{"id":1403,"date":"2014-01-27T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2024-01-25T11:49:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T11:49:17","slug":"awards-idea-looking-for-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/?p=1403","title":{"rendered":"Awards Idea Looking for a Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\" The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OK so here\u2019s the thing. We would like to see an environmental award initiative for the graphic arts industry that cuts across geographies, technologies and printing sectors. This initiative would include a series of categories that are easy to understand and easy for printers, publishers and manufacturers to submit entries for. Ideally the awards would be judged and awarded at a major international trade show such as drupa. Maybe this should be a target for drupa 2016?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do we want to see this, given the fact that there are already various awards out there? As excellent as they are, most of the awards available are limited either to specific companies and product implementations or to single categories. For the print industry\u2019s environmental voice to be fully heard, we need some loud and conclusive environmental statement to the world. The industry needs a single focal point that boasts its world leading environmental management credentials. It has to be a single noisy shout because matters environmental are relevant to printers and print buyers in all industries and in all parts of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some preliminary ideas for the awards categories, which should appeal to printers, publishers and manufacturers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Most impressive environmental policy.
\u2022 Most impressive sustainable printing company.
\u2022 Most impressive sustainable publishing company.
\u2022 Most impressive sustainable media campaign.
\u2022 Most impressive environmental impact management.
\u2022 Most impressive combination of cross media services.
\u2022 Most impressive investments into green technology.
\u2022 Most impressive management commitment to green policies.
\u2022 Most impressive carbon offsetting programme.
\u2022 Most impressive technology for reducing and avoiding waste.
\u2022 Most impressive tactics for controlling supply chain emissions.
\u2022 Most impressive environmental content on a website.
\u2022 Most impressive reduction in corporate carbon footprint.
\u2022 Most impressive reduction in print run carbon footprints. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These last two will be tricky unless companies are tracking this stuff already. In fact all fourteen of the categories will be tricky and deciding what\u2019s \u201cmost impressive\u201d is almost silly. But maybe that is the point: in coming up with an understanding of what should impress a collection of judges, we will get some metrics for how printing and publishing should be measuring its performance. We aren\u2019t sure that the Verdigris Environmental Awards will get anywhere, but it could be something worth developing. If you\u2019re interested to take this further, get in touch. And when someone else pinches the idea, just remember that you heard it hear first!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Laurel Brunner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This blog is yours to use if you want, as long as you fully credit the Verdigris supporters who make it possible: Agfa Graphics (www.agfa.com<\/a>), Digital Dots (http:\/\/digitaldots.org<\/a>), drupa (www.drupa.com<\/a>), EFI (www.efi.com<\/a>), Fespa (www.fespa.com<\/a>), Heidelberg (www.uk.heidelberg.com<\/a>), Kodak (www.kodak.com\/go\/sustainability<\/a>), Mondi (www.mondigroup.com\/products<\/a>), Pragati Offset (www.pragati.com<\/a>), Ricoh (www.ricoh.com<\/a>), Shimizu Printing (www.shzpp.co.jp<\/a>), Splash PR (www.splashpr.co.uk<\/a>), Unity Publishing (http:\/\/unity-publishing.co.uk<\/a>) and Xeikon (www.xeikon.com<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner OK so here\u2019s the thing. We would like to see an environmental award initiative for the graphic arts industry that cuts across geographies, technologies and printing sectors. This initiative would include a series of categories that are easy to understand and easy for printers, publishers and manufacturers to … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1404,"href":"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403\/revisions\/1404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}