HERITAGE CERTIFIED FOR FOREST-FRIENDLY PRINTING

Heritage has achieved Chain-of-Custody certification under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) system.  The certification enables Heritage to offer customers the choice to print on paper that originates in responsibly managed forests.

According to Heritage president David DeLana, business owners are becoming more and more aware of dwindling natural resources, and one of the many ways to ensure that they are not contributing to the problem is to purchase FSC certified papers.  FSC monitors the use of forests in a manner that will ensure that the resource is replenished, that Old Growth forests are not depleted, and that a chain of custody can be established and monitored from logging to end user.

The chain-of-custody certificate recognizes the high standards and reliability of Heritage’s paper-materials handling processes.  The five-year certification included comprehensive facility audits by independent third-party certifiers to determine that Heritage has the necessary control systems to track certified products throughout their inventory and distribution processes.  At the end of five years, the company will be re-audited to maintain its certification.

As a Chain of Custody certified printer, Heritage is entitled to apply the FSC’s “checkmark-and-tree” trademark logo to projects printed on FSC-certified paper.  Heritage is only the third printer in Oklahoma to achieve certification.

 “The FSC Chain of Custody certification reflects Heritage’s commitment to environmentally friendly manufacturing practices,” DeLana says.  “With this certification we can provide our customers an additional option to help reduce the environmental impact of their printed materials.  And they can be confident that when they ask for FSC certified paper, they will receive it.”