Eco-Friendly

Sustainable Forestry 
Initiative released a new forest certification standard supporting sustainable forest management. The result of an 18-month public review, the new SFI 2010-2014 Standard 
included revisions that:

Headquartered in Loveland, Ohio, The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership announced that it has certified two locations of Jet, Bolingbrook and Downers Grove, Ill., as SGP Printers, bringing the total number to 16 certified facilities.

Portland, Oregon-based Wright Enterprises has earned its multiplant chain-of-custody FSC certification for the company’s Portland, Ore. and Kent, Wash. facilities.

Philadelphia-based PaperWorks Industries announced that it has 
received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody certification for some of its production across its MasterWorks line of products.

Parsippany, New Jersey-based Sun Chemical recently released its first sustainability report, which provides performance measurement for seven key sustainability metrics as a means to help customers and consumers understand the company’s environmental footprint.

The Department of Energy (DOE) is funding the first-ever feasibility study that may lead to a reduction in greenhouse gases caused by the $140 billion pulp, paper and paperboard industry.

Four of Plymouth, Michigan-based Flint Group's most popular offset ink series earned bio-renewable content (BRC) certification by the ink industry's only standard.

Paper and electronic media can co-exist even in a more environmentally friendly tomorrow, despite popular misconceptions.