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FESPA Awards 2025 open for entries F
ESPA’S long standing awards programme returns in preparation to recognise industry leaders at the co-located FESPA Global Print Expo, European Sign Expo and Personalisation Experience in Berlin, taking place in May 2025. The competition is now open for submissions for specialist print providers and sign makers to showcase their most outstanding projects. The awards programme provides a platform for print and sign makers to highlight their latest and most
Entries are open for the 2025 FESPA Awards
significant achievements, forging a path to set new standards for the industry. FESPA’s head of association and technical lead, and one of the 2025 awards judges, Graeme Richardson-Locke, said: “Speaking
Industry rises to eco challenges at The Green & Sustainable Promo Show
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n June 11, suppliers and distributors came together for the second Green & Sustainable Promo Show at Leeds United’s Elland Road stadium.
With more than 50 key industry suppliers and brands exhibiting, the 2024 midseason The Green & Sustainable Promo Show exhibitions focused solely on the many sustainable, recycled, eco and green products released into the promotional merchandise and wearables marketplace this year.
The show gave everyone present a chance to share about the ever-increasing demand for greener products, and how the industry is rising to the challenge.
Among the local visitors were Jess Potter, account executive, and Meg Horrocks, senior account executive at Infinity Inc. Ms Potter said: “It’s nice to be able to put forward a product where you’ve got a sustainable option – you can show customers how nice these products really are.”
50 suppliers exhibited at The Green & Sustainable Promo Show
Suppliers attending the show also confirmed the growing demand for products with detailed and provable eco credentials.
The Green & Sustainable Promo Show is organised by The BIG Promotional Trade Show, an events business specialising in trade exhibitions, shows and associated events.
Ricoh named as top sustainable company of 2024 R
icoh has been recognised in the TIME World’s Most Sustainable Companies of 2024 list.
The company ranked 151st overall and 8th out of 39 in the Electronics, Hardware & Equipment industry sector. The ranking assessed over 5,000 companies, which were assessed
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through a four-step process that included; exclusion of companies that did not meet sustainability criteria, public commitment to sustainable targets, publication of an ESG report with data for 2022 and use of relevant guidelines, and environmental and social key performance indicators.
on behalf of the judges, we all hope to be surprised by new levels of technical excellence and clear evidence that the entry has been created with the greatest care, reflecting the professional standards that we’ve seen over many years. “For entries this year, we’re interested in seeing the use of appropriate and sustainable materials, reflecting the wider industry’s goal of reducing its environmental impact.”
• For the full list of categories visit
www.fespaawards.com
Print industry’s young talent celebrated at the Printing Charity’s Rising Stars Awards
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he Printing Charity’s annual celebration of award-winning young industry talent took place at the House of Lords on July 4. Hosted by Printing Charity 2024 president Baroness Morgan of Cotes, the event celebrated the 61 outstanding winners of this year’s awards, drawn from the print, paper, packaging, graphics and publishing sectors, the newest members of the Rising Star constellation. Printing Charity CEO, Neil Lovell, said: “The Rising Star Awards act as a bellwether for the industry, with the courses applied for often indicating print’s direction of travel, with ambitious, committed emerging talent looking to develop the skillsets they know will help them grow in their careers.”
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