Sustainability Is Here To Stay - Page 15 of 15

By Gary Jones

In addition, you need to go public. Making a public statement as to the direction you wish to take lends a strong degree of accountability to your efforts. This is also known as development of a Sustainable Management Policy. When developing this policy statement, it is recommended that you consider including the following elements:

A statement emphasizing the facility’s commitment to compliance with environmental, health, and safety requirements.
Indication of the facility’s commitment to continuous improvement — including areas not subject to regulation — that addresses your operation and the products produced.
A commitment to pollution prevention that emphasizes source reduction, reuse, and recycling.
A method and commitment to sharing information on sustainability performance with external stakeholders.

Once developed, post your policy on your website and share with your employees, suppliers, and customer base. This is your public commitment to the sustainability journey. Understand that the journey is a continuous one, as we are only at the beginning of the new circular economy and we will see many changes along the path.

We Are Here to Help

If you need help developing a plan, you can access a team of experts at PRINTING United Alliance that will provide you with specific resources to address your business operation’s unique needs. Members of PRINTING United Alliance have access to additional exclusive resources. For more information on how we can help, or to become a member of PRINTING United Alliance, visit sgia.org.

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Gary A. Jones is the director of environmental, health and safety (EHS) affairs at PRINTING United Alliance in Fairfax, VA. His primary responsibility is to monitor and analyze EHS regulatory activities at all domestic and some international government levels. He provides representation on behalf of the printing and specialty graphic imaging industry. In doing so, Mr. Jones works closely with the federal and state-level Environmental Protection Agencies (EPA), Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA), Department of Transportation (DOT), and other agencies. He also provides membership assistance on EHS compliance and sustainability programs through a variety of approaches including responding to inquiries, presentations, writing, and consulting services.

Mr. Jones is also supporting PRINTING United Alliance’s efforts for the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP). SGP is dedicated to assisting printing operations respond to the customer demand for sustainable printing.

He holds a BS in biology from LaRoche College and an MS in chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh.