Upcoming Event:
Our CEO, Peter Cook, is one of four industry experts speaking at the
June 19 4pm panel on green printing at the upcoming
Sustainability in Printing 2008 conference.
Read more here.
Green Article of the Month:
Come as You Are' to Help
Environment:
Companies Urged to Just Make an Honest
Effort, Instead of Striving for Purity Interesting
article covering AdAge's June 2008 "Green Conference" keynote
address by Peter Seligmann, CEO-chairman of Conservation
International. He makes the point that companies can't let fear of
being accused of "greenwashing" stall their initiatives, and keep
them from sharing good news about positive steps. "None of us are
pure. None of your brands are pure," he says. "We need an aspiration
to be pure. We're not going to achieve that if we wait until we're
pure to say something. We're going to be silent. And we can't afford
to be silent."
Read the article on AdAge here.
Quotable: Our CEO Talks About Certifications
“Corporate,
social, and environmental responsibility begins with basic choices
and strategies -- and for print buyers that includes the paper you
procure, your inks, and the format of your printed piece. Many of our clients are seeking eco-friendly,
responsible production options, and [FSC chain of custody] certification means we can now
offer another paper choice beyond recycled and post-consumer content …
they can specify paper from conflict-free, well-managed forests.”
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Here are a few highlights of our Green Printing Options
program for
production
managers and marketers looking for eco-friendly
ways to produce their printed materials and advertisements. Please
contact your Concord Litho rep for additional details.
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Concord Litho is a Forest Stewardship Council certified printing supplier (#SCS-COC-001191), allowing us to offer FSC certified papers from well-managed forests. We have experience switching customers to an all-FSC workflow.
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Concord Litho is also a Sustainable Forestry Initiative chain-of-custody certified supplier (#NSF-COC-6S651).
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All jobs automatically reviewed for format efficiencies designed to reduce waste. We can also assist you in choosing lighterweight stocks that will still meet your performance and design needs; brightness is another factor considered in your eco-friendly paper selection.
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All CMYK projects are produced with vegetable-based inks with a high concentration of natural, renewable materials (soy, linseed, sunflower, canola, castor, and/or rosin); and custom formulations are available.
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Our state-of-the-art on-press waste collection systems help us save and recycle more than 4,000 tons (8 million pounds) of paper every year.
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We also recycle all plates and inks, and proactively monitor our VOC emissions to ensure they are as low as possible.
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Concord Litho has installed a host of energy-saving equipment and lighting, and was been recognized by the US Department of Energy in 2005 for its active participation in the national Save Energy Now program.
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Want to learn more? We can come to your organization to discuss the options available (and your goals) and share with you case studies and production samples of green printing projects at Concord Litho. Talk with your Concord Litho rep or email education@concordlitho.com today.
