merchant, has held the latest of its successful tree planting action days on 23rd March in conjunction with the Woodland Trust, with some 1,000 new sapling trees planted by customers and staff at the Pullabrook Wood in the Bovey Valley National Nature Reserve.

Braving torrential rain and wintery conditions, members of Premier’s staff, together with some 20 customers, helped to plant around 1,000 saplings at Pullabrook Wood, helping to regrow and reflourish a forest area which had suffered an outbreak of ...


Tree Planting - Premier plants a further 5,000 trees, as it continues to help new woodland growth

The Premier Paper Group, the UK’s largest independent paper merchant, has held the latest of its successful tree planting action days, where some 5,000 new sapling trees were planted by customers, staff and students at the Woodland Trust-owned Heartwood Forest in Hertfordshire. The 5,000 saplings represented 1,000 trees planted for each year of Premier’s five-year association with The Woodland Trust.

The 160 volunteers, who braved bracing and chilling temperatures on the day, comprised of a mixture of Premier customers, their clients and also pupils from three local schools in the ...


Tree Planting – Premier plants over 800 trees, helping to grow and regenerate forest woodland

Environmentally conscious business Premier Paper teamed up with over 30 of its customers and staff, who, together with Woodland Trust Scotland, helped to plant over 800 trees at North Wood, a woodland site just outside Livingston which is looking to increase its green space environment.

The trees, each of which were about 2 foot tall, were planted by Premier staff and customers, having had instruction and demonstrations from the knowledgeable Woodland Trust Scotland staff.

All of the trees planted were UK native species, and included a wide variety such as; ...


Tree Planting - Premier plants 2,500 trees in Hertfordshire at the Woodland Trusts largest site

The Premier Paper Group, the UK’s largest independent paper merchant with a nationwide network of regional stock holding branches, held another mega day of tree planting action earlier this month, where customers and staff joined forces to plant some 2,500 trees at a site in rural Hertfordshire.

The tree planting day of action was held on the 19th November at the Woodland Trust-owned Heartwood Forest in Hertfordshire, and the native tree species that were planted included; Hawthorn, small leaved lime, alder, grey sallow, common oak, downy birch, silver birch, wild ...


Premier Paper offers Carbon Capture® initiative to customers

The Premier Paper Group, the UK’s largest independent paper merchant with a nationwide network of regional stock holding branches, has announced that it is now offering its customers the chance to become a Carbon Capture® Certified Company, with Purely Digital being the first to take advantage of the new environmental initiative.

The scheme allows customers who are looking to reduce their environmental impact and minimise their CO2 emissions through their operational activities, to become a certified Carbon Capture® Company through Premier Paper.

Originally, Premier offered Carbon Capture® to customers to ...


Premier Paper launches Woodland Trust Office Paper

The Premier Paper Group, the UK’s largest independent paper merchant with a nationwide network of regional stock holding branches, has announced the launch of a new paper for November 2014, Woodland Trust Office Paper, referred to as, ‘The Paper that Plants Trees’. Woodland Trust Office Paper is a high white, totally chlorine free office paper, produced to the most demanding environmental standards. Ideal for use on laser and inkjet printers, photocopiers and fax machines.

Carrying the Colorlok™ logo, Woodland Trust Office Paper is available in both A4 and A3 sizes, ...


Premier Paper Group Helps to Create New Native Woodland

Premier provides a unique opportunity for its customers to capture the CO2 emissions from the manufacture and distribution of their paper purchases and to invest in UK-based carbon projects. “For every order placed, we can calculate the amount of CO2 generated in the production and delivery of the paper. Customers can then elect to capture the associated carbon and the amount is added as a separate item to their invoice,” said Environmental Sales Director Chris Stanyon.

To date, the merchant’s contributions have supported the planting of 160 hectares of native ...


Premier Introduce Carbon Captured Papers

Carbon captured papers

“Demonstrating a responsible approach to the environment and adopting a reduced carbon strategy, can deliver a competitive advantage,” says Premier Paper Group Marketing Director David Jones

The Premier Paper Group, the UK’s largest independent paper merchant with sixteen regional branch offices, currently supplies 180,000 tonnes of paper a year to a diverse customer base with one common goal – an intrinsic requirement to meet stringent CSR and sustainability policies.

Premier is offering its customers the opportunity to capture the CO2 emissions from their paper purchases by ...


Premier Paper Group partners with the Woodland Trust

As a corporate partner of the Woodland Trust, Premier signed up to the newly launched UK Woodland Carbon Code. This programme sets a new standard for carbon capture, removing it from the atmosphere through the creation of native woodland across the country.

Using guidelines and figures from The Carbon Trust and DEFRA, Premier has calculated the amount of CO2 the business emits per tonne of paper sold. Working with the Woodland Trust and its Woodland Carbon scheme will allow Premier to capture the CO2 from the distribution of four popular ...