Sustainable Packaging

Mission:

"Established in 1996, Design & Source Productions provides innovative solutions for your corporate identity. We develop, design, produce and deliver creative packaging, private label and branded items.
Our commitment to sustainability led us to establish an entire division devoted to providing our customers with the most advanced, eco-friendly alternatives available. Chameleon Packaging – once an outgrowth of a budding interest in making small but gratifying changes – has become a global resource of thoroughly researched materials with exciting and practical applications.
Our headquarters are based in New York City and are 100% wind-powered! We also have offices in Miami, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Guangzhou,China.
Design & Source is a Certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise and we are members of organizations such as C-TPAT (Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism), BSR (Business for Social Responsibility), and the SPC (Sustainable Packaging Coalition). In 2008 Design & Source was the proud recipient of the Best Green Business Award by The New York Enterprise Report.
We’re all familiar with the basic ‘R’ words . . .Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renew, Rethink. We’d like to add another one: Ready! Because now is the time to put into practice all of the good information we’ve learned. Transparency is critical to our business practices as we recognize there are pros and cons to every material and application. We provide the assistance for you to consider the entire lifecycle, prioritize your values and provide accountability to your customers.
As you look through the pages we hope you’ll find much to inspire you to support innovation and sustainable markets. We look forward to your questions and comments and to collaborating with you."

Packaging and logistics company with a sustainability sensitivity

Supply Chain Logistics Solutions, Fulfillment Warehouses, Green Transportation & Technology - CaseStack

Packaging and logistics company with a sustainability sensitivity

Green washing

Eco-Buyer Beware - TIME

A brief article published this week in Time magazine summarzing about green-washing - making environmental claims that can be misleading or false.

The Greenwashing Index lets readers review and rate ads based on their validity:

Terrachoice
lists the six sins of greenwashing on their website. The first is the sin of the Hidden Trade-Off - e.g. paper (including household tissue, paper towel and copy paper): “Okay, this product comes from a sustainably harvested forest, but what are the impacts of its milling and transportation? Is the manufacturer also trying to reduce those impacts?” Emphasizing one environmental issue isn’t a problem (indeed, it often makes for better communications). The problem arises when hiding a trade-off between environmental issues. This would be especially relevant with Rain Forest Relief's sustainable harvets program

Please read the sites and think of a couple of questions for Tim Keating in preparation for tomorrow's visit by Rain Forest Relief.