CO2-Emissions—much remains to be done*
• CO2 accounts serve to highlight reduction of energy usage and greenhouse emissions. They only are used secondarily as basis for calculation to equalise emissions which cannot be reduced.
• Less energy usage means fewer CO2 emissions and higher cost savings.
• The current industry-specific or national standards for the determination of CO2 accounts are confusing, expensive and complex—they ought to be unambiguous, precise and credible.
• A international standard for CO2 accounting is sorely missed across the entire spectrum of the value creation chain in the print and media industries.
• CO2 accounts pose a real challenge for small and medium-sized businesses should they not be simplified.
• A proliferating application of eco-labels will confound, at the same time diminishing their effectiveness (there are more than 300 labels in more than 200 countries).

• Printing with ink on paper causes only a single instance of CO emission; in any other medium, each hit causes another instance of energy usage.

 * Source: Printcity