As you may know, Impact Displays is an SGIA (Specialty Graphics Industry Association) member (www.sgia.org). The SGIA has a number of great programs and they make a very effective industry organizer. They have been supporters broadly of environmentally friendly printing practices and most recently they have given great support to a movement within the commercial printing industry that promotes sustainable printing practices – the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGPP).
Sustainable business practices are near and dear issues at Impact Displays – we’ve offered environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional media for several years, and we adopted low VOC as our printing format more than five years ago.The SGPP (www.sgppartnership.org) ups the ante significantly by enforcing programming, audits and compliance within a framework of sustainability, workplace safety and minimal environmental impact.
Impact Displays has been provisionally accepted into the SGPP while we complete our compliance audits. We’re excited because we believe this will become a very broadly based movement driven by smart corporate sourcing decisions. We expect that within five years, every credible US and European printer of any scale will be SGPP certified. So while SGPP certification may be a differentiator today, we hope (for all the right reasons) it’s table stakes in the printing game in the future.
So the next time you have a choice of printers for your trade show display – whether Impact or another company – choose an SGPP certified printer. Good for the planet, good for you and good for your kids (and mine!).
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