April 21, 2010

Happy Earth Day from Greenerprinter!

Welcome to our Earth Day newsletter. We view Earth Day as an opportunity for us to reflect on some of the good things we've done for the planet during the past year, such as:

• Earning new environmental certifications from the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership & B Corporation
• Investing in cleaner technologies such as chemical-free plate processing equipment, and latex-based large format printing
• Introducing new eco-friendly products such as banners & notepads
• Sponsoring green events such as Bioneers & Green Festivals

Earth Day is also an opportunity for us to thank you, our customer, for your continued business. Together, we are helping to change the way the world prints.

In honor of Earth Day: EWG.org to receive 5% of Greenerprinter revenues

We've also decided to do something a little bit different to honor Earth Day this year by donating a portion of our revenue to one of our favorite non-profits, EWG.org.

About EWG.org The mission of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) is to use the power of public information to protect public health and the environment. In 2002, its organizers founded the EWG Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization that advocates on Capitol Hill for health-protective and subsidy-shifting policies.

EWG specializes in providing useful resources to consumers while simultaneously pushing for national policy change.

EWG has 2 primary goals:

1. To protect the most vulnerable segments of the human population-children, babies, and infants in the womb-from health problems attributed to a wide array of toxic contaminants.
2. To replace federal policies, including government subsidies that damage the environment and natural resources, with policies that invest in conservation and sustainable development.

We believe in what this organization is doing and think that most of our customers do too. So to honor them on Earth Day (and throughout the rest of April), we've decided to donate 5% of all print orders to EWG. Our goal is to raise $5,000 for EWG, but in order to do this, we need your help!

Greenerprinter honored with prestigious environmental business award!

We are pleased to announce that we've been awarded the Acterra Business Environmental Award for Pollution Prevention/Resource Conservation, placing us alongside such luminaries as Adobe Systems Inc., the City of San Jose, Applied Materials Inc., and the University of California, Santa Cruz.

The Acterra judges recognized Greenerprinter's leadership in the industry: "Greenerprinter is making its operations as waste-free as possible and educating both its suppliers and customers to do the same," said Walt Hays, Judging Team Captain. "By using high post-consumer recycled paper, and low VOC ink, the company is taking a lead in greening a traditionally inefficient industry. It regularly seeks to educate and exchange ideas with customers and peers at industry events and via social media outlets. Because of these efforts, we are pleased to recognize Greenerprinter for its environmental leadership in the printing industry."

Acterra's Business Environmental Awards is one of the San Francisco Bay Area's oldest and most prestigious environmental recognition programs. Initiated in 1990, it is considered a heavyweight among award programs due to its rigorous application and judging process. "Our awardees must demonstrate their environmental commitment and achievements through a careful vetting process," states Board President Laura Teksler. "In addition to a thorough written application, the top contenders must demonstrate their programs' merits firsthand to the judges during a visit to the applicants' facilities. By the time they are selected to receive our award, they have truly proven that their programs are "setting the bar" in corporate environmental leadership."

Greenerprinter will be honored at the 2010 Business Environmental Awards Reception on Thursday, June 3rd at the Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel in Palo Alto, California.

For information regarding Acterra's award programs, please visit www.acterra.org/bea

Customer Project Showcase: Biennial of the Americas

When the organizers of the upcoming "Biennial of the Americas" event in Denver, Colorado needed their event materials printed, they found a perfect partner in Greenerprinter. With us, they discovered not only a printer who could produce the variety of products they needed, but also a company whose sustainable goals and values matched their own.

"Responsibility lies at the heart of our studio practice", writes cypher13, the Boulder, CO-based design firm in charge of the project. "Any time we bring anything new into the world, we try to do so as responsibly as we can. Greenerprinter is the perfect partner for premium quality and responsible printing. When it comes to earth-friendly print production we look no further. In Greenerprinter we've found a true partner."

No matter how varied or complicated your next project may be, we can help make it a success.

Get more information and pricing for the products we produced for the Biennial of the Americas project:

• Presentation Folders
• Labels
• Business Cards
• Custom four-color letterhead and envelopes

Once again, Happy Earth Day from all of us at Greenerprinter, and thank you for printing sustainably.
The Staff at Greenerprinter

 Back

©2001-2012 Greenerprinter. All Rights Reserved. ~  Contact Us ~  Privacy Policy ~  Terms & Conditions ~  Home ~  FAQ