Green Printing Resources

Printshop Certifications

Certified Renewable Energy
Green-e is the nation's leading independent consumer protection program for the sale of renewable energy and greenhouse gas reductions in the retail market. Green-e offers certification and verification of renewable energy and greenhouse gas mitigation products.
www.green-e.org

Climate Leaders
Climate Leaders is an EPA industry-government partnership that works with companies to develop comprehensive climate change strategies.
www.epa.gov/climateleaders

eGRID
The Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) is a comprehensive inventory of environmental attributes of electric power systems.
www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-resources/egrid

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment.
www.epa.gov

Green Power
The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that supports the organizational procurement of green power by offering expert advice, technical support, tools and resources.
www.epa.gov/grnpower

Green Seal
Green Seal is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to safeguarding the environment and transforming the marketplace by promoting the manufacture, purchase, and use of environmentally responsible products and services.
www.greenseal.org

ISO 14001 certification
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a network of the national standards institutes of 157 countries that sets international business and manufacturing standards. ISO 14001 is a standard for environmental management. Companies attaining an ISO 14001 certification have developed both a comprehensive system to minimize harmful effects on the environment caused by manufacturing, and a process to continually improve environmental performance. Before a certification is issued, compliance to the standard is verified by an independent auditing organization.
www.iso.org

Performance Track Program
Performance Track recognizes and drives environmental excellence by encouraging facilities with strong environmental records to go above and beyond their legal requirements.
www.epa.gov/performancetrack

Printers' National Environmental Assistance Center (PNEAC)
PNEAC is a unique, highly successful and effective partnership between industry, government, and university technical assistance providers serving those who interact with one of the largest manufacturing industries in the United States, North America, and the world. The PNEAC mission is to assist regulatory agencies and technical assistance providers by delivering current, reliable environmental compliance and pollution prevention information to printers, publishers, and packagers.
www.pneac.org

Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGPPartnership)
The mission of the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership is to encourage and promote participation in the worldwide movement to reduce environmental impact and increase social responsibility of the print and graphic communications industry through sustainable green printing practices. Printers can join the SGP registry by meeting a set of criteria to establish performance standards. The registry will be available to the print buying community so that they can easily identify and contact "green" printers within their area.
www.sgppartnership.org

Wastewise
WasteWise, an EPA program, helps its partners meet goals to reduce and recycle municipal solid waste and selected industrial wastes.
www.epa.gov/wastewise

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