The entire Maped global team has worked this year to build on the brand’s sustainability mission, as the leader in school and stationery supplies continues to work towards a better future for our children.
Maped set a companywide challenge for each subsidiary to run an activity as part of its global sustainability efforts with one aim – to earn as many ‘km/hours’ that would equate to a certain number of trees to be planted on the brand’s behalf. After much deliberation, a traditional sports day was decided upon for the UK.
“We thoroughly enjoyed coming together, not only as a team here in the UK, but to be part of Maped’s global network to make a difference”
The inaugural sports day saw the UK team take part in all the classics, such as the egg & spoon race (but with a Maped twist), and rounders. As well as having lots of fun and nurturing team moral, the team won 1,100km. This not only resulted in 22 trees being planted but also made Maped Helix UK the proud owner of its own Grove in the highlands of Scotland. Every tree planted in the grove will be carefully placed in protected sites in the Scottish Highlands, creating homes for wildlife and forests for the future. With the UK being just a small part of Maped’s global mission, the team worldwide accumulated 33,000km in just one day, meaning 665 trees can be planted globally, truly showing how much you can achieve when the whole team come together.
Gray Richmond, Maped MD, said of the global initiative: “We thoroughly enjoyed coming together, not only as a team here in the UK, but to be part of Maped’s global network to make a difference. Building on our continued mission to being a more sustainable company, we were proud to have officially planted the first 22 trees in our brand-new Grove in the Scottish Highlands. Long may it continue, we are only just getting started!
“Over the next few years we hope to keep adding to our Grove, while also inspiring the wider team to take pride in doing something fantastic for the environment and the future.”
Having been on the mission since 2022 to create more sustainable, long-lasting and safe products, the Maped Helix team is giving children the power to change the world with their own hands. Now playing its part for the planet, the Scottish grove is another step in doing just that.
