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Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP) is celebrating its five-year anniversary this month. And in those five years the organization has certified 52 facilities in the U.S. and Canada, with a recertification rate of 95%. It has also become the gold standard for the commitment to environmental sustainability in the printing industry. Anniversary festivities are planned for
Print 13 next month, as well as
RILA’s Retail Sustainability Conference, and the
SGIA Expo in October—and will kick off with a celebration at SGP’s first certified facility, Minneapolis, Minn.’s Pictura Graphics.
The traditional fifth anniversary gift is wood. Best make it FSC-certified.
About Richard Romano
Richard Romano is Managing Editor of WhatTheyThink. He curates the Wide Format section on WhatTheyThink.com. He has been writing about the graphic communications industry for more than 25 years. He is the author or coauthor of more than half a dozen books on printing technology and business. His most recent book is “Beyond Paper: An Interactive Guide to Wide-Format and Specialty Printing.