We at Grossman Marketing Group were honored and humbled this afternoon to learn that we are one of this year’s recipients of a Boston Business Journal green business award. The award will be presented at this year’s Green Business Summit, scheduled for Friday, May 15, at 7 am at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. We were [...]
Posts Tagged ‘green printing’
Grossman Marketing wins green business award from Boston Business Journal
Posted in PR, sustainability, tagged best practices, green printing, grossman marketing group, sustainability on April 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
WSJ: Interesting report on eco-logos and green marketing
Posted in External Resources, green printing, sustainability, tagged conscious consumers, Environmental Defense, FSC, green marketing, green printing, sustainability, Sustainable Marketing, wall street journal on April 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting report in Thursday’s issue titled: “As Eco-Seals Proliferate, So Do Doubts.” The article discusses how a number of unregulated organizations that purport to verify “green” product claims have sprouted up, which only makes buying these products even more confusing for businesses and consumers. Here are the two main [...]
Key findings from Direct Marketing Going Green panel
Posted in External Resources, PR, sustainability, tagged environment, FSC, going green, green printing, grossman marketing group, Renewable Energy, soy inks, sustainability, Sustainable Marketing, wind power on March 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
As I wrote before, I was on a panel titled “DM Going Green – Separating Fact and Fiction” on January 13. The session, which was organized by the New England Direct Marketing Association, was interesting and the conversation was lively. Floyd Kemske, who serves as Editor of NEDMA News and Creative Director at Amergent, wrote [...]
Excellent Green Design Newsletter
Posted in External Resources, green printing, paper, tagged green design, green printing, sustainability on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Graphic Design USA, a news magazine for graphic designers and creative professionals, publishes two e-newsletters per month. One of them is entirely focused on green design issues. Here’s a link to the latest issue. The newsletter is free and features a wide range of interesting news snippets about paper, industry trends, etc. It’s worth a [...]
Boston Business Journal article on my firm – It pays to be green
Posted in External Resources, PR, sustainability, tagged Boston Business Journal, environment, green printing, sustainability on January 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Boston Business Journal has been publishing quick focus pieces on specific Boston-area businesses and the efforts they are taking to remain resilient during the recession. My firm was pleased to be spotlighted. Below is the article that appears in the Friday, 1/9/09 edition of the newspaper (I am also including a link): **** Marketer: [...]
Best practices in green printing: using printed collateral to support your organizational mission
Posted in green printing, paper, Renewable Energy, tagged green marketing, green printing, new leaf, Renewable Energy, solar energy on October 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My firm does a fair amount of work for SkyFuel, a solar energy company headquartered in New Mexico. SkyFuel is a cutting-edge clean technology provider that has been recognized for their pioneering work in the renewable energy space. SkyFuel needs to disseminate their ideas in printed form at trade shows, investor presentations and other industry [...]
Best practices in green printing: quantifying the benefits of going green – part 2
Posted in green printing, sustainability, tagged Environmental Defense, green printing, League of Conservation Voters, Massachusetts Leagoe of Environmental Voters, quantify, transparency on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I frequently encourage clients as well as readers of my blog to be transparent about the environmental savings derived from “going green” with their marketing and communications. My firm works with the Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters (MLEV), whose mission is to advocate for sound environmental policies and to elect pro-environmental candidates who will adopt [...]
Sustainability becomes differentiator for colleges
Posted in Data/Report, sustainability, tagged green marketing, green printing, higher education, princeton review, sustainability on August 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I read a very interesting article in the Boston Globe last week, which discussed the rising tide of “green” initiatives at colleges and universities across the country. The article, titled “Not to be out-greened: Colleges grow more Earth-conscious to lure students,” focused on the increasing importance of universities’ environmental stewardship programs to college students, and [...]
Best practices in green printing: quantifying the benefits of going green
Posted in sustainability, tagged Cone Inc., Environmental Defense, green printing, Mohawk on July 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have written on a number of occasions about the importance of green business practices – both because they are good for the world around us as well as because they can be profit drivers for an organization. Once an organization has decided to adopt green practices, it is very important that they quantify the [...]
A focus on green printing
Posted in green printing, paper, tagged Environmental Defense, FSC, green marketing, green printing, paper, soy inks, wind power on June 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I work with a wide variety of clients to help them design and execute environmentally-friendly marketing campaigns. A principal component of these programs involves print (direct mail, sales literature, annual reports, etc). Over the last year, I have tried to distill a lot of what I have read and learned into 5 simple steps to [...]
