We can all make more of a positive impact on the environment by working together. At Royal Mail, we work with a number of partners to improve our own performance and also make sure we can offer the right information to our customers, both business and personal.

WRAP tackles climate change by helping individuals, businesses and local authorities to reduce waste and recycle more. WRAP’s  aim is to change the way that we all think about and use resources.

The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation organisation with a long history of creating, protecting and caring for woodland across the UK.

Working with WRAP, we’ve developed a better understanding of how the carbon associated with the entire lifecycle of a mailing can be reduced.  We’re now working with WRAP Recycle Now to help improve mail recycling information.

Find out more about WRAP and Recycle Now

We’ve been working in partnership with the BSI British Standards to develop a new environmental standard for direct marketing. Known as PAS 2020, this standard was launched in  January 2009.

Barnardo’s is the main charity supported by Royal Mail Group. Barnardo’s believes in the potential of every child and young person, no matter who they are, what they’ve done or what they’ve been through. Our partnership with Barnardo’s started in June 2008 and, to date, has raised over £200,000.

We are one of only 57 companies that have been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard. This certifies that we’ve genuinely reduced our carbon footprint and are committed to making further reductions every year.

Old uniforms and footwear are sent to our partners Field Textiles, who deal with them in an environmentally-friendly manner. Over 99.7% are reused or recycled.