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FSC, PEFC and ISO 38200

Laurel Brunner discusses the importance of CoC certifications and how the FSC and the PEFC have increased the awareness of proactive forest management

Cutting insurance costs through certification

Laurel Brunner discusses the three types of certification categories and how businesses can reduce insurance costs via certification

Sustainability auditing

Laurel Brunner discusses the benefits of conducting a sustainability audit for businesses and how this can affect their environmental strategy

FESPA UK Association – Textile Printing Now Conference

FESPA’s Head of Technical Support, Graeme Richardson-Locke shares his experience of FESPA UK Association’s Textile Printing Now.

Kodak’s Sonora Plate Green Leaf award winners paving the way

Laurel Bruner discusses how prizes such as Kodak’s Sonora Plate Green Leaf award is a fantastic way to raise awareness for sustainability.

Look past the environmental label

Laurel Brunner discusses one of the most important labelling schemes in the graphics industry, the Greenguard certification programme and how it is designed for healthy indoor environments.

FESPA – A printer’s view

FESPA's new Technical Support Manager, Graeme Richardson-Locke shares his views on FESPA and the industry.

Banning plastic for the benefit of the environment

Laurel Brunner discusses the necessity to ban plastic in order to save and preserve the environment and the measures countries are taking to do so.

Plastic versus paper packaging

Laurel Brunner discusses the argument between plastic versus paper packaging and their effect on our environment. Can a new alternative be the answer?

New Standard - ISO 20690 for easier cost of ownership calculations

ISO 20690 helps determine the energy usage for digital presses and simplifies the process of comparing the operating costs including their carbon footprint.

The price of eco printing

Sustainability consultant Laurel Brunner says that publishers have the power to determine how green the printing industry can be.

Life-cycle environmental impacts

It's hard enough getting to grips with carbon footprinting, but that is only a small part of the environmental impact calculation.

Mental wellbeing: 5 work hacks for employees

Organisations should take steps to improve employee mental wellbeing, but what can each and every employee do?

New standard supporting the environmental impact of print

Laurel Brunner considers the implications in making an environmental impact declaration for print and calls for a new standard that measures the materials used in all aspects of the printing process.

2018’s ‘window of opportunity’: Brunner

What should the graphics industry expect for 2018? This is easy to answer: more of the same.

Selling experiences: Print’s potential in the new world of retail

In a digital world where so many of our interactions are virtual, we’re increasingly craving richer experiences in our everyday actions.

How to make more of your people’s hidden talents

The outspoken people in your meetings are producing great ideas. But what about the ones taking more of a back seat?

Recycling paper getting complicated

In this week's Verdigris blog Laurel Brunner reflects on how the growing number of digital printing technologies calls for a new approach to recyclability.

7 lessons Printful learned from opening its first print facility in Europe

Printing was never the industry that the tech conglomerate, the Draugiem Group, ever worked in.

FESPA Print Census: Helping to shape our events

The Dalai Lama once said, “When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new."