Secretary & Vice Chair Technical
VP, Government & Business Information - PRINTING United Alliance
Founding Member
Director, Environmental, Health and Safety Affairs - PRINTING United Alliance
Treasurer
Principal - D2 Advisory Group, Inc. /Consultant - Flexographic Technical Association
Vice Chair Technology
Director of Regulatory Affairs and Technology - National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers
The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership idea came to fruition during the 2007 National Environmental Health & Safety Conference. Key representatives in the printing industry, Marci Kinter, Gary Jones, and Doreen Monteleone, were intrigued by Walmart’s intention to develop a more sustainable supply chain. Such an initiative would have major implications in the print and packaging world, which led each to return to their respective trade associations to address sustainable print.
Soon joining the three original cohorts was George Fuchs, who represented the ink manufacturing industry. The group identified the need to define sustainability for the print and packaging industry, determine how it would affect the overall print buying community and supply chain and craft a certification program to benchmark success.
A stakeholder meeting was called to order, and the Sustainable Green Partnership was officially formed in 2008. From this initial meeting, the group defined the ideal sustainability goals for a print facility. These were:
A task force was created to set the criteria and evaluation process that would eventually become the SGP Certification process. In 2008, SGP introduced its first certified SGP Facilities.
Today, there are Sustainable Green Partnership certified facilities in 36 states and 6 provinces. Global brands rely on these facilities to adhere to the strict standards and uphold the best practices put forth by SGP to further the cause of sustainability in printing and packaging for the future.
