Sustainability Spotlight

Sustainability Spotlight offers informative and actionable advice around environmental best practice to allow businesses to make more sustainable and environmentally friendly choices for their business. FESPA speaks to industry experts about sustainability where you can discover business opportunities to reduce, reuse and recycle materials and improve your knowledge.

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How reducing waste can lower costs and improve profitability for your business
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How reducing waste can lower costs and improve profitability for your business

Nessan Cleary explains how businesses can increase their profit by being more sustainable by reducing energy consumption, improving recycling and most importantly motivating staff to implement these new policies.

27-11-2024
What questions should you ask new sustainability stakeholders?
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What questions should you ask new sustainability stakeholders?

Steve Lister discusses upcoming sustainability stakeholders for 2024 and discover vital questions to ask them. In a shifting landscape, proactive engagement is key. Learn how to align with new partners' goals and navigate evolving expectations, ensuring your organization stays at the forefront of environmental and social responsibility.

25-11-2024
How to assess and report your environmental sustainability
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How to assess and report your environmental sustainability

Laurel Brunner discusses how ISO has now approved a new project that will suppor the industry's sustainability. The new work, ISO 19311, provides requirements for sustainability assessment reporting and the idea is to make it easier to evaluate sustainability reports, like for like.

20-11-2024
What are the environmental benefits of remote support?
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What are the environmental benefits of remote support?

Laurel Brunner shares the various environmental benefits of remote support which include less waste, less halts to automated productions, reduced costs and more.

30-10-2024
How will Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation affect printers?
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How will Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation affect printers?

Laurel Brunner discusses the European Union’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation and how it is important for printers to be aware of this and it will contribute towards business planning.

25-10-2024
Financial Sustainability vs Sustainable Finance
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Financial Sustainability vs Sustainable Finance

Clare Taylor discusses two financial elements which includes financial sustainability and sustainable finance. Clare shares the differences between both and why they both matter for your business.

25-09-2024
Cactus Imaging wins Sustainability Award at the World Out of Home Congress
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Cactus Imaging wins Sustainability Award at the World Out of Home Congress

Large-format print specialists Cactus Imaging won the Sustainability Award at the World Out of Home Congress in Hong Kong. The business was recognised as a global leader in in wide-format sustainability. Its Ecobanner features a PVC-free flexible banner fabric.

05-09-2024
Why is The Global Reporting Initiative important for printers who work for large corporations?
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Why is The Global Reporting Initiative important for printers who work for large corporations?

Laurel Brunner discusses the significance of The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) for printers who work for large corporations and how print buyers require their media investments to align with corporate sustainability commitments and shareholder expectations.

21-08-2024
6 suppliers of environmentally friendly fabrics for Digital Textile Printing
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6 suppliers of environmentally friendly fabrics for Digital Textile Printing

Debbie McKeegan shares 6 suppliers who are combining sustainability and producing high quality sustainable fabrics for digital textile printing. They are proving that businesses can be environmentally responsible without sacrificing the quality of their product.

20-08-2024
How to make sustainable changes to your business by thinking globally and acting locally
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How to make sustainable changes to your business by thinking globally and acting locally

Clare Taylor shares small changes and suggestions that businesses can make to improve their environmental impact. These include improving resource and energy efficiency, working with supply chains, preventing pollution and more.

23-07-2024
FESPA achieves ISO certification for Sustainable Event Management 
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FESPA achieves ISO certification for Sustainable Event Management 

FESPA is pleased to announce that it has achieved ISO 20121:2012 certification for Sustainable Event Management, an internationally recognised standard for implementing an effective and sustainable event management system.

09-07-2024
How to make effective sustainable changes for your business
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How to make effective sustainable changes for your business

FESPA has created Sustainability Spotlight to offer informative and actionable advice around environmental best practice to allow businesses to make more sustainable and environmentally friendly choices for their business. This article offers various guidelines for businesses to help them make sustainable business changes, access the full guidelines below.

03-07-2024
How to start your journey in sustainability
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How to start your journey in sustainability

Laurel Brunner shares some basic steps of what printers can do to begin their journey in sustainability. These steps focus on conserving resources and minimising waste.

30-05-2024
How can air pollution impact the economy and individual businesses
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How can air pollution impact the economy and individual businesses

Clare Taylor shares how the impacts of poor air quality can actually become a direct business concern and costly. Clare discusses how air pollution can considerably impact the econom and individual businesses.

22-05-2024
Mimaki Engineering launches eco-friendly carbon ink cartridges to worldwide market
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Mimaki Engineering launches eco-friendly carbon ink cartridges to worldwide market

Mimaki launches eco-friendly carton ink cartridges to the global printing industry, significantly reducing plastic usage and improving recyclability This latest solution is another initiative by the company to support printers in reducing their environmental impact

21-05-2024
Heidelberg joins the United Nations Global Compact
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Heidelberg joins the United Nations Global Compact

Laurel Brunner shares the importance of the United Nations Global Compact. Members include Mercedes-Benz, Pearson and Unilever with Heidelberg now joining as a member.

20-05-2024
FESPA UK partners with industry suppliers to improve print media recycling
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FESPA UK partners with industry suppliers to improve print media recycling

FESPA UK add Self-adhesive Plastics and Siliconised backing papers to their Waste Management Accreditation Scheme and welcomes support from key industry suppliers.

13-05-2024
How to print on sustainable self-adhesive films
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How to print on sustainable self-adhesive films

The printing industry is making substantial efforts to become more sustainable. Sustainable self-adhesive film is an important factor. Sonja Angerer shares how to print on films in an environmentally friendly way and what printers can do to become greener.

01-05-2024