Environment

Best of British: Strong, light and green

With a material developed in the frenzy of war, Dufaylite is still driving forward.

De-energise yourself

This autumn’s energy crises have included rocketing gas prices and a broken cross-channel electricity cable. The inevitably higher electricity prices will be concentrating print factory owners’ minds...

Wrapped up and hot

There’s a part of the UK printing industry that has been the subject of many millions of pounds worth of investment in recent years, resulting in a massive increase in the available capacity.

Buying into the green agenda

The recent growth of paper wrapping has been phenomenal and has led to some major investments, with many firms keen to grab a slice of the action.

Tame: "We’ve got some truly inspiring speakers lined up"

Power of Print to highlight print's effectiveness and sustainability

The 11th annual Power of Print event, which seeks to foreground the effectiveness of physical media, is set to the be the biggest yet with getting on for 700 delegates signed up.

Go green or go home 

Being sustainable is not only good business practice but increasingly a crucial requirement for many customers.

Printweek editor, Darryl Danielli

The business case for sustainable production adds up on all levels

With the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26 being hosted in Glasgow in a few weeks, sustainability will likely, and rightly, rise up the nation’s and the agendas of all sectors of...

Your October & November Printweek has landed. Coming out on the eve of COP26, along with our usual news round up, dominated by M&A, the 'Sustainability Issue' has a definite green hue including a paper wrapping special report...

The issue's cover feature looks at how print can grow back greener by supporting buyers' eco agenda as mega brands and their consumers demand planet-friendly print as a matter of course. The...

Print Plus UK will offset the equivalent of 65 tonnes of CO2

Print Plus UK becomes a Carbon Balanced Printer

Print Plus UK has become a Carbon Balanced Printer as part of a wider sustainability drive by the company.

New research has estimated the cost of greenwash to the industry

Greenwash could cost print £22m a year

Unsubstantiated claims about sustainability could cost the UK paper, print, and mailing industries £22m a year, according to new research from Two Sides.