Environment

When the national press gets its teeth into something, it rarely lets go and over the past few months, packaging has been one of its favourite targets for scorn. Newspapers such as the <i>Daily...

CW Print Group in Loughton has said that following its certification under the EUs Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), it has become the second printer in the UK to hold ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and...

Margaret Hodge, the minister of state for industry and the regions, has called for the print industry to step up its environmental credentials and improve profits at the same time.

Sheffield based commercial printer ProCo is the latest in a host of print companies to gain both FSC and PEFC accreditations.

News International and HarperCollins will go carbon neutral by the end of 2007.

As a manufacturing industry, print has often been derided for its impact on the environment. But the recent spate of printers gaining certificates proving that their paper is sourced from sustainable...

Print management company etrinsic has gained ISO 14001 accreditation, which it hopes will help it attract top-tier clients as well as satisfy the eco-concerns of its existing client base.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has reduced fines against Arjowiggins and a Spanish paper firm in its investigation into price cartels in the carbonless paper sector.

Only a quarter of the UKs top 200 print companies have the ISO 14001 accreditation according to a damning survey into the industrys environmental credentials.