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Koozie Group Sources Sustainable Paper Stock for Best-Selling Categories
December 20, 2022 at 4:13 pm

The paper used by Koozie Group in most of its calendars and all of its paper mouse pads, Souvenir Sticky Note pads, and Souvenir scratch pad products now comes from facilities certified by either the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) or the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)...

Fedrigoni Self-Adhesives Achieves ISO 9001 Certification
December 20, 2022 at 3:42 pm

Fedrigoni Self-Adhesives, former Acucote brand, part of The Fedrigoni Group, a global leader in the production of premium labels and self-adhesive materials, announced that its Graham, North Carolina facility has been certified by DQS Inc. to the ISO 9001:2015 standard...

TEAM Concept Printing Receives FSC Certification
December 13, 2022 at 8:30 pm

TEAM Concept Printing, Carol Stream, Illinois, is now certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). This certification further reinforces TEAM’s commitment to creating and sustaining an environmentally healthy world...

Inflationary Pressures Accelerate Anti-Paper Greenwashing at Companies
August 2, 2022 at 5:17 pm

Two Sides North America (TSNA), the only industry organization to directly challenge this greenwashing, has been highly effective in stemming the tide of misleading declarations, persuading 170 major organizations to remove anti-paper environmental claims. However, as rising inflationary pressures drive cost cutting, greenwashing is once again on the rise...

PowerStick.com’s One-For-One Program Results In 10,000 Trees Planted Across North America
June 28, 2022 at 10:00 am

In the 12 months since supplier PowerStick began partnering with the nonprofit One Tree Planted to plant one tree for every order received, it has been responsible for planting 10,000 trees across North America. The trees have been planted in Canada (New Brunswick, Ontario and British Columbia), in the U.S. (California, Idaho, Oregon and across Appalachia) and in Mexico...

Two Sides' Anti-Greenwashing Campaign Preserves Millions in Revenue for the Printing Industry
May 24, 2022 at 3:57 pm

Anti-paper greenwashing works, unfairly costing the U.S. paper, printing and mailing sector huge sums in lost revenue each year. But Two Sides North America’s (TSNA) Anti-greenwashing Campaign is succeeding in eliminating many of these misleading claims, clawing back hundreds of millions for these businesses, according to the results of the latest TSNA study...

Orbus Recycles Over 80% of Its Total Waste in 2021
May 8, 2022 at 8:29 pm

Orbus Exhibit & Display Group, the wholesale supplier and manufacturer of visual communications solutions based in Woodridge, Illinois, recently shared that it recycled 80.4% of its total waste in 2021. The announcement came in late April to commemorate Earth Month and Earth Day. Orbus recognizes that the world’s natural resources are limited...

Major Brand-name Companies Remove Anti-paper Claims From Marketing Campaigns
September 27, 2016 at 6:08 pm

Two Sides just scored another victory in its battle against greenwashing. Last week, the independent nonprofit organization confirmed that more than 65 leading North American companies, including several Fortune 100 companies serving the financial, telecom and utilities sectors, have removed inaccurate anti-paper claims after conversations with Two Sides representatives...

Making the Grade
August 30, 2016 at 6:20 pm

In January 2015, Verso Corp., a paper products supplier based in Memphis, Tenn., completed the acquisition of NewPage Holdings Inc., a once-leading producer of printing and specialty papers, headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio. The transaction, valued at approximately $1.4 billion...