Arjowiggins Graphic announces that Gilles Lhermitte has been appointed as Sustainable Development Manager to support the environmental business strategy.

As part of the company’s green strategy and in line with its clear goal to be the market leader in environmental and innovative paper solutions, Arjowiggins Graphic has created this new position. Using his extensive expertise Gilles is advising both the business and customers on different aspects of environmental, economic and social business practices. Based in Paris, he will also be responsible for delivering internal training to ensure the company remains at the forefront of sustainable paper development.
 

In his new position Gilles has also been actively involved in developing the calculations to the support the new environmental benefit statement launched by Arjowiggins Graphic, which provides figures about the equivalent reduction in landfill for any given job using recycled paper. The statement outlines how, by using recycled stocks, a company has reduced its impact on the environment using measures such as water, energy, wood and carbon dioxide consumption.
 

Jean-Charles Monange, Branch Strategic Marketing and Customer Support Director at Arjowiggins Graphic comments: “This is an important step forward in our long-term environmental business strategy and enables us to further develop our environmental expertise. Demand for recycled and FSC^® certified stocks is continuing to grow so it is important we remain at the cutting edge of sustainable manufacturing techniques at the same time as providing clear guidance to customers on using environmentally-friendly stocks.”