We believe that all businesses have a responsibility to recognise the impacts of their economic activities on the environment and societies with which they interact. Only when businesses measure these impacts can they take meaningful steps to reduce them as far as possible, and compensate for any negative impacts that remain.

Quinn & Quill London is committed to leading the industry in minimising the impact of its activities on the environment. We created our business with high environmental standards at the core of everything we do, from the very beginning.

Vegan Friendly

We introduced the UK’s first greetings cards to be certified by Vegan Friendly UK. We are proud to say that all our products and packaging are entirely free of animal products.

Chemical Free

There’s no point in going to the trouble of producing vegan friendly cards if their production involves the use of harmful chemicals. That’s why we also ensure that our chosen paper has not been processed using chlorine.

Our stance on plastic

There’s also no point in going to the trouble of producing vegan friendly cards if they get stuffed in plastic. We are committed to never introducing unnecessary plastic into the environment through our supply chain, and carefully select suppliers that share this value.

Sadly, it’s still very common to find greetings cards individually wrapped in single use plastic sleeves. Certain parts of the industry have turned to biodegradable or compostable alternatives, and while this is certainly a good thing, it is still single-use packaging that will only biodegrade under certain circumstances, or are only industrially compostable. We believe there’s another way…

Introducing our humble easy-peely card catch stickers. These little beauties discreetly keep a card and envelope together and peel off without a trace on either your card or the environment.

Firstly, they completely remove the need for single use plastic wrapping. Secondly, they challenge the need to find a plastic alternative in the first place. This drastic reduction in demand for packaging material is something we are extremely proud of, and we are actively campaigning to make naked cards an increasingly common sight in stores. To reassure retailers, our cards have a plastic free and vegan friendly coating that is resistant to fingerprints.

Our Carbon Commitment

We are proud members of the SME Climate Hub, a community of SME leaders committed to halving greenhouse gas emissions before 2030 and reaching net-zero emissions before 2050. Quinn and Quill London has made a bolder commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030, and has made this pledge in the global UNFCCC Race to Zero campaign.

Community Support

While we recognise our role in the international community, and have ambitious plans for supporting causes worldwide, we’ve decided to start local. Quinn and Quill London is headquartered in Sidcup, South East London. Throughout the lockdowns, Sidcup Cricket Club offered a lifeline to our son, who has developed a passion for the sport. The club’s fantastic work doesn’t stop there, and following a successful bid for funding, 2022 sees the introduction of a women’s team. Quinn & Quill London is the lead kit sponsor and is proud to support inclusive grassroots sport.

Modern Slavery Statement

We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business. Our Anti-Slavery Policy reflects our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in our supply chains.