Printing Continues to Go Green: An Updated WhatTheyThink Primer on Environmental Sustainability in the Commercial Printing Industry-Aarkstore Enterpri

Printing Continues to Go Green: An Updated WhatTheyThink Primer on Environmental Sustainability in the Commercial Printing Industry-

Overview of the state of “green printing” initiatives in the U.S. commercial printing industry including their impact, contribution, adoption and outlook.

Table of Contents :

Introduction

The Importance of the Issue

Green Background

Printers Are No Stranger to Green

A Basic Question

A Basic Answer?

About the Present Report

How This Report Is Organized

For More Information
Section 1: The Green Environment

Green Initiatives

Perceptions of Green Initiatives

A Print Buyer Interlude

Certifications

Sheetfed Offset vs. Digital Printing

Information Sources

In Sum
Section 2: Stories of Sustainability

Environmental Innovation Awards

A Selection of Other Green Printers

Moving Forward
Section 3: Print vs. Pixels

Pixels are Not Pure

The Carbon Cost of Googling

Serving Up Carbon Emissions

E-Waste

E-Books Cloud the Issue

Pixels vs. Paper: The Paper Industry Fights Back

Green is Gray
Section 4: Green Organizations, Certifications, and Alphabet Soup

American Tree Farm System (www.treefarmsystem.org)

CarbonFund (www.carbonfund.org)

Chlorine-Free Products Association (www.chlorinefreeproducts.org)

Environmental Management System

EPA Climate Leaders Program (www.epa.gov/stateply)

EPA SmartWay (www.epa.gov/smartway)

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)

Greenguard (www.greenguard.org)

Green Seal (www.greenseal.org)

ISO 14001

The Natural Step (www.naturalstep.org)

PEFC (www.pefc.org)

Renewable Energy Credit (REC)

Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)

Sustainable Green Printing (SGP) Partnership

The Bottom Line
Section 5: Green Thoughts

Encourage the Use of Recycled Papers

Use Soy Inks

Shift to Processless Platemaking

Proof Online or Electronically

Think About What Happens After a Job Comes Off Press

Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Buy Carbon Offsets

Look to Alternative Energy Sources

Change One’s Workplace

Investigate Industry Resources

Print 09

Moving Forward

Where to Start

Next Steps

Marketing the Results

Recommendations for Industry Segments

Commercial Sheetfed Offset Shops

Commercial Web Offset Shops

Digital Printers

Graphic Designers/Publishers/Print Buyers

The Final Word
Appendix: Resources

Organizations

Publications

Web Sites/Blogs

Events
Table of Figures

Figure 1: Does your company

respondents, March 2008 and June 2009

Figure 2: Please identify any of the items below as they relate to your company’s experience with “environmentally responsible” or “sustainable printing”(multiple responses permitted) —All responses, March 2008 and June 2009

Figure 3: If your company has not specifically implemented certified environmentally sustainable processes or initiatives, do you have plans to implement any in the next 12 months? —All respondents, June 2009

Figure 4: Does your company have a certified “green” printing initiative or do you plan to have one in the next 12 months? —All respondents, March 2008 .. 22

Figure 5: Do you consider digital printing to be more environmentally friendly than sheetfed offset printing? —All respondents, March 2008 and June 2009

Figure 6: Where would you expect to get the most reliable information about improving your business’ environmental efforts? (multiple responses permitted) —All responses, March 2008 and June 2009
Table of Tables

Table 1: Does your company size, June 2009

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Environmental “green” Accounting Primer

As we all know, businesses are formed to deliver services or produce products in order to earn a profit. In the 21st century accounting goes beyond the bottom line of black or red – – it includes “green”, too. With the growing green consumer awareness, companies are more than ever expected to align its business strategies with environmental initiatives. Environmentally conscious companies have already discovered that they can generate business strategies to help them reduce their carbon footprint, minimize their environmental impact, make the best use of natural resources, become more energy efficient, reduce costs, and exhibit social responsibility – all at the same time.

Companies who are ready to become an integral part of President Obama’s Green Economy through governmental initiatives will need to expand their accounting staff by hiring accountants who specialize in “green” or environmental accounting.

Definition of Green Accounting

The term, green accounting, has been around since the 1980s, and is known as a management tool used for a variety of purposes, such as improving environmental performance, controlling costs, investing in “cleaner” technologies, developing “greener” processes and products, and forming decisions related to their business activities.

Green Management Accounting

According to the EPA, green or environmental management accounting is “the identification, prioritization, quantification or qualification, and incorporation of environmental costs into business decisions.” Green Management Accounting uses “data about environmental costs  and performance for business decisions. It collects cost, production, inventory, and waste cost and performance data in the accounting system to plan, evaluate, and control.”

Environmental management accounting thus represents a combined approach which provides for the transition of data from financial accounting and cost accounting to increase material efficiency, reduce environmental impact and risk, and reduce costs of environmental protection.

