Green Printing Article

WPCF und PrintCity veranstalten auf der drupa 2012 eine gemeinsame Umweltkonferenz

  10. Januar 2012 – Das World Print & Communication Forum (WPCF) und die PrintCity Alliance haben angekündigt, während der drupa 2012 in Düsseldorf gemeinsam eine Internationale Umweltkonferenz zu veranstalten.
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Sustainable standard

  It can be hard for individual printers to develop a measurable environmental policy but the forthcoming ISO 16759 should address this.
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Right of bills

  Should a state intervene to decide the format of the invoices that companies issue to their customers?
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Deal or No Deal?

  We recently participated in a climate change event sponsored by HRH the Prince of Wales’ Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change. Apart from being completely baffled as to why we were invited, we were even more shocked that not a single printer or publisher was present amongst 200 business leaders. How can this industry hold its own against stiff competition from alternative media and against charges of environmental hostility, without engaging with government and NGOs?
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Sustainable business models in the media space need international standards

  Anyone committed to modern and forward-looking production methods ignores environmental concerns in doing business at their peril. At a minimum, the idea seems to occupy the minds of entrepreneurs and their executives with increasing urgency. A crucial part of the trend toward sustainable production methods is played by the »Carbon Footprint«, which looms large as mitigating factor for carbon dioxide emissions. As of this writing, and in the absence of international standards, each country still seems inclined to follow an improvisational approach of its own. Yet an ISO technical committee for ecological media production in printing is already busy promulgating guidelines with the goal of introducing their first results at drupa 2012.
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Staying Dry

  Although waterless printing has been around for a while, it’s mostly been seen as a niche technology, but thanks to greater awareness of environmental issues, more printers are now looking at going waterless.
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