BEING LOCATED in Southern California isn’t exactly one of the more business-friendly regions for a $120+ million commercial printing establishment to call home. With a state facing huge budget deficits, printers here deal with escalating business taxes, high labor and healthcare costs, severe traffic congestion and very strict environmental regulations. One ray of good news, though, is the area’s year-round moderate climate that results in an abundance of sunshine.
MATT ANSON’S quiver runneth over with “green” arrows. His multi-location binding, finishing and packaging company, Bindagraphics, is a mega corporation that has embraced sustainability practices across the board. And, those eco-measures are on time, on target and helping his postpress operation whizz past its competition. With each bulls-eye he hits, Anson is zeroing in on expanding business endeavors, as well as environmental cleanliness.
Printing Impressions' Sustainable/Green Printing News for February 2009
During 2008, Pira International conducted research for PRIMIR/ NPES in a study entitled “Sustainable Print in a Dynamic Global Market: What Going Green Means.” The 300+ page study, soon to be published, delves into the impact of print on the environment.
Printing Impressions' Sustainability in the Commercial Printing Industry News for January 2009Printing Impressions' Across the Nation Commercial Printer News
Printing Impressions magazine and Ethical Markets Media join the growing list of sponsors for Cal Poly's 2nd Annual The Business of Green Media sustainability conference to be held on January 22, 2009. The conference is produced by SustainCommWorld and hosted by Cal Poly's Graphic Communication Institute.
To go green with your marketing efforts, you need the support of your entire development team - both in-house and at your agencies. From messaging and creative to production and distribution, your sustainability goals need to be effectively communicated and enacted across the marketing chain to meet standards while staying on budget.
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The World Resources Institute and the Environmental Investigation Agency today launch a partnership to combat illegal logging worldwide and clean up timber supply chains. The partnership focuses on the 100-year old Lacey Act, which was recently amended to include plant products - including timber and wood.
Printing Industries of America is proud to have four of its members recognized as Sustainable Green Printers (SGP Printers) by the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP Partnership). Fineline, Pictura Graphics, the John Roberts Co., and the Pratt Corp. are among the first printers in the nation to have successfully completed the verification process and become officially recognized as SGP Printers.
Printing Impressions’ Sustainability in Commercial Printing News for December, 2008.
