Managing director of the Watford-based company, Paul Woodmansterne (pictured), said the company is committed to sourcing from sustainably-managed forests and is proud to demonstrate its support for sustainable forest management.

He said: “We are able to provide our customers with assurances that our source material can be traced back to forests certified to a credible certification standard.”

Demand for the certification from the print and paper sectors has been rapid, with PEFC witnessing a 300% increase between 2007 and 2008.

Printers account for almost one third of all CoC certificates in the UK, with 320 print companies now PEFC certified.

Ross Bradshaw, director of PEFC UK, said: “It is heartening to see that even in these challenging economic times, demand for certification shows no sign of slowing.

“The rapidly increasing demand within the print sector demonstrates that environmental responsibility is clearly of growing importance to end-users, publishers, printers and converters.”