You've probably heard about it and are considering the possibiities of undertaking it at some level. But is it for you? Here are some basic reasons for undertaking Sustainable Green Print environmental management certification.

• Competitive advantage – it differentiates you from your competitors
• Saves money by helping you to better manage waste, recycling, energy and water use, energy and air emissions
• Demonstrates your commitment to environmental sustainability
• It's the first step to ISO14001 certification
• Provides you with the means of meeting the environmental expectations of your customers
• Gives your business the means of managing changing trends in environmental responsibility
• Contributes to reducing insurance premiums by helping you to better manage the storage and handling of printing chemicals and incident response
• It’s good for your business.

Environmental Management Comes of Age (pdf - 1470.3 kb) You are examining your business, looking for ways to make it more efficient, trying to differentiate yourself from your competition, wanting to show that your printing business IS environmentally friendly. Where do you begin? Look no further than the much anticipated Sustainable Green Print (SGP) environmental certification program from Printing Industries. It’s up and running in all states from this week. Joe Kowalewski provides this special PRINT21 report on the environmental badge every printer should be wearing.

Sustainable Green Print brochure (pdf - 1546.3 kb)