For the environment

The impact of Banner’s trading activities on the environment has been assessed and an Environmental Management system implemented, which is certified to the international standard ISO 14001:2004.

Waste management

As a national distributor of office products, we use a significant volume of packaging. Our system uses detailed volumetric data to ensure that our deliveries use just the right amount of packaging; no more and no less to ensure safe transit. We reduced the amount of packaging used in customer deliveries by 30% in 2009.

We promote the use of electronic trading with our customers, with 75% of all customer orders being received electronically. In addition, we now invoice many of our customers electronically and have electronic trading links in place with many of our major suppliers.

In order to minimise our water consumption, we’ve fitted self-closing taps in toilets in some of our locations. We aim to implement efficient use of water through the use of low volume cisterns and other such water saving devices.