The "Triple Bottom Line" is built on people, profit, and the planet and companies are looking at new and different ways to reach out to their communities. Take a look at a few creative projects that printers have instituted in their communities.
Hagadone Printing Company instituted a paper recycling program in its Honolulu facility by investing in a paper shredder and baler in 2007. Since then more than 3,000 tons of paper has been recycled from all the Hawaiian Islands through two organized programs: PaperBack and MailBack. The facility is also opened to the public for paper and mail drop off twice a month on Saturday.
Patient News Publishing, winner of the WhatTheyThink Environmental Innovation Award for Environmental Sustainability and Your Community, joined with 30 local businesses in their small community to develop a local "Catching Green" program to help businesses develop green initiatives and make their community more sustainable.
St. Joseph Communications and Scouts Canada developed Partners in Growth®, a reforestation program inspired by the notion of “use a tree, plant a tree.” Through this program, St. Joseph Communications facilitates the planting of three seedlings, through Scouts Canada, for every ton of paper printed on a customer’s behalf.
If you're looking for a way you can support local reading and literacy programs, both for children and adults, take a look at how Océ North America approaches it.
In this video, Duncan Newton, Manager of Client Development, JetStream Marketing, for Océ North America, tells about several of the programs Océ has instituted for kids, for adults, and for local authors.
Thought Leadership: Full Stack Development—Have It Your Way!
In this video sponsored by OnPrintShop, David Zwang talks with Naimish Patel, VP Sales, and Trent Foreman Regional Mgr NA, of RadixWeb, a development company that can tailor a solution to your specific needs. Whether based on their own OnPrintShop or starting from scratch, they can help you connect your clients and systems. Read More
What does the Groupon IPO have to do with print?
What does the Groupon IPO have to do with print? Or maybe we should say, what does print have to do with the Groupon IPO?
In a word: Eric Lefkofsky. That would be the Eric Lefkofsky who founded Innerworkings. Read More
Learn from the Winners: Patient News Publishing, Environmental Sustainability and Your Community, 2009
Patient News Publishing (Haliburton ON) was the winner of the 2009 WhatTheyThink Environmental Innovation Award for Environmental Sustainability and Your Community, which recognized a company that is involved in an environmentally progressive community program.Alice Miller, IT Director, tells about her company’s programs that support both the environment and the community. Read More
Learn from the Winners: Spirit Graphics, Thought Leader, 2009
Thomas Ackerman Jr, owner of Spirit Graphics, and his business partner (and mother) have been working diligently for approximately 12 years in the printing industry to change the way they do business as a whole with the environment, their employees and themselves in mind. Learn what initiatives earned them the coveted WTT award. Read More
Learn from the Winners: Homewood Press, Environmental Sustainability and Your Processes, 2009
In December 2008 Homewood Press installed a power generating wind turbine for the purpose of providing electricity from a clean energy source to assist in providing power to their plant. Projections that suggest that the wind turbine will generate approximately 1/3 of the power the plant consumes annually. Read More
