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 Regulation guidance: Extended Producer Responsibility
Business Advice

Regulation guidance: Extended Producer Responsibility

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is now in effect. What does it mean for those in the print industry? Sustainability consultant Rachel England outlines everything you need to know.

23-04-2025
 FESPA in Portugal: imagining a world without print is impossible
People in Print

FESPA in Portugal: imagining a world without print is impossible

This year’s Apigraf conference focused on sustainability and showcased print's importance beyond books.

23-04-2025
Regulation guidance: Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
Business Advice

Regulation guidance: Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is now in effect, but with further changes on the horizon, what does it mean for printers? Sustainability consultant Rachel England outlines everything you need to know and talks to Apigraf about how your business may be affected.

24-03-2025
Supported learning for next-gen printers
Tomorrow's World

Supported learning for next-gen printers

FESPA UK is providing an inclusive professional future for young people with disabilities within the wide format print sector.

24-03-2025
Regulation guidance: Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles
Business Advice

Regulation guidance: Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles

What is the Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles, what does it include and what does the print industry need to consider now to get ahead of compliance? Sustainability communications specialist Rachel England outlines the key facts.

24-02-2025
Lightfastness, climate change and the Blue Wool Scale
Business Advice

Lightfastness, climate change and the Blue Wool Scale

UV light fades and degrades printed products over time. And the problem is only going to get worse as global warming increases.

24-02-2025
Regulation guidance: Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition
Business Advice

Regulation guidance: Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition

What is the Empowering Consumers Directive, when does it start and how will it affect the print industry? Environmental journalist Rachel England outlines everything you need to know for your business.

24-01-2025
Regulation guidance: deforestation and EUDR
Business Advice

Regulation guidance: deforestation and EUDR

What is the upcoming European Union Deforestation Regulation, when does it come into force and how will it affect the print industry? Sustainability specialist Rachel England outlines everything you need to know.

16-12-2024
What is the practical value of AI for printers today?
Business Advice

What is the practical value of AI for printers today?

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been one of the most talked-about technologies of the last few years, and for good reason. But as expectations begin to be tempered, printers are starting to ask: what is the real, practical value of AI today?

16-12-2024
How to spot false green claims
How to Guides

How to spot false green claims

Common deceptive green claims and how to uncover them.

25-11-2024
How to use Porter’s Five Forces model for risk management
How to Guides

How to use Porter’s Five Forces model for risk management

Porter’s Five Forces is a simple model that can help you to plan strategically for business success now and in the future.

25-11-2024
Steve Lister: a practical guide to making green claims
Business Advice

Steve Lister: a practical guide to making green claims

Sustainability and print consultant Steve Lister describes how printers can avoid accusations of greenwashing.

21-10-2024
Does digital marketing really work better than print marketing?
Business Advice

Does digital marketing really work better than print marketing?

As the popularity of digital marketing continues to rise, is there still a place for print marketing in an increasingly online world? We look at whether digital marketing works better than print, or vice versa.

21-10-2024
Digital signage boosts OOH advertising
Tomorrow's World

Digital signage boosts OOH advertising

Rapidly changing digital screens in high streets and transport networks can reach more customers.

21-10-2024
Bernd Zipper at Zipcon: AI, e-commerce and the new DNA of print
People in Print

Bernd Zipper at Zipcon: AI, e-commerce and the new DNA of print

Club FESPA Online speaks to Bernd Zipper – one of the leading consultants for the transforming print industry – and ask him what the future holds.

21-10-2024
FESPA Finland: leaders in sustainable printing
People in Print

FESPA Finland: leaders in sustainable printing

Minna Pettersson, Executive Director of FESPA Finland – along with Laura Makelin at Grano and Jari Martovaara from Punamusta – discuss the state of the wide format industry in the world-leading nation for sustainability.

21-10-2024
Watching out for greenwashing
Business Advice

Watching out for greenwashing

In the face of legislation designed to prevent greenwashing, Two Sides tells us why printing businesses should take care to be honest and open about their practices.

24-09-2024
How to avoid carbon offsetting and stay sustainable
How to Guides

How to avoid carbon offsetting and stay sustainable

We look at the issue of greenwashing – especially in light of the changing status of carbon offsetting – to determine how print businesses can stay truthful.

24-09-2024