Frank Sartor, NSW minister for climate change and the environment has announced the Sustainable Green Print – Energy Efficiency programme as part of a $2.2m boost to trades and professionals for energy efficiency training.

Under the Department of Climate Change, Environment and Water programme, printing industry businesses will receive free training to maximise energy efficiency and minimise their power bills.

Sartor says, “Employees who understand how to use energy more efficiently will help their businesses save power, money on bills and carbon pollution.”

Meanwhile, Philip Andersen, CEO of Printing Industries says the new programme will run in tandem with SGP and will provide the perfect opportunity for businesses to become focussed on energy consumption reduction.

He says, “The module will focus on energy usage within a company and provide staff with the knowledge and skills to conduct energy audits, establish energy efficiency objectives and targets and implement programs and systems to meet those targets,” he said.

Andersen continues, “It is very heartening to see that the credentials SGP is providing for printing companies was the major factor that influenced the NSW Government to fund this programme for our industry.”

The programme will be run in conjunction with Printing Industries’ training partners Applied Training Solutions and SD Environmental Management. A total of 10 companies have already expressed interest in joining the programme.

Also commenting, Ian Walz, national manager, learning and development at Printing Industries says funding is available for another 15 companies, so those interested should contact him as soon as possible.

Walz says, “For those yet to undertake SGP, this is a way of seeing how environmental considerations can improve your bottom line and for those who have completed SGP, it’s a great value-add.”

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