Environment

Prinovis becomes first UK gravure printer to be Ecolabel accredited

Prinovis UK has successfully met the criteria required to achieve EU Ecolabel accreditation for gravure print production across a range of its papers and products, the UK Ecolabelling competent body...

Increase in printers chasing ISO 14001, according to J&G

Print waste management firm J&G Environmental has said that the environmental standard ISO 14001 is now becoming an accepted business necessity in the industry.

BPIF warns against handing HMRC direct debt recovery powers

The BPIF has warned that HMRC should not be given direct access to personal or corporate bank accounts as a consultation on the new powers closed last night.

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...