Proving Yourself in a Sustainable World

"When we started to measure," he continues," that's when we started to pick up steam. I would strongly encourage [printers] to measure the results of their efforts."

TLMI award

Spear received TLMI's "Best Practices in Environmental Leadership" award at the 2009 TLMI Annual Meeting. The award recognizes Spear for reducing its carbon footprint in every aspect of its business. TLMI's environmental awards have six categories including solid waste reduction, energy reduction, recycling projects, waste recovery, clean processing, and education. "When we looked at the actual award and how to apply, we realized that we have stuff that covers all six of those areas," says Muenzer. "So we actually submitted a plethora of items to justify the award."