Schawk Establishes an Environmental Sustainability Team
April 2007
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DES PLAINES, Ill.—Schawk, Inc. recently announced its commitment to environmental sustainability and has established a global environmental sustainability team to drive progress forward for the benefit of its clients, employees, and the communities in which it operates around the world.
“Schawk acts in accordance with the belief that its actions as an organization must be aligned with its philosophy of being a good corporate citizen,” said David A. Schawk, president and chief executive officer. “We have established a global environmental sustainability team to bring greater focus to our efforts on behalf of our clients, employees, and local communities. We are committed to discovering innovative new ways in which to deliver on this promise.”
The Schawk commitment to environmental sustainability includes seven pledges:
• Ensuring that its operations all over the world continue to use clean production technologies and follow best practices for environmental protection.
• Providing goods and services to its clients that enable them as brand owners and retailers to meet and exceed both regulatory and proprietary environmental initiatives.
• Building and nurturing collaborative relationships with its clients, suppliers, product and service collaborators, and industry associations to enable a swift and intelligent exchange of environmental solutions.
• Helping its clients streamline their brand development workflows through better use of best practice workflows, technology, enhanced materials selection, and source reduction.
• Leveraging its knowledge and experience to innovate new services and solutions that drive environmentally friendly brand development thinking forward.
• Nurturing the climate of innovation inside the company that makes great leaps forward possible.
• Creating a healthy environment in the communities in which we live and work, and to the world community as well.
“Schawk operates every day with the understanding that the products it generates, the counsel it provides to its clients, and the decisions it makes about operating practices impact our environment,” said A. Alex Sarkisian, executive vice president and chief operating officer. “As an industry leader, we believe that being environmentally responsible requires a shift in consciousness. We are working to ignite this shift internally because we believe that environmental responsibility and corporate profitability will increasingly work together as more industries learn that nature “works” for both sustainability and the bottom line. We have, are, and will continue this practice as a matter of conscience and culture, not regulation.”
On the premedia services side of its business, Schawk’s flexographic platemaking system is a closed loop system, meaning that solvents used in the process are captured and recycled and not discharged. The company’s gravure cylinder-making process is 100 percent electrostatic, eliminating the need to use chemical pellets to coat cylinders. All the company’s plates and cylinders are digitally engraved, eliminating the need for solvent-based chemicals. Additionally, Schawk’s color and print management services help to reduce paper and substrate waste while improving speed.
“Schawk acts in accordance with the belief that its actions as an organization must be aligned with its philosophy of being a good corporate citizen,” said David A. Schawk, president and chief executive officer. “We have established a global environmental sustainability team to bring greater focus to our efforts on behalf of our clients, employees, and local communities. We are committed to discovering innovative new ways in which to deliver on this promise.”
The Schawk commitment to environmental sustainability includes seven pledges:
• Ensuring that its operations all over the world continue to use clean production technologies and follow best practices for environmental protection.
• Providing goods and services to its clients that enable them as brand owners and retailers to meet and exceed both regulatory and proprietary environmental initiatives.
• Building and nurturing collaborative relationships with its clients, suppliers, product and service collaborators, and industry associations to enable a swift and intelligent exchange of environmental solutions.
• Helping its clients streamline their brand development workflows through better use of best practice workflows, technology, enhanced materials selection, and source reduction.
• Leveraging its knowledge and experience to innovate new services and solutions that drive environmentally friendly brand development thinking forward.
• Nurturing the climate of innovation inside the company that makes great leaps forward possible.
• Creating a healthy environment in the communities in which we live and work, and to the world community as well.
“Schawk operates every day with the understanding that the products it generates, the counsel it provides to its clients, and the decisions it makes about operating practices impact our environment,” said A. Alex Sarkisian, executive vice president and chief operating officer. “As an industry leader, we believe that being environmentally responsible requires a shift in consciousness. We are working to ignite this shift internally because we believe that environmental responsibility and corporate profitability will increasingly work together as more industries learn that nature “works” for both sustainability and the bottom line. We have, are, and will continue this practice as a matter of conscience and culture, not regulation.”
On the premedia services side of its business, Schawk’s flexographic platemaking system is a closed loop system, meaning that solvents used in the process are captured and recycled and not discharged. The company’s gravure cylinder-making process is 100 percent electrostatic, eliminating the need to use chemical pellets to coat cylinders. All the company’s plates and cylinders are digitally engraved, eliminating the need for solvent-based chemicals. Additionally, Schawk’s color and print management services help to reduce paper and substrate waste while improving speed.
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