Company / Descriptions

Resources for Printers, Designers and Buyers

Printers' National Environmental Assistance Center
Conduit to experts and information on environmental issues related to the printing, publishing and packaging industry.

Dynamic Graphics: 12 Things You Need To Know
Essential tactics to assure environmental responsibility in printing practices.

EPA PrintSTEP Compliance Assistance
"Printers' Simplified Total Environmental Partnership" -- alternative to traditional administration of environmental regulation and permitting -- intended to simplify the process for implementing regulations and encouraging awareness of environmental requirements.

Printing Industries of America / Graphic Arts Technical Foundation
PIA/GATF is the world's largest graphic arts trade association, representing an industry with more than $171.5 billion in revenue and 1.08 million employees through advocacy, education, research, and technical information.

NAPL -- National Association of Printers and Lithographers
A not-for-profit trade association serving the printing and graphic communications industry. "Offers business-building solutions that provides company leaders with the strategies, insights, and guidance... to make informed business decisions, minimize risk, anticipate change, and profitably grow their business."

AIGA Center for Sustainable Design
"Dedicated to providing designers with a wide range of information regarding sustainable business practices"
AIGA | the professional association for design

renourish
Resource for the graphic design industry "providing definitions, tips and links to sustainable resources designers can use to make their work a little greener."

Ecological Guide To Papers
Celery Design provides a matrix and links to eco-friendly papers.

Carbon Footprint Calculator
Online form for figuring out your the amount of emissions you are personally responsible for.

Design Can Change
A directory of creative professionals who support and exercise sustainable practices. Also provides resources, tools, samples and recommended reading for those who wish to be environmentally conscious

Paper University / TAPPI
Interesting facts about paper, recycling and the environment hosted by TAPPI -- the technical association for worldwide pulp, paper and converting industry.

CarbonFree / Carbonfund.org
An innovative and flexible program that can help your business to reduce its carbon footprint to zero through carbon offsets and reductions. The program is designed to help you meet your carbon reduction goals and help you communicate to customers, employees, the media, shareholders and others interested in your organization.

GreenOrder
Advises companies on implementing sustainable practices...
"In short, we believe companies can harness sustainability to drive topline growth and achieve long-term competitive advantage. "

Ecolect
A Sustainable Materials Community for building and interiors...

Environmental Yellow Pages
Environmental industry's worldwide directory -- search engine.

The BusinessGreen Blog
Articles, resources for green businesses and those with an interest in becoming greener...

Adventures in Letterpress
Blog covering topics on printing and design...

Chicago Climate Exchange
"North America's only and the world's first global marketplace for integrating voluntary legally binding emissions reductions with emissions trading and offsets for all six greenhouse gases."

Chicago Climate Futures Exchange
"Chicago Climate Futures Exchange™ (CCFE™) is a landmark derivatives exchange that currently offers standardized and cleared futures and options contracts on emission allowances and other environmental products."

Blarchive.com
Over a thousand links on every topic including the environment.

Sierra Club
More than 1.3 million members work together to protect communities and the planet. The Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization.
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