SUSTAINABILITY – HAMELIN BRANDS
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SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABILITY – HAMELIN BRANDS
“Express yourself, we care”
Being a family business, allows us to develop the long-term sense rather than focus exclusively on short-term profit. We set new standards to minimize our footprint at every step in the product life-cycle. We are committed to unleashing talents by offering our consumers innovative and sustainable products.
“We have a strong sense of responsibility toward future generations by offering them well-designed products with indisputable environmental performance. Our mission is to give all pupils and students the right tools with the guarantee that we constantly strive to minimize their impact on the environment.” Eric Joan, CEO.
Our basic premise is that preserving the environment shouldn’t be the consumer’s problem. It’s our job to make each product in a responsive way, with microscopic focus on every part of the supply chain.
Commitment #1: Rethinking HAMELIN products to reduce the environmental footprint through Eco-design and Ecolabelling
Leading Eco Design Label and Eco Rating
The eco-design approach made us reconsider the entire life-cycle of our products from sourcing, paper manufacture, conversion, transport to end-of-life. With the help of experts, eight task forces have been created to analyze the major sources of environmental impact. We adopted a scientific approach for all our products categories by making Products Life Cycle Assessments according to the ISO 14044 standard. This work allowed us to reduce the environmental impacts of our products.
Ecolabel Code of Conduct & Certification
We support only Ecolabels that reduces the products’ environmental footprint during their entire life-cycle. The EU Ecolabel for converted paper products is the only official pan-European Ecolabel guaranteeing the reduction of environmental impacts through factors such as the use of FSC® and PEFC™ certified paper, reduced air and water pollution, no toxic and hazardous chemicals, paper waste reduction and lower energy consumption.
PEFC Certified – This product is from sustainably managed forests and controlled sources
Commitment #2: Contributing to environmental preservation through responsible sourcing
Sustainable forest management
We promote sustainable forest management certification to contribute positively to the preservation of our forests.
“We exercise constant vigilance regarding the origin of the paper and cardboard we source.” Managing Director of Books and Pads.
Since 2003, we have been sourcing our raw materials in an ecologically responsible manner, by using FSC® or PEFC™ certified paper.
Responsible paper suppliers
We require our paper suppliers to provide environmental guarantees. 43% of our writing papers are already certified by the EU Ecolabel for “copying and graphic paper.” For all other paper and board, as there is no EU Ecolabel, we require more information from our suppliers such as water pollution (COD, AOX, NTot, PTot), air emissions (SO2, NOx, CO2 fossil), solid waste landfill and purchased electricity consumption, to ensure that environmentally-friendly processes were used.
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Commitment #3: Reducing our carbon footprint to participate in the fight against climate change
Energy certification ISO 50001
We certified our first factory in Germany by ISO 50001 for the management of energy in 2016. Two other factories in France are being certified. This standard specifies requirements for energy use and consumption, including measurement, documentation and reporting, design and procurement of equipment and systems, processes and personnel that contribute to energy performance.
Commitment #4: Favoring the recyclability and durability of products we put onto the market
Two of our most important challenges are to favor the recyclability of our products but also to increase their durability.
Our notebooks respect the recyclability standardsfor they are tested in a laboratory according to the INGEDE Method 12. For instance, this allows us to surely claim that our OXFORD exercise books containing glue are 100% recyclable. Moreover, Oxford OPTIK PAPER® is de-inkable during paper recycling process and our laminated covers can be recycled without being removed.
A way of reducing a product’s environmental footprint is to prolong its life-cycle or to allow for its reuse. When creating new products, we develop more resistant materials to improve the product’s lifespan or to ensure the product remains intact throughout the school year.
Commitment #5: Assessing and improving all our processes for better quality, environmental and safety performances
In 2011, we launched the “JUMP” project to improve our quality, environmental and safety performances. The JUMP project aimed to implement a management system across all our sites in Europe. Beyond looking at the quality of the products we make, our focus is on the quality of every process we undertake. Today, our 21 Hamelin European sites have been certified ISO 9001 (Quality), 14001 (Environment) and OHSAS 18001 (Health and Safety) compliant.
