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.
Podcasts
Podcasts
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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How can small businesses make a positive impact on the environment?
FESPA’s Online Marketing Manager, Kelley-Ann Young Kong speaks to Clare Taylor from Clare Taylor Consulting about how businesses can still make an impact on the environment and how even small businesses can make a difference as well as looking at the importance of “thinking global and acting local.”
03-04-2023
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The death of fast fashion and the birth of sustainable fashion
FESPA’s Online Marketing Manager, Kelley-Ann Young Kong speaks to Bianca Seidel Seidel from Bianca Seidel Consulting about the need for fast fashion to die and be replaced by durable, sustainable fashion
31-03-2023
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What does certification mean for the printing industry?
FESPA’s Online Marketing Manager, Kelley-Ann Young Kong speaks to Laurel Brunner, Managing Director of Digital Dots about sustainable certifications and what they mean for the printing industry. Laurel discusses the benefits of certifications and how accreditation works.
31-03-2023