Go Green Interprint
We’ve Gone GREEN
Your Go Green Print Better® Partnership
With Interprint Ensures Your Printed Products
Are Manufactured Certified Green.
"The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river."
~ Ross Perot
Less Impact On The Environment
With Interprint, you can be confident your printing will have a lesser impact on the environment from start to finish. While ink companies and paper mills have stepped up their efforts to offer green products, the reality is, printing firms do not make the paper or ink we use. Our pledge to you ... printing that is made from renewable resources with low environmental impact, SOY based printing inks, certified recycled papers, and our ongoing partnerships with leading environmental organizations to ensure conformance to green practices.
Interprint Web Printing: Sustainability Policy
Interprint Web Printing is committed to exceed compliance with environmental, health and safety (EHS) requirements throughout our company. We pledge to continue to improve interaction with all EHS matters beyond regulatory compliance, carry out source reduction, including pollution prevention, reuse and recycling. Through our sustainability priorities we will educate and demonstrate the value in making environmentally friendly choices at home and in business, and will share all information on sustainability performance with our employees, customers and the community.
Our Sustainable Green Business Practices
- TEC Certified Green – The first printing facility in the Southeast United States to hold the TEC accreditation.
- FSC, SFI and PEFC Paper - We are Chain-of-Custody, Tri-Certified by the leading forest protection agencies.
- SGP - Sustainable Green Printing Partnership - Applicant program.
- Reduced VOC Emissions - We operate Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers on all of our web equipment netting 99+% VOC destruction efficiencies. Recognized as one of the best VOC ratings in the industry.
- SOY based Ink used on all presses.
- Recycle - All paper, plastics and aluminum used during the manufacturing process.
- Tree Planting Partnership – Though our charity program, helping re-populate our national forests.
"As an industry leader, it's our responsibility to educate, equip and manufacture in a manner which respects our environment."
~ James E. Morten, CEO, Chairmen of the Board
Enviromental Affiliations
The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), an independent certification organization which acknowledges companies committed to sustainable green printing, has accepted Interprint into the SGP applicant program, the first phase in SGP partnership.
"Through our involvement with the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), we're further developing and expanding our environmental systems", states James E. Morten, CEO and Chairmen Of The Board of Interprint. "We're excited to announce our SGP affiliation which provides a definitive environmental alliance to further expand our sustainable green manufacturing, continue education, as well as, document and report our green involvement".
Our Chain-of Custody Tri-Certification - SFI, FSC, PEFC
We are Chain-Of-Custody Tri-Certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) - the leading national and global forest protection agencies. "We are excited to be the first printer Tri-Certified in the Tampa Bay, Florida market," states Leon Tracht, VP of Sustainable Environmental Programs for Interprint. "Our commitment to supply environmentally responsible materials is a priority, and our reporting and certifications offer comprehensive environmental programs that benefit our customers and community".
Key in obtaining Tri-Certification is our ability to organize and document manufacturing processes while in production with certified products. We have implemented strict operational practices beginning with procurement, through printing then shipping, that ensures the Chain of Custody is persevered. Additionally, we undergo annual testing, audits and reporting to fully comply with all FSC, SFI and PEFC requirements to maintain our certification and ongoing commitment to responsible forestry.
Chain-Of-Custody (or COc) provides a credible link between responsible forest management and consumption. Once a forest is certified it is important to be able to trace the products that come from it throughout the supply chain to ensure that any claims on the origin of the product are credible and verifiable.
COc certification is the process and tracking system that allows manufacturers to demonstrate that timber comes from a forest that is responsibly managed. It tracks the flow of certified wood through the supply chain and across borders through each successive stage - including processing, transformation and manufacturing - all the way to the final product.
Why Specify Chain-of-Custody Certified Paper?
Forests provide us with clean water, fresh air ... they also provide food, medicine and important natural resources, such as timber and paper. If managed responsibly, forests and plantations benefit people – both people dependent on forests and the global community at large.
However, in some countries as much as 80% of the timber is harvested illegally, often involving the violation of human rights and destruction of protected forests. A key factor behind the threats faced by natural forests is the perception by many societies that they lack economic value. The extraordinary social and environmental value of forests in comparison to other land uses is often not considered. In other words, forests are often converted to other land uses which lack many of the social and environmental values of forest but promise higher economic returns.
The use of certified products supports and ensures the forests are managed with the highest social and environmental criteria available. Your environmental choice to specify certified paper has a direct and permanent positive impact on the world’s forests and the people living from, in and around the forest. Using certified paper and printing the certified logo is an effective way to let businesses recognize your environmental responsible practices.
About The Chain-of-Custody Forest Protection Agencies
About The SFI - Sustainable Forestry Initiative - SFI is an independent, charitable organization dedicated to promoting sustainable forest management. They work with conservation groups, local communities ... Read More
About The FSC - Forest Stewardship Council - FSC is an independent, non-governmental, not for profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests ... Read More
About The PEFC - Programme For The Endorsement Of Forest Certification Schemes - PEFC is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization, founded in 1999 ... Read More
We Print With SOY Inks
Soy ink is naturally low in VOCs (volatile organic compounds, chemical compounds that evaporate and react to sunlight) and its usage can reduce emissions causing air pollution. Soybean oil comes from a renewable source: soybeans. Soybean agriculture uses only 0.5 percent of the total energy needed to produce soy ink. Almost half of all soybeans produced in America needs no irrigation. As soybeans are growing they temporarily remove damaging carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere ...Read More
"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. "
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rebuild The Forest Partnership
Each month, Interprint proudly supports rebuilding our nation’s forest through charitable contributions. We're re-populating our nation’s national forests that have been damaged by wildfire, insects or disease.
That’s over 1000 tress, every year you can help re-populate through your Go Green Print Better ® partnership with Interprint. Tree conservation is one of our passions, and we’re excited to share this program with our customers and friends.
Trees Planted To-Date Through The
Interprint Go Green Print Better ® Partnership
2010 - January through February Qty. 213
2009 - January through December - Qty. 1092