Green or Environmental Accountants

Green accountants are held responsible to identify and track green costs often times working with site, research and development, and production managers when planning their budgets. In the past, such costs were buried in overhead preventing a clear picture of the cost savings and benefits to the product, process, system or facility responsible for the green initiatives.

Green accountants help management recognize that the tax benefits, rebates and lower costs of being environmentally friendly add up to a real bottom-line reward for doing the right thing.

“Public environmental, social and sustainability reporting is the main route through which corporate accountability and integrity can be demonstrated,” claims the London-based Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in its report, Environmental, Social and Sustainability Reporting on the World Wide Web.

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Overview of the state of “green printing” initiatives in the U.S. commercial printing industry including their impact, contribution, adoption and outlook.

Table of Contents :

Introduction
The Importance of the Issue

Green Background

Printers Are No Stranger to Green

A Basic Question

A Basic Answer?

About the Present Report

How This Report Is Organized

For More Information

Section 1: The Green Environment
Green Initiatives

Perceptions of Green Initiatives

A Print Buyer Interlude

Certifications

Sheetfed Offset vs. Digital Printing

Information Sources

In Sum

Section 2: Stories of Sustainability
Environmental Innovation Awards

A Selection of Other Green Printers

Moving Forward

Section 3: Print vs. Pixels
Pixels are Not Pure

The Carbon Cost of Googling

Serving Up Carbon Emissions

E-Waste

E-Books Cloud the Issue

Pixels vs. Paper: The Paper Industry Fights Back

Green is Gray

Section 4: Green Organizations, Certifications, and Alphabet Soup
American Tree Farm System (www.treefarmsystem.org)

CarbonFund (www.carbonfund.org)

Chlorine-Free Products Association (www.chlorinefreeproducts.org)

Environmental Management System

EPA Climate Leaders Program (www.epa.gov/stateply)

EPA SmartWay (www.epa.gov/smartway)

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)

Greenguard (www.greenguard.org)

Green Seal (www.greenseal.org)

ISO 14001

The Natural Step (www.naturalstep.org)

PEFC (www.pefc.org)

Renewable Energy Credit (REC)

Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)

Sustainable Green Printing (SGP) Partnership

The Bottom Line

Section 5: Green Thoughts
Encourage the Use of Recycled Papers

Use Soy Inks

Shift to Processless Platemaking

Proof Online or Electronically

Think About What Happens After a Job Comes Off Press

Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Buy Carbon Offsets

Look to Alternative Energy Sources

Change One’s Workplace

Investigate Industry Resources

Print 09

Moving Forward

Where to Start

Next Steps

Marketing the Results

Recommendations for Industry Segments

Commercial Sheetfed Offset Shops

Commercial Web Offset Shops

Digital Printers

Graphic Designers/Publishers/Print Buyers

The Final Word

Appendix: Resources
Organizations

Publications

Web Sites/Blogs

Events

Table of Figures
Figure 1: Does your company

respondents, March 2008 and June 2009

Figure 2: Please identify any of the items below as they relate to your company’s experience with “environmentally responsible” or “sustainable printing”(multiple responses permitted) —All responses, March 2008 and June 2009

Figure 3: If your company has not specifically implemented certified environmentally sustainable processes or initiatives, do you have plans to implement any in the next 12 months? —All respondents, June 2009

Figure 4: Does your company have a certified “green” printing initiative or do you plan to have one in the next 12 months? —All respondents, March 2008 .. 22

Figure 5: Do you consider digital printing to be more environmentally friendly than sheetfed offset printing? —All respondents, March 2008 and June 2009

Figure 6: Where would you expect to get the most reliable information about improving your business’ environmental efforts? (multiple responses permitted) —All responses, March 2008 and June 2009

Table of Tables
Table 1: Does your company size, June 2009

Table 2: Does your company size, March 2008

Table 3: Please identify any of the items below as they relate to your company’s experience with “environmentally responsible” or “sustainable printing”(multiple responses permitted) —By employee size, June 2009

Table 4: Please identify any of the items below as they relate to your company’s experience with “environmentally responsible” or “sustainable printing” (multiple responses permitted) —By employee size, March 2008

Table 5: If your company has not specifically implemented certified environmentally sustainable processes or initiatives, do you have plans to implement any in the next 12 months? —By employee size, June 2009

Table 6: Does your company have a certified “green” printing initiative or do you plan to have one in the next 12 months? —By employee size, March 2008

Table 7: Do you consider digital printing to be more environmentally friendly than sheetfed offset printing? —By employee size, June 2009

Table 8: Do you consider digital printing to be more environmentally friendly than sheetfed offset printing? —By employee size, March 2008

Table 9: Where would you expect to get the most reliable information about

improving your business’ environmental efforts? (multiple responses permitted) —By employee size, June 2009

Table 10: Where would you expect to get the most reliable information about improving your business’ environmental efforts? (multiple responses permitted) —By employee size, March 2008

For More information please contact :

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