Santa Sends operates its administration from a residential house and the printing at a large print house. Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. The printers are a Climate Aware Company and carbon neutral through initiatives to reduce carbon emissions internally, and offsetting unavoidable carbon emissions. They recognise responsibilities to the environment; committed to minimising waste and pollution. Dedicated to satisfying the requirements of ISO 14001 with the following commitments and objectives:

• To minimise disturbance to the local environment and to the quality of life of the local communities
• To assess, in advance if possible, environmental effects of new processes and developments  
• To provide necessary information to enable proper use, storage and disposal of company products to avoid harm to the environment  
• To develop, maintain and continually improve a comprehensive environmental management system  
• To regularly review environmental performance at management level 

Practical measures to protect the environment include:  

• Improved efficiency in the use of natural resources, such as water and fossil fuels, for example, through reducing the use, or engaging in re-use or recycling of, natural resources relative to production  
• Climate change mitigation through policies in order to reduce its net contribution to climate change  
• Improvement in air and water quality through avoidance, substitution or reduction
• Correct management of printing chemicals on site, including correct storage, disposal and clean up procedures

Prevention of Pollution:

• Prevention of pollution is incorporated throughout the life cycle of products or services, including design and development, manufacturing, distribution, use and end of life. Such strategies help to not only conserve resources and reduce waste and emissions but also reduce cost and produce more competitive products and services. Source reduction can often be the most effective practice because it avoids the generation of waste and emissions and simultaneously saves resources. However, prevention of pollution through source reduction is not practical in some circumstances.
• A hierarchy approach is used to prevent pollution giving preference to preventing pollution at its source. The hierarchy is as follows:  
• Source reduction or elimination (including environmentally conscious design and development, material substitution, process, product or technology changes, and conservation of energy and material resources);  
• Reuse or recycling of materials within the process or facility;  
• Offsite reuse or recycling of materials;  
• Recovery and treatment (recovery from waste streams on or offsite, treatment of emissions, and releases of wastes on or offsite to reduce their environmental impacts); 
• Control mechanisms, such as incineration or controlled disposal, where permissible, however, these methods will be used only after other options have been considered. 

Environmental Sustainability:

The environmental policy includes other commitments, such as minimising significant adverse environmental impacts of new developments using integrated environmental management processes and planning. Where possible, renewable materials are sourced and waste materials from the processes are recycled. 

Continuous work is carried out to develop and implement solutions towards sustainability, to reduce emissions and carbon footprint.