Environment

Public sector tenders still failing SMEs

A report highlighting the most common complaints received by the government's Mystery Shopper Service has revealed that SMEs are experiencing the same problems with public sector procurement in 2014...

APRIL refutes 'off-base' Greenpeace attack

Indonesian pulp and paper firm APRIL has refuted claims by Greenpeace that it is turning High Conservation Value (HCV) forest in its concession on the island of Pulau Padang into a plantation.

Greenpeace calls for boycott of Indonesian paper supplier APRIL

Greenpeace has called on companies including International Paper, 3M and US-based retailer Costco to join a boycott of products manufactured by Indonesia's second largest pulp and paper company APRIL.

How to find funding for eco improvement projects

On a list of all the people you would expect to be clued up on green funding, the government should be top. It’s the government after all that provides much of that funding, and the government that...

Welcome to the 2014 Environment report

In many respects, the theme for this year’s Environment report is that small changes can make a big difference.

Experts foresee a world of tougher green regulations

Printers are used to having to play by the rules; manufacturer guidelines, colour management requirements, health & safety directives, tax regulations, data security rules – all these things and a...

Arm yourself with stats to fight off the eco fallacies

How many times have you been making polite conversation in a taxi, paying in a shop or chatting with friends and heard those six, doomy little words: ‘print is bad for the environment’. Probably too...

Process upgrades to green up your print

As the old saying goes, small changes can make a big difference. One area this is particularly true for printers is the pressroom. Of course investing in a brand new super-duper eco-friendly press is...

Green products rely on smarter plastics choices

One of the most ubiquitous and long-lasting recent changes to the surface of our planet is the accumulation and fragmentation of plastics,” wrote David Barnes in Plastics, the environment and human...

Make sure you keep hold of your ISO 14001

Just when you thought developing, implementing and executing a watertight environmental management system that conforms to all ISO 14001 standards and works for your business was one of the biggest...