Our Green Policy CherryGorgeous

Beautiful Things Shouldn't Cost the Earth

And at our weddings we all want beautiful things but not at the sake of our environment. Here at cherrygorgeous we take our environmental responsibilities very seriously, so you can rest assured that not only does your wedding stationery look fabulous but it’s as environmentally friendly as possible.
 

Our Environmental Policy means that:

We are a carbon neutral company and have been since we started. This covers everything we do: from the energy it takes to run our design studio to offsetting the petrol used when delivering your wedding invites. In fact we were one of the first wedding companies to be carbon neutral – so we’re not about jumping on the bandwagon – it’s a commitment we truly believe in. We offset our carbon by planting trees with the Woodland Trust and have recently planting trees in Credenhill Park Wood, Herefordshire, and ancient woodland where our founder Dee Grismond used to play when she was a young girl.
All the card* we use are 80% post consumer waste (that's the paper you put in your recycling bins), 10% Totally chlorine free virgin fibre and 10% Elemental Chlorine Free Fibre. It has been awarded the NAPM recycling mark, one of the most prestigious and internationally recognised recycling certificates available. It also has the FSC certification, which shows that the forests are managed in an environmentally appropriate way – better than sustainable which only replants trees for each one removed. More info can be found at www.fsc.org

Why isn’t it 100% recycled? We would love it to be but unfortunately 100% recycled card can't be recycled as often as 80% and we think that makes it not as sustainable. We want your stationery to have a long life cycle going on to be newspapers, magazines and maybe even more stationery in the future.

*Unfortunately our seating plans aren’t on recycled paper yet but we are working on it and won’t rest until we find a large format recycled paper supplier that meets our environmental criteria. 

Our print machines are state of the art and don't use the harmful silicon oil finishes that is more prevelant in the industry. Infact they are seen as the cleanest, safest printers on the market today. And they use organic toner.

We use the most modern digital printing technology. This is the cleanest way to print without the use of harsh chemicals and wasteful print plates, yet it still delivers top quality wedding stationery. We avoid environmentally damaging printing processes such as metallic inks that contain carcinogens. When material printed with these inks ends up in landfills, the heavy metals can leech out and enter the ground water. We also print everything here in the UK so you know it has not been air freighted across the world before it gets to you.

The size of our invites are designed to keep the paper wastage to a minimum.

We support the sponsor a tree scheme in sub-Saharan Africa. For every unique order of over £250 received, we will pay for 2 fruit trees to be planted. By planting fruit trees we not only help to offset around 2 tonnes worth of carbon emissions, but also reduce soil erosion and help to give families in the developing world much needed extra food and a vital source of nutrition. 

No animals, old-aged-pensioners or children are harmed in the making of our stationery.

Eco-friendly Working Practices

Set Print Dates:

We try to stick to one set print day a week. By doing this, we can save energy and avoid paper wastage. It also means that we don’t have to drive back and forward to visit our printer every day – which allows us to leave the car at home and cycle to work most days (unless it’s raining really hard, then we get the bus). But it still gives you an efficient service that you require.

In a rush?

We have been doing wedding stationery for quite a while now and realise that it is something that sometimes get left to the last minute. Just email us with your time scales before you order and we will do our best to accommodate you. We also have an express service for only £40, which means your order will be priority and all emails and amends will be completed within 24 hours. We will also ensure that your stationery is printed and dispatched to you first.

Being good around the office

All the packaging we use is recycled: the cardboard boxes and tissue paper that we wrap your order in. Our packing tape is 30% recycled and biodegradable and so is our bubble wrap. We write our notes on the back of old envelopes, recycle as much of our office waste as we can and we make sure we always print on both sides of any paper we use. When we say we make eco-friendly wedding stationery, we mean it. If you have any good ideas for making cherrygorgeous more eco-friendly, we’d love to hear from you at dee@cherrygorgeous.co.uk