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OUR ENVIRONMENT Greenhouse Gas Emissions

It is still too soon to assess how we progress against our targets as
2022 is only the second year we have been in the Toitū carbonzero
programme. Additionally, COVID-19 significantly impacted our
operations in 2020 and 2021. However, in the past year we have
made two significant changes that have reduced our emissions and we
expect to continue reducing them:

We have switched from doing local deliveries ourselves, to
1 using a courier company. This method is more efficient and
reduces the environmental impact per parcel.

In early 2022 we purchased a Canon VarioPRINT iX printing
2 press which enabled us to retire five older presses. This
purchase was part of an ongoing programme of technology
upgrades. We expect to experience a significant reduction in
our electricity use as a result.
Why we choose to offset the embedded carbon

in paper

Out of the 380 tonnes of carbon we emitted in 2022, 225 tonnes
(59%) came from carbon embedded in the paper that we print on.
Toitū class paper as a product we use rather than a product we
produce. We are therefore not obliged to include it as part of our
company’s greenhouse emissions.
However, not including it wouldn’t sit well with us. Paper is core to
our business; as such, we believe including paper in our calculations
is the right thing to do.

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