The Copenhagen Communiqué has been signed by over 800 global companies and organisations, including power conglomerates, financial institutions, airlines, general industrials and world brands.

The PrintCity Alliance says its members are focused on promoting the value of print, at the same time as achieving high levels of printing and packaging industry efficiency in the areas of sustainability, energy and the environment.

An Alliance statement outlines, “Climate change issues have a direct coherence with the ongoing work that we, as a leading world alliance in the graphic arts, are undertaking to improve the environmental understanding & efficiency of our entire industry.”

In recent years the PrintCity Alliance membership has been sharing knowledge under their combined ‘Connection of Competence’ in this area. Highlights are:

• Sustainability, Energy & Environment Special Report, 2008

• Carbon Footprint & Energy Efficiency, 2010 – an initiative to analyse and give guidance on how to measure and use Carbon Footprints, as a catalyst for improved process efficiency & environmental performance. A PrintCity best practice guide will be published by mid 2010

PrintCity has encouraged all interested organisations to join it in signing the Copenhagen Communiqué to assist in the process of making positive world change on climate issues.

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