Green Resources
Use of environmentally conscious papers and printing processes can be an economical and easy way to communicate your green corporate philosophy. At Communication via Design, we take an active approach to environmental stewardship, and can guide you to make printing decisions to decrease your carbon footprint and demonstrate your care for the environment. We will help you determine what’s more appropriate for your project. In most cases, the choice of a certified sustainable paper, product or printing won’t increase cost or timing.
Your sustainability efforts can be represented on printed projects through the use of the following logos that are endorsed by the certifying organizations.
SUSTAINABILITY
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FSC CERTIFIED
Products with a 100% FSC label come from forests certified as being in compliance with the environmental and social standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). FSC standards exclude illegally harvested timber, forests where high conservation values are threatened, genetically modified organisms, violation of people's civil and traditional rights, and wood from forests harvested for the purpose of converting the land to plantations or other non-forest use.
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SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE
Chain of Custody papers are certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative's Standards, contain recycled content and are located in the United States and Canada. Standards require compliance with local law and international treaties, long-term land tenure and use rights, appropriate and continuously updated management plans, and monitoring/assessment activities.
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GREEN ENERGY
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GREEN-E
Indicates use of certified renewable energy. Eligible sources of supply include solar electric, wind, geothermal, low-impact hydroelectric, biomass, biodiesel and hydrogen fuel cell technology. In many cases, paper manufacturers and printers have developed their own logos to specify the types of alternative energy used to manufacture the end product.
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CHEMICAL-FREE
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TCF TOTALLY CHLORINE FREE
Totally Chlorine Free (TCF) papers are certified by the Chlorine Free Products Association and do not use pulp produced with chlorine or chlorine containing compounds as bleaching agents. TCF is reserved for virgin fiber papers and need to be certified as total chlorine free and require a chain of custody for all fiber.
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