Business Management - Sustainability

Resolute Forest Products has added two more superbrite grades, Hybrid and Alternative, to its Align brand of environmentally responsible and budget-friendly papers by adding.

Glatfelter, a global supplier of specialty papers and fiber-based engineered materials headquartered in York, PA, is joining Two Sides. "We join with Two Sides in the effort to educate the public about the true sustainability of paper," said Brian Janki, vice president and general manager of Glatfelter’s Specialty Papers Business Unit.

Neenah Paper announces the relaunch of its Environment Papers premium recycled papers line with fresh, new natural colors and a tactile Raw finish. Created for sustainable communication programs, luxury packaging and all digital print applications, the offering contains 30 to 100 percent postconsumer fibers and is manufactured under sustainable practices.

Paper has gotten a bad rap in recent years. Detractors claim paper manufacturing leads to mass deforestation and contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. While paper supply chains could certainly use an overhaul, some of the arguments against using paper are just plain wrong.

"What people often don't realize is that the paper-making process is sustainable, and claims to the contrary are misleading to the consumer," said Mark Pitts, executive director of printing-writing, at the American Forest And Paper Association (AFANDPA).

According to the organization, more than 65 percent of paper in the United States was recycled in 2012, making paper the

Canon Americas Headquarters in Melville, NY, has been awarded LEED Gold certification, a recognition for the design, construction, operations and maintenance of high-performance green buildings. The Canon Americas Headquarters is the largest commercial property on Long Island to achieve this level of LEED.

Thanks to your efforts—and to those of everyone in the print community who paid that bit extra to go green with you—sustainable has become the new normal, and that is an achievement to be proud of.

We all need to challenge ourselves to learn more about the products we use every day. This means purchasing products from companies that lead the way in sustainability and are making efforts to improve their performance and supply chain, whether it is print, paper or electronic devices.

In its effort to put an end to unsubstantiated and misleading claims that electronic communications are more environmentally friendly than print and paper, Two Sides U.S. announced that over 20 leading U.S. companies have removed their “anti-paper” green claims.

Velocity Print Solutions has purchased renewable energy credits (RECs) from Renewable Choice. The purchase of over 900,000 kWh of American Wind REC’s—which is equivalent to offsetting 1,044,813.85 lbs of CO2—has an environmental impact that is similar to planting 12,152 tree seedlings and growing them for 10 years, or the removal of 98.73 passenger vehicles from the road for a year.

RPI of Seattle has become one of the the first producers of personalized products, such as photobooks, notecards, stationery, and business products, to be recognized and certified by the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP) for its sustainability practices.