Sustainability Spotlight - environmental best practice advice for your business
Sustainability Spotlight is an ongoing feature that is presented at FESPA Global Print Expo which showcases a wide range of sustainable and environmentally responsible graphics and textile material samples.
The stand is built of innovative, sustainable materials and during FESPA Global Print Expo 2023, this stand achieved 10 times lower reduction in the carbon footprint. Sustainability Spotlight feature will return at FESPA Global Print Expo 2024, from 19th - 22nd March 2024 at the RAI Amsterdam in Netherlands. For more information please visit: https://www.fespaglobalprintexpo.com/welcome In addition, Sustainability Spotlight offers informative and actionable advice around environmental best practice to enable businesses to make more sustainable and environmentally friendly decisions for their business. FESPA speaks to industry experts about sustainability where you can discover business opportunities to reduce, reuse and recycle materials and improve your knowledge. Discover this useful content here: https://www.fespa.com/en/sustainabilityspotlight
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Sustainability in Production Print: Advancing Practices in Wide Format, Textiles, and Software
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Why must the print industry recognise software and material innovation
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