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What is Sustainable Green Printing?
The incorporation of green business practices
that provide environmental stewardship and
corporate social responsibility, including
protection of employee health and safety through
the efficient use of renewable resources, energy
& recycling.
4. Certification Program
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SGP Printers are Required to…
Undergo a Third-Party Certification
Compliance with all Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS)
Develop and Maintain a Sustainability Management
System (SMS)
Conform to Best Management Practices
Supply Chain
Production Operators
Facility
Employment
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Consideration for the Environment
Commitment to environmental
policies and performance
Environmental Management
Committee to set strategy and
monitor performance
Assessment of Environmental
Health & Safety (EHS), energy
consumption and renewable
energy resource, and waste
reduction
6. PRODUCT (Inputs): Design aspects and input
material management to create the product
PROCESS (Outputs): All manufacturing steps
(prepress, press & postpress) involved with
converting raw materials into a finished product
including process by-products that have an
environmental, health and safety impact
ENVELOPE (Baseline Consumption):
All the manufacturing support activities and includes
the building, grounds, utilities, employees, and other
functions at an individual site
Mandatory Best Practices
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7. Management Systems
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Based on "Plan, Do, Check,
Act" Model
PLAN - Planning, including identifying
aspects and establishing goals
DO - Implementing, including training
and operational controls
CHECK - Checking, including monitoring
and corrective action
ACT - Reviewing, including progress
reviews and making needed changes
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We believe measurement keeps us on track, keep our efforts authentic
and keeps us on the edge of innovation.
Conducted by
The SGP Partnership
and
U.S. Compliance
We use this measurement
tool to assess our priorities,
advancing those with the
greatest environmental
improvements first.
Environmental Impacts
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2013 & Beyond – “cradle to
cradle” and graphic “take
back” programs
Reduction in landfills /
incineration processes
169,000 lbs / 75 tons in 2012
106,000 lbs / 47 tons in 2013
Commitment to a Sustainable Environment
Recycling & Waste Reduction
“Upcycling” – “conversion
of graphics to alternative
uses / products.
11. Pictura Partnership
Collaboration on programs - Printing & Take Back
Pictura / Client PartnershipsPictura / Client Partnerships
Take - Back Opportunities
- Branded merchandise
Pictura Recycling - cradle to cradle
POP / Retail graphic programs - 1,000 dealers
- Banner graphics - ecoImages materials
3rd Party Recycling - DuPont, Waste Management (alternative products)
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Custom Graphics
Lincoln Park Zoo
Exhibit Solutions
Ecolab
Event Solutions
Autodesk
Event Solutions
Greenbuild Show
Sustainable Graphic Solutions
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“We believe that our ongoing efforts to increase our sustainability, and operate as a
green company, will only result in success for our business and our partners.”
Paul Lilienthal, President
THANK YOU!
Paul Lilienthal
plilienthal@picturagraphics.com
www.picturagraphics.com