Be Seen to be Clean and Green

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Graphic Design // Branding // Logo Design // Stationery // Advertising // Copywriting // Brochures // Catalogues // Leaflets // Posters // Newsletters // Point of Sale // Packaging // Displays // Signage // 3D Illustration

OFFSET PRINTING

Brochures // Catalogues // Magazines // Annual Reports // Books // Posters Folders // Leaflets // Flyers // Postcards // Stationery // Business Cards // Storage // Distribution

DIGITAL PRINTING

Short Run // Brochures // Catalogues // Annual Reports // Books // Posters Leaflets // Flyers // Postcards // Stationery // Business Cards // Labels // Tab Dividers // Personalised Direct Mail // Spot Varnish // Laser Window Graphics // Laminating // Creasing // Diecutting // Saddle stitching // Perfect Binding // Wiro and Spiral Binding

POS/POP

POS Display Units // Customised // Permanent // Non-Permanent // Security Sleeves // Dump Bins // Shop Fit-outs and Signage // Counter Trays (Impulse Sales) // Light boxes // Wall Graphics // Window Graphics // Car Wrap Graphics // Banners // Packaging Cartons and Flat Pack Shippers // Nationwide Logistics and Distribution

WEB, ONLINE & 3D

Online Business Solutions // Microsites // Content Management Systems // E-Commerce // 3D illustration // Animation // Multimedia Presentations

PHOTOGRAPHY

Studio // Location // Products // People // Commercial // Image Creation // Photo Retouching

WAREHOUSING

POS Warehousing // Product Fulfillment // General Warehousing // Bonded Warehousing // Therapeutic Goods Administration // Distribution // Third Party Logistics // Service Guarantee // Specialist Packaging Solutions // Kitting // Consumer Redemptions // In-Store Merchandising // Print Management

SUSTAINABILITY

VOC-Free Vegetable Based Inks // Rainwater Tanks // Wonder Glass Roofing // Recycled Water System // Energy Efficient Lighting // Chemical Reduction // Complete Waste Management

Be Seen to be Clean and Green

06-Apr-2005

Print Bound’s website, www.cleangreenprint.com, is designed to educate consumers about the environmental impact of printing, provide direction for the industry in supporting a sustainable environment and create a forum for new ideas and initiatives. On a daily basis the company practices what it preaches.

“The principles of our Print Bound environmental system are to communicate, educate and update continually via staff briefi ngs, team meetings, internal newsletters and interactive posters throughout the business.” The company hasn’t always been green. The real shift came in 1995 when Mark Tomasini was awarded the MBA House of the Year for Environmental Effi ciency and Innovation.

“When Mark won the award we began to talk in earnest about how our business could be greener. In the first instance we looked at the processes we were using to identify areas where we could improve. The more we looked the more interested we got in the concept of going green. We decided we couldn’t go any further ourselves so we got an expert in to help us create an environmental management system.”

THE AWARDS ROLL IN

“Once the system was in place we were encouraged to take that step further. We created the website and started promoting Print Bound on an environmental platform, talking about our achievements and our results.”

The company has subsequently won the City of Whitehorse (its local council) Excellence in Business Award for contribution to environmental sustainability and most recently the Victorian Premier’s Award for Sustainability. “That was a real feather in our cap.” Transparency is vital in claiming environmental sustainability.

The company has opened its doors to the EPA who has conducted an audit of the Blackburn site and recommends it highly. “We have also been FSC certified,” states Mattarucco.

FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) is the highest global standard in forest management practices. Mattarucco says there are only a couple of printers in Australia at present who are FSC certified. “Customers who use FSC paper are able to use the FSC logo on their printing. Overseas FSC certification is a real drawcard for many major corporations. With a global economy we expect this trend to escalate.”

by print21

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