Business Management - Sustainability

The world's first office papermaking system that turns waste paper into new paper has been developed by Epson. Paperlab will be demonstrated at Tokyo Big Sight from Dec. 10-12. With this new product, Epson aims to give new value to paper and stimulate recycling. Epson plans to put the new PaperLab into commercial production in Japan in 2016, with sales in other regions to be decided at a later date.

Two Sides North America has announced that National Print Owners Association (NPOA) has joined the non-profit organization.

Appleton Coated is one of only 11 companies to receive a 2015 SmartWay Excellence Award by the EPA.

Two Sides reports a 70 percent success rate in persuading organizations to remove misleading green claims from their communications.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has recognized 31 companies, including Appleton Coated, for their environmental transparency leadership.

Enviro Image Solutions (EIS) has enhanced its process to renew smashed blankets to better serve printers.

Premier Press, a woman-led printing company, was founded in 1974 by Arnold and Dee Wheeler, and is now led by the three daughters.

As a major consumer of paper, your business matters—to the forest industry, communities and governments. Your purchasing decisions influence R&D by forest companies, lead to product innovation and ecopaper options, bolster the adoption of forest certification, and ultimately help determine the fate of ancient and endangered forests. As we all know, forestry operations can sometimes be contentious and the landscape of competing claims can be confusing. That’s where Canopy comes in.

According to New Leaf Paper’s latest Life Cycle Analysis, the Reincarnation brand offers significant environmental benefits.

Domtar’s Paper Trail was recognized by RISI as an innovative tool for supply chain transparency in the pulp and paper industry.