Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.1stepscansign.com.

Going Green Policy

Environmental Policy/Mission Statement

1^st Step Scan and Sign LLC is committed to protecting the environment, the health and safety of our employees, and the community in which we conduct our business. It is our policy to seek continual improvement throughout our business operations to lessen our impact on the local and global environment by conserving energy, water and other natural resources; reducing waste generation; recycling and; reducing our use of toxic materials. We are committed to environmental excellence and pollution prevention, meeting or exceeding all environmental regulatory requirements, and to purchasing products which have greater recycled content with lower toxicity and packaging, that reduce the use of natural resources.

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Policy

Preference will be given to purchasing products and services that have the following environmentally friendly attributes with acceptable parameters for price, quality and delivery:

• Maximizes post-consumer recycled content.
• Minimizes packaging and other wastes.
• Minimizes toxicity.
• Are durable and reusable.
• Are more locally available to minimize transportation.
• Are made from sustainably produced materials.
• Are compostable or biodegradable.
• Conserves energy, water and other natural resources.

The goal of this policy is to ensure that products and services purchased or contracted for conform to the goals of our company’s environmental policy. We will strive, where feasible, to purchase environmentally preferable products and services to meet the company’s office and operational needs.  We will also favor suppliers who strive to improve their environmental performance, provide environmentally preferable products, and who can document the supply chain impacts of their efforts.

Wherever possible, purchasing decisions will favor products and feedstocks that:

• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
• Are made with renewable energy.
• Reduce pollution from all discharges (releases to air, water, and land).
• Reduce the use of toxic materials hazardous to the environment, employees and public health.
• Contain the highest possible percentage of post-consumer recycled content.
• Reduce packaging and other waste.
• Are energy efficient.
• Conserve water.
• Are reusable and/or durable.
• Minimize transportation (local sources, concentrated products).
• Serve several functions (examples: copiers/printers, multipurpose cleaners) to reduce the number of products purchased.

Environmentally preferable products and services that are comparable in quality to their standard counterparts will receive a purchasing preference. In situations where the most environmentally preferable product is unavailable or impractical, secondary considerations will include production methods and the environmentally and socially responsible management practices of suppliers and producers. Environmentally preferable purchasing is part of our long term commitment to the environment. By sending a clear signal to producers and suppliers about this commitment, we hope to support wider adoption of environmentally preferable products and practices.

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Media

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Cookies

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Who we share your data with

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How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.