You spend a substantial amount of time and money each year producing printed material.

You’d like to say you are sustainability focused and are reducing your carbon footprint.

How can your print output be produced more efficiently to save both time and money AND reduce your carbon footprint?

When it comes to print and publishing there is far more to it than simply specifying a recycled paper. During this course we examine the entire print production supply chain from concept through to delivery, investigate the technologies and options available and challenge some long-held assumptions.

Through analysis and practical examples we will show you how to:

• reduce your carbon footprint
• save time and reduce wastage
• maximise resources
• rationalise and transform your production system
• SAVE MONEY.

This is a practical course, with plenty of exercises throughout, ensuring that you’ll really be able to implement everything you learn.

Programme

• Planning
  • Media: print, internet, or CD-Rom
  • Target audience
  • Message
  • Format
  • Extent
  • Run-length (getting the numbers right – wastage and reprinting)
  • Schedule
  • Management systems
  • Progressing
  • Proofing
• Design and pre-press production
  • Copywriting – getting the key messages across without wastage
  • Design and artwork – impact on subsequent processes
  • Potential problems and how to avoid them (people and technology)
  • "Auditing" your marketing and communications output
• Materials
  • Consumables required for a publication – ink, paper, solvents, water, electricity, recycling
  • Choosing "greener" paper – the options
• Printing and finishing processes – how to choose
• Consumables – their use and re-use
  • Solvents and water management
  • Ink
  • Plates
  • Recycling
  • Reducing, repairing and re-using
• ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 and other environmental accreditations

Your tutors
Phil Harris has over 20 years’ experience as a production director and print-buyer. During the 80s and 90s he gained experience in London, working with design agencies, leading magazine groups and book publishers. Since his move to Bath to form Impact Publishing in 2001, Phil has been involved in environmental book publishing as well as providing contract publishing and consultancy services to a variety of clients. Impact have become leading advocates of ‘greening the supply chain’ a policy evolved to deliver budget efficiencies and improved environmental credentials.

Norman Faulkner MSc MIP3 has over 15 years’ experience working with many of the UK’s leading print and paper suppliers. He is a qualified estimator and Lloyds accredited auditor, has worked extensively in the print trade and is currently the Chairman of Print Forum Wales. Recent consultancy includes providing technical and environmental advice to Cambrian Printers enabling them to achieve ISO14001 and Green Dragon environmental status and a string of industrial awards.

Note that most of our open courses can also be run as in company events.

Send details of this course to a colleague.

Dates: 4 December 2008

Price: £349+VAT (a number of discounts are available).

Venue: The Publishing Training Centre in Wandsworth, London (see a map and a list of local hotels).

Make a provisional booking on Greening the Supply Chain