Shepard Goes Beyond Event Production at SGIA Expo

Going green

One new step they have taken is to make their organization more environmentally friendly. “Shepard has utilized the Expo for quite a while to both research and source equipment for its printing operations,” says Kinter. “More importantly, their use of the show was highlighted in their conversations regarding sustainability in their operations. Shepard Exposition Group will be the first show service company to obtain certification from the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership Program (SGP) for all its printing locations. Using the SGIA Expo to research not only the equipment, but also the substrates and ink products, provides them access to a wide variety of exhibitors that support SGP as the benchmark for sustainability certification in the print industry.”

“Shepard is the first general service contractor to become SGP certified,” says Basch. “This will allow us to better serve our customers who are looking for sustainable sourcing for their events. It also allows us to better partner with the facilities we work in, as we all work to achieve our increasingly common sustainability goals.”

The certification was awarded just before SGIA Expo began, and, Kinter points out, SGIA is “walking the walk, using fully certified facilities for the entire Expo this year.”