The Ipswich based firm has worked with Greg Selfe at CarbonCo on the project. 

“When we first started carbon offsetting with the World Land Trust nearly a decade ago we were one of just four- or five printers doing it at that point,” explained managing director Philip Dodd .

“Now there’s more than 50 and that’s great news, because the more that get on board the better and clients are becoming more aware about it.”

Dodd said that over Christmas he was considering what other steps the litho and digital print specialist could take, and came across the SBT initiative. 

“I had a really good look at it and at all the other companies in the world that are doing it. I got in touch with CarbonCo and it made perfect sense to make this our next step,” he said, and thanked CarbonCo for its expert assistance with the move.

Healeys is targeting a 42% reduction in carbon output to support the goals of the Paris Agreement. 

“We have one electric car and two on order, and we will be switching to electric vehicles and vans,” Dodd added, and said that "try and do better" was his mantra. 

“Our new energy contract starts shortly and will be 76% renewables and 24% nuclear. Once these initial steps are in place and taking us towards our goal, we will start looking at Scope 3.”

Healeys specialises in high-quality printed communications for a range of clients including local businesses, creative agencies, galleries and charities. 

Dodd said that sales at the 34-staff firm were around £3.5m, down from £4.2m pre-pandemic, but he was happy with the current size and shape of the business. 

The SBT initiative is a partnership between environmental impact charity CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).