GREEN: It’s the Right Thing to Do
From the Public Printer
I’d like to share with you some excerpts from U.S. Public Printer Robert Tapella’s keynote speech on January 24, during The Business of Green Media Conference at California Polytechnic State University.
Tapella stated: “Executive Order 13423, signed by President Bush last January, calls for environmental sustainability and puts forward a single vision. This order consolidated and strengthened five executive orders and two memorandums of understanding and established new and updated goals, practices and reporting requirements for environmental, energy and transportation performance and accountability. The Office of the Environmental Executive, which reports to the President, was given not just policy responsibility, but authority to grade the success of each executive branch agency on their sustainable environmental stewardship.
Vic Nathan Barkin has more than 35 years of experience in the printing, paper and wood products industries and currently owns a consulting practice specializing in business development, workflow, and technology implementation, focusing on “Green Procurement and Production” practices. Vic is a QMS Lead Auditor certified to ISO 9001:2008 standards, is a consultant for the Rainforest Alliance as an FSC Chain of Custody and Controlled Wood senior auditor, is an FSC, SFI and PEFC lead auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers and SGS North America, and has engaged in more than 700 site assessments and audits.
