Committed to sustainability & our planet

Every time a customer buys, that’s a vote. A vote that pushes us to go above and beyond industry standards. A vote that encourages us to keep sustainability at the forefront of our operations.”

– Jamie O’Born, CEO

As part of our ongoing environmental initiatives, we were named North America’s most forest-friendly printer in Canopy’s 2019 Blueline Ranking, the only comprehensive assessment of the environmental performance of North America’s printers. 

By choosing TPH, you get a wide range of Ancient Forest Friendly™ products, as designated by Canopy. We are also a supporting partner of Canopy’s Pack4Good Initiative. 

Learn more about our environmental partnerships and a list of our certifications.

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At TPH, sustainability is more than a commitment—it’s a responsibility. That’s why we’ve partnered with Canada’s Forest Trust Corporation (CFTC) to launch our support of a Smart Forest™, a long-term initiative that directly contributes to carbon sequestration, biodiversity restoration, and our green economy.

Smart Forests™ are more than just trees—they’re a nature-based climate solution that will:

✅ Sequester carbon and support global cooling
✅ Support Canadian biodiversity and restore vital ecosystems
✅ Strengthen local economies through sustainable job creation in Canada

The TPH Smart Forest™ is a growing initiative. With each year, we’ll expand our impact—planting more trees and tracking our progress.
Our first Smart Forest™ is located in New Brunswick, Canada, and is estimated to capture an estimated 142,000 kgs of carbon to about 2,887 one-way flights between Toronto and Fredericton, New Brunswick. As we continue to grow, we will develop other meaningful ways to engage our team and businesses in taking meaningful climate action.

Join us on this journey to grow a greener, cleaner, more biodiverse Canada.

Global Conservation Planning Efforts

We’re a direct supporter of Canopy’s ForestMapper project, a map of global Ancient and Endangered Forests. We value and support the creation of a science-based conservation planning process, and help to advocate for the establishment of moratoria in priority ecosystems including, but not limited to, rare ecosystem types and endangered species habitat. More information: A Quick Guide to Ancient and Endangered Forests, Why Ancient & Endangered Forests are Irreplaceable, and How to Work with Forest Mapper.

Protection of Ancient & Endangered Forests

We work with the not-for-profit group Canopy to encourage governments and the forestry sector to support and advance the protection of the world’s ancient and endangered forests. We’re committed and proud to contribute to the creation of conservation legacies in these landscapes of hope. Forest Landscapes of Hope: we’re conscious of the impacts of sourcing decisions on endangered species, high conservation value forests, communities and climate, in places like the Boreal and the Broadback Forest, Coastal Temperate Rainforests and Indonesian Rainforests. We work closely with Canopy on policy implementation to carefully assess our fibre sourcing to avoid ancient and endangered forest regions.

Next-Generation Solutions

We’re committed to the conservation of global ancient and endangered forest ecosystems. As part of that commitment, we strongly support the North American commercial-scale development of pulp, paper and packaging alternatives such as papers derived from agricultural residues like wheat straw. These provide a way to diversify the fibre basket and meet our continued need for high-quality, cost-effective products.

Carbon Footprint Reduction

Our eco-efficient production methods and coast-to-coast reach help to reduce our carbon footprint. We send your files to the location closest to your print job’s destination using a ‘distribute-then-print’ practice. This saves shipping time and costs while lowering emissions and reducing the chance of damage. Reducing our impact one shipment at a time.

Building a Circular Economy

The circular economy challenges the idea of materials “waste”; there is only materials flow. Each TPH production centre participates in recycling through subcontracting recycling services (if not provided by the landlord) and through municipalities in which we operate. If something cannot be recycled, we reuse the material by-products to create things such as note pads and packaging.

We encourage our customers to print on demand, a practice that eliminates waste. Too often, manuals, guides and forms produced in bulk will be out-of-date before they can be used up. Producing on demand helps to save energy and decrease waste.

Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle

Both corporate staff and TPH production centres are mandated to recycle 100% of all recyclable materials due to the zero-waste system’s design put in place.

Our Health, Safety, and the Environment committee provide extensive training and education on how to divert waste from landfills, and to reduce, reuse, & recycle all toner cartridges, batteries, electronic waste, and printing plates. Sometimes it’s not possible to divert waste from landfills. In these cases, we ensure that this waste is dealt with appropriately to reduce risk to the environment.

Innovative, Eco-Friendly Paper

Agriculture residue, wheatgrass and bagasse paper are available upon request. All FSC® papers are certified by NEPCon, including papers from up to 100% recycled post-consumer waste. In 2020 80.58% of TPH’s paper purchases, by volume (lbs) contain PCW (post-consumer waste 10%-100%).