In 2018, we launched the project “ZERO” related to the Health and Safety of all our colleagues and visitors. The project aims to durable decreasing of accident numbers to approach « zero » by 2019 through implementing an effective prevention action plans and developing the Safety Culture thanks to our Safety Managers.
Commitment #6: Ensuring social responsibility supporting the skills and talents of our employees
Our responsibility is to support the skills and talents of our people so that they can develop expertise, autonomy, reactivity and team spirit.
In 2016, we introduced a Code of Ethicsto set out key guidelines for fostering a friendly and collaborative working environment. As we are constantly trying to improve ourselves, we measure our employee satisfaction every three years focusing on values such as ethics, respect, credibility, pride and friendliness.
We encourage social initiatives toward the local communities close to our plants for example:
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This notebook is an All-You-Need type of school supply. Made to last, with pure quality and a great useful design. Highly Recommend!
I am a paper and notebook guru. This is the best spiral bound notebook I've ever used. The optik paper is unparalleled. A joy to write on. And it is so helpful to have a hard cover. Really preserves the life of the notebook. Highly recommend.
I am a writer. Scripts, thoughts, notes, work - it all gets down on paper. I received this notebook as a gift. The durability allows me to bring it along on any trip (flight or drive) without worrying about it getting destroyed. The quality of the paper keeps me writing. The Hamelin notebook actually inspires me and gets me excited to grab a pen and keep writing in my spare time!
I love this notebook! I take this notebook to meetings especially if I’m using my computer to show a presentation, and it’s professional/sleek enough to carry into meetings. The best part is I can use the app to digitally store my notes after.
This is the best hardcover notebook I've ever used. The quality of paper used for pages is smooth and not do not bleed through. I get double the usage for this notebook because I can write on both sides of the page. That translates into more notebook for my money. As an Art Director, I use many different types of writing utensils, pens, pencils, and markers. I’m not going to lie, my sketches and notes look very professional on the pages.
I use my notebook every day, the front pocket folder and stickers come in very handy for keeping my projects organized and labeled. Hamelin offers plenty of color choices to suit my moods. Everything considered, I am really impressed with the quality of the notebook and I find also exciting is the ability to use the SCRIBZEE app to scan and save my notes in the cloud. I make it a point to carry my notebook every day.
My Hamelin notebook is so durable! The hard front and back covers are perfect for throwing into my bag. The paper is really soft and bright. The notebook overall is just great quality, will definitely be ordering other colors!
The quality of this notebook makes writing even more enjoyable than it already is for me. I was extremely impressed by the durability and resistance to ink bleeds as I'm writing. Once you try a hamelin notebook you'll never turn to another option for your creative writing or note-taking needs. I highly recommend this notebook to everyone! I never leave home without my hamelin notebook!
From the moment you touch this notebook you know that a lot of thought went into the production and manufacturing of this notebook. You will find that it has a very good quality build that can take a lot of wear and tear. It’s got a hard front and back cover and a double spiral backing that make this notebook very durable. Most importantly once you write on this paper you realize it’s high-quality. The OPTIK paper is extremely smooth and works well with ballpoints, roller balls, pencils and fountain pens without any feathering or ghosting or bleed through. As a nice touch the notebook also includes some peel and stick labels that let you personalize and a fix them as a bookmark tabs The notebook has a pocket at the front that is great for placing envelopes or other paper items. As a nice touch the notebook also includes some peel and stick labels that let you personalize and affix them as bookmark tabs. All in all I am really impressed with the quality of the notebook and the quality of the paper is just stunning. What I find also exciting is the ability to use the SCRIBZEE app with the Hamelin notebook to scan and save my notes in the cloud. As a heavy Evernote user I was excited to see that I could link the app and have my notes automatically sent to Evernote Evernote user I was excited to see that I could link the app and have my notes automatically sent to Evernote. I am really excited with the release of this notebook and plan to use it as part of my every day carry.
I noticed the difference right away when I first got my hamelin notebook in the mail. The quality of the paper is amazing and the notebooks in general are very sturdy. Highly recommend!!