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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What is the first step printers should take when measuring carbon?
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What is the first step printers should take when measuring carbon?

FESPA’s Head of Associations and Technical Lead speaks to Dominic Harris, Co-Founder at CarbonQuota who advises printers how to start their carbon calculation journey which consists of Scope 1 and Scope 2 and to create a plan for reduction through to 2030. Dominic also describes how all businesses have an obligation to de-carbonise to climate change and must be financially committed.

17-04-2023
What is the first step printers should take when measuring carbon?
What are the key considerations when choosing more sustainable fabrics?
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What are the key considerations when choosing more sustainable fabrics?

FESPA’s Head of Associations and Technical Lead speaks to Sam Taylor, Founder of The Good Factory about the key factors to consider when choosing sustainable fabrics. Sam describes available tools that make sourcing sustainable fabrics easier and how Life Cycle Assessments contribute to better fabric selection.

11-04-2023
What are the key considerations when choosing more sustainable fabrics?
What changes can we expect as textile supply chains develop?
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What changes can we expect as textile supply chains develop?

Sam Taylor, the founder at The Good Factory discusses the expected changes print businesses can expect as textile supply chains evolve and develop.

10-04-2023
Are bio-based synthetics a solution to the climate crisis?
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Are bio-based synthetics a solution to the climate crisis?

Sam Taylor, the founder at The Good Factory discusses the importance for the textile industry to reduce their GHG emissions and how implementing and scaling bio-based synthetics could provide a solutions.

10-04-2023
Sustainability in Print - what are the new challenges facing the print and packaging sector
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Sustainability in Print - what are the new challenges facing the print and packaging sector

FESPA’s Online Marketing Manager, Kelley-Ann Young Kong speaks to Steve Lister, Sustainability Director Global Brands & Retailers from Stevelister.com. Steve is also the Head of Sustainability at POPAI UK & Ireland. In this video, Steve discusses why sustainability in print matters and the new challenges facing the print and packaging sector.

10-04-2023
Battle of the bottles
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Battle of the bottles

Brands are seeking the perfect solution to package drinks and liquids but it might not exist… yet.

10-04-2023
The EU Textile Strategy 2030
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The EU Textile Strategy 2030

FESPA’s Online Marketing Manager, Kelley-Ann Young Kong speaks to Marie Oldopp from Hohenstein about the EU Textile Strategy 2030, what it is and what it stands for as well as discussing which OEKO TEX standards are the most important for printers involved in textiles.

10-04-2023
The latest sustainability materials – what are the global brands and retailers currently demanding?
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The latest sustainability materials – what are the global brands and retailers currently demanding?

FESPA’s Head of Associations and Technical Lead speaks to Steve Lister, Sustainability Director Global Brands & Retailers from Stevelister.com. Steve is also the Head of Sustainability at POPAI UK & Ireland. In this video, Steve discusses how to determine which materials are truly sustainable and the type of materials that global brands and retailers are demanding from the print and packaging sectors. Steve also describes the key opportunities for sustainable materials.

10-04-2023
The latest sustainability materials – what are the global brands and retailers currently demanding?
Time for textile turnaround
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Time for textile turnaround

John Murphy, Technical Director Europe at Hohenstein Group shares information about OEKO TEX MADE IN GREEN product label. With this label allows buyers to easily trace the production of textile and leather goods.

10-04-2023
What are the 5 criteria that should be considered in business terms for Nordic Swan Ecolabel?
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What are the 5 criteria that should be considered in business terms for Nordic Swan Ecolabel?

FESPA’s Online Marketing Manager, Kelley-Ann Young Kong speaks to Anders Jacobsson, Environmental Enginner/Product Manager from Nordic Ecolabelling, Sweden about the criteria that should be considered in business terms for Nordic Swan Ecolabel.

10-04-2023
Top Sustainability myths in the decorated apparel industry
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Top Sustainability myths in the decorated apparel industry

FESPA’s Head of Associations and Technical Lead speaks to Marshall Atkinson from Atkinson Consulting about the top sustainability myths within the decorated apparel industry. These include water pollution, energy consumption, labour standards and resource depletion to name a few.

07-04-2023
Top Sustainability myths in the decorated apparel industry
The challenges around circular supply chains
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The challenges around circular supply chains

FESPA’s Online Marketing Manager, Kelley-Ann Young Kong speaks to Sam Taylor, the founder of The Good Factory about the challenges that need to be overcome by businesses when establishing supply chains. Sam shares what makes a supply chain circular and the trend towards using smart manufacturing.

07-04-2023
The top 10 myths on Sustainability in the Apparel Decoration industry
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The top 10 myths on Sustainability in the Apparel Decoration industry

FESPA’s Online Marketing Manager, Kelley-Ann Young Kong speaks to Marshall Atkinson from Atkinson Consulting about the top 10 myths about Sustainability in the Apparel Decoration industry. A few of these myths include: sustainability is too expensive, consumers don’t care about sustainability and sustainable materials are not durable or high quality.

07-04-2023
The value of certifications
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The value of certifications

FESPA’s Online Marketing Manager, Kelley-Ann Young Kong speaks to John Murphy, Technical Director Europe at Hohenstein Group about the value of certifications. John also discusses OEKTO TEX buying guide and how it meets the requirements of NGO’s brands and retailers.

07-04-2023
Navigating the way to a sustainable future with ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX®
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Navigating the way to a sustainable future with ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX®

John Murphy, Technical Director Europe at Hohenstein Group shares information on OEKO TEX ECO PASSPORT and how it can assist factories and chemical suppliers to ensure that chemical products and their ingredients meet specific requirements for safety, sustainability and regulatory compliance.

06-04-2023
Circular Design Thinking – the importance of creating a circular design process
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Circular Design Thinking – the importance of creating a circular design process

FESPA’s Head of Associations and Technical Lead speaks to Steve Lister, Sustainability Director Global Brands & Retailers from Stevelister.com. Steve is also the Head of Sustainability at POPAI UK & Ireland. In this video, Steve describes what constitutes a good circular design process and the key challenges involved.

06-04-2023
Circular Design Thinking – the importance of creating a circular design process
How does Nordic Swan Ecolabel enhance business opportunity?
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How does Nordic Swan Ecolabel enhance business opportunity?

FESPA’s Head of Associations and Technical Lead speaks to Anders Jacobsson, Environmental Enginner/Product Manager from Nordic Ecolabelling, Sweden about the value of Ecolabel certification. The Nordic Swan Ecolabel is recognised by 95 % of the citizens in the Nordic countries and makes it easy to communicate using all types of media.

06-04-2023
How does Nordic Swan Ecolabel enhance business opportunity?
Paper-fibre based materials for exhibitions builds and how they contribute to the circular economy
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Paper-fibre based materials for exhibitions builds and how they contribute to the circular economy

FESPA’s Head of Associations and Technical Lead speaks to Einar Ek, Director of Business Development from Re-board about how the use of paper fibre bring the exhibition industry closer to a circular economy. Einar discusses sustainable forestry management, renewable raw materials, reducing carbon footprint and cellulose fibre-based material.

05-04-2023
Paper-fibre based materials for exhibitions builds and how they contribute to the circular economy
The search for sustainable packaging
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The search for sustainable packaging

Nathan Tiller from CarbonQuota the ongoing war on plastic and other sustainable, fibre-based innovations. Life Cycle Assessments offer an objective view of the advantages and disadvantages of different materials.

04-04-2023