C3imaging go Carbon Neutral

A C3imaging branch in Colchester is offsetting its Carbon Footprint and has helped a local Arboretum plant one of the world’s oldest and rarest trees.

C3imaging, who produce exhibition panels and display materials for many blue chip companies such as The National Gallery, Jo Malone, Goldwell and Glasgow Celtic FC, are supporting Marks Hall Arboretum’s plans to plant Wollemi Pines in their Estate near Coggeshall, 8 miles west of Colchester.

Left, centre - Francis Nicholls Chairman of the Thomas Phillips Price Trust introducing Professor Stephen Hopper, the Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.

Right, centre - Peter Wilkin Trustee, Lady Newton Chairman of Braintree District Council and Francis Nicholls Chairman of the Thomas Phillips Price Trust.

Marks Hall are hoping to plant up to a hundred of the Wollemia nobilis trees in what will be the largest single such plantation in the UK.

There are fewer than 100 of these trees in the wild.  It was only in 1994 that it was discovered to be the ultimate survivor of the Arucariaceae family of tree that inhabited the earth 200 million years ago.  It will create a landscape like the one in which the dinosaurs roamed.

C3 Business Development Director, Brian Adams said “We are greatly concerned at the impact the Printing and Graphics industry has on the environment.  By committing to this initiative we are minimising the impact our activities have on the environment.”

By paying for the planting of these three trees C3 will be offsetting a significant proportion of the carbon emissions made by the 19 staff at their Telford Way factory.

A single trunk of a mature Wollemi Pine takes in approximately 20,790Kg of CO2

You can see more images on the Wollemi Pine website by clicking here.