Business Management - Sustainability

New research highlights the importance of forests, and the future of straw can revolutionize the printing industry.

Ricoh has been chosen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a 2016 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year.

Journalists attending this week's pre-drupa media event in Düsseldorf, Germany, had the opportunity to learn more about Epson's new office paper recycling machine: the PaperLab. Using no water, the system securely shreds waste paper, then turns it into new paper at a rate of 14 A4 sheets per minute, or 6,720 sheets in an eight-hour shift.

Through an existing partnership with Trees for the Future, a Maryland-based non-profit organization, Canon Solutions America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., is helping customers mitigate their carbon emissions. The partnership was formed by Canon Solutions America’s Production Print Solutions division, which donated 214,350 trees in 2015. Since the launch of its Eco Start Program, Canon Solutions America has planted over a million trees on behalf of its customers.

It’s a long way from printing plants in Wisconsin or New Jersey to the rugged wilderness of Canada’s northwest coast and its’ Great Bear Rainforest. Nonetheless, there is a strong and meaningful connection between the hum of the presses and the soft sounds of the vast, living ancient forest.

A new study by Two Sides North America outlines some of the key facts on why paperless initiatives do not save trees.

Quad/Graphics worked with National Grid to install new equipment via National Grid’s Energy Efficiency Incentive program.

The RIT School of Media Sciences has joined as a SGP Resource Partner, and has created a course, “Sustainability in the Graphic Arts.”

The William D. Schaeffer Environmental Award is given to an individual who has made significant contributions to the printing industry.

It's been said by many strong voices, including Forbes as early as 2010, there is "no sustainability without transparency." To tackle customer skepticism and growing expectations of truly sustainable performance, companies must be increasingly willing to share information on their efforts to improve CSR and their impacts across multiple touch points.