CPI

The Environment

CPI makes an important contribution to reducing the environmental impact during the manufacture and use of plastic cards. This is particularly relevant as many retailers are now converting their paper gift vouchers to plastic gift cards. CPI has made significant investments to make our manufacturing facilities ISO9001, ISO14001 and FSC compliant.

Achieving these accreditations gives our customers confidence that we are setting standards in the industry for quality and environmental processes. It also gives us a great platform to review all aspects of our business and ensure that we are doing everything possible to reduce waste and energy consumption.

We have extended this philosophy to our product line and offer a broad range of products that are more environmentally friendly, including:

• PET-G Cards (chlorine free)
• We are the first card company in the UK to supply Corn Cards (made from a sustainable source and bio-degradeable).
• Corn Cards (made from a sustainable source and bio-degradeable)
• Bio-degradable PVC
• Chlorine free and recycled paper products for gift card carriers

We are the first card company in the UK to supply Corn Cards and are very pleased to be working with the University of Salford:

“The University of Salford has over 100,000 alumni (graduates), many of whom enjoy continued contact with their alma mater.

“The benefits we offer to our alumni are wide-ranging, for example library borrowing rights, gym membership, theatre discounts and access to our forthcoming online networking space. To access these benefits, graduates need an alumni card, containing their unique ID number.

“In the past, we have issued cardboard cards, personalised by hand. This has become an increasingly resource-heavy, inefficient method. We needed cards that were longer lasting with automated personalisation. We wanted our graduates to feel proud to carry their alumni card.

“The University is committed to sustainability and encourages all staff and students to conserve the planet’s resources. It was therefore important that we identify the ‘greenest’ option that would also meet our needs. After some research, we decided on a corn product that we would test on our 2007 graduates, combining it with a welcome letter and envelope printed on FSC approved paper.

“Only a small number of suppliers were able to offer the corn product and of those who submitted quotations, CPI were the most able to deliver to our requirements, on budget and deadline.

“We are pleased with the look and feel of the new cards and we have already received some positive feedback from alumni. Over time, we plan to roll out the new cards to our whole alumni community.”

Kate Kemp
University of Salford