Ovid Bell Press - a major producer of publications
for the short- to mid-run market--is the latest printer to offer customers the
PrintReleaf certified reforestation service.
PrintReleaf permits Ovid Bell Press customers to optionally plant trees
equivalent to the paper used in their printing--thus decreasing the carbon
footprint of their purchase. Products
printed with PrintReleaf Certification bear the PrintReleaf logo, which enables
publishers and their readers to see details about the number and location of
trees planted on their behalf.
Announcing the PrintReleaf offering, David
O'Donley, Ovid Bell Press vice president of sales and marketing, said:
"Ovid Bell Press has long sought to protect the environment in our day-to-day
operations. Now, by adopting PrintReleaf
Certification, we offer our publishing customers the opportunity to help
replant forests that have been decimated around the world. Through the PrintReleaf software, customers
may choose from seven deserving forests in the United States, Mexico, Brazil,
the Dominican Republic, Ireland, India, and Madagascar."
Ovid Bell Press--a subsidiary of the Walsworth
Publishing Company based in Fulton, Missouri--has served the mid-range
publications market since 1924. Today
the company operates heatset web presses with in-line UV coating and offline
gloss or soft touch film lamination in a 100,000 square-foot plant in the
center of the United States. Ovid Bell
Press is G7 certified and produces digital versions of the magazines they
publish.
PrintReleaf creates a global sustainability
standard by certifiably guaranteeing to releaf the paper consumption of
PrintReleaf customers. PrintReleaf is
the only technology platform that measures customers' paper usage and
certifiably reforests that usage on an equivalent basis. The patented PrintReleaf technology not only
tracks paper consumption, but also monitors PrintReleaf reforestation partners
to ensure fulfillment. Market-leading
companies with a passion for the environment and a progressive concern for
advancing environmental stewardship, together with their customers, rely on
PrintReleaf to provide a nexus of partnerships involving forestry, technology,
and business.
