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HISTORY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRINTING AWARDS  The inaugural Environmental Printing Awards was held in February 2006 and featured Dr. David Suzuki as the keynote speaker. To an audience of more than 250 people, Dr. Suzuki spoke about the importance of reducing humanity’s impact on the environment and emphasized how conservation can coexist with business practices.
The night’s attendees also saw seven companies take home awards for their innovation in reducing environmental impact in their operations. Awards were presented to the following companies:
Environmental Innovator
JETRION LLC (FLINT GROUP) for its inkjet ink development; low VOC continuous inkjet ink and HAPs-free wide-format inkjet ink. Community Environmental Involvement (Gold)
ST. JOSEPH COMMUNICATIONS for its Partners in Growth program.
Community Environmental Involvement (Silver)
HEMLOCK PRINTERS for its Off Cuts for Charity program. Most Environmentally Friendly Corporation or Vendor in Canada (Gold)
HEWLETT-PACKARD CANADA.
Most Environmentally Friendly Printing Company in Canada (1-49 Employees) (Gold)
THISTLE PRINTING. Most Environmentally Friendly Printing Company in Canada (50+ Employees) (Gold)
HEMLOCK PRINTERS.
Best Environmental Printing Project (Gold)
WARREN’S IMAGING for the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Viewbook. Best Environmental Printing Project (Silver)
THISTLE PRINTING for its Greenpeace Canada magazine. Best New Environmental Process (Gold)
HARRIS PRINTING for its installation of Agfa Azura chemistry-free technology.
YEAR TWO  The second annual Environmental Printing Awards was held in February 2007. The event featured the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, named as Canada's greenest Prime Minister. Renowned Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky presented an environmental-themed multimedia photo presentation during the event.
A total of 29 awards were presented across 11 categories for the evening. Below are the winning individuals and companies and their respective categories.
Environmental Innovator
Silver: Larry Warren, Warren’s Imaging & Dryography Inc.
Bronze: John Piggott, EcoSafe Environmental Community Involvement
Gold: Canon Canada Inc., The Canon Envirothon
Silver: St. Joseph Communications, Partners in Growth Most Progressive Environmental Process (Vendor)
Gold: Fujifilm Canada Inc., Pro-T technology
Silver: EFI, BioVu Ink
Bronze: Agfa Canada Inc., Thermofuse technology
Bronze: Cascades Inc., Fine Papers Group, BioGas Energy
Most Progressive Environmental Process (Printer)
Gold: DistribuTech Inc., Dox Returns Application
Silver: Warren's Imaging & Dryography Inc., Waterless printing
Bronze: Transcontinental Inc., VOC-free Initiative Most Environmentally Progressive Print Consumer in Canada
Gold: Mountain Equipment Co-op
Silver: Quarto Communications, explore Magazine
Most Progressive Environmental Printing Project
Gold: Hemlock Printers Ltd., Holiday Gift Wrap Set
Silver: Warren’s Imaging & Dryography Inc., WWF Case for a Living Planet
Bronze: JBR La Maison du Papier, JBR Environmental Guide
Bronze: Webcom Inc., The Red Pages 2006/2007 Most Progressive Environmental Packaging Project
Gold: Farnell Packaging Ltd.
Most Environmentally Progressive Vendor in Canada
Gold: Cascades Inc.
Silver: HP Canada Inc. Most Environmentally Progressive Printer in Canada (1 to 49 employees)
Gold: Taylor Label Inc.
Silver: Colormark Ltd.
Bronze: Skytone Printing & Graphics Ltd.
Most Environmentally Progressive Printer in Canada (50 to 100 employees)
Silver: Informco Inc.
Bronze: Maracle Press Ltd. Most Environmentally Progressive Printer in Canada (100-plus employees)
Gold: Hemlock Printers Ltd.
Silver: The Lowe-Martin Group
Bronze: St. Joseph Communications
YEAR THREE  The third annual Environmental Printing Awards was held in February 2008. The event featured renowned diplomat Stephen Lewis.
A total of 43 awards were presented across 16 categories for the evening. Below are the winning individuals and companies and their respective categories.
Environmental Innovator
Gold: CEO, Forest Stewardship Council Canada, Antony Marcil
Environmental Community Involvement
Gold: HP Canada
Silver: Canon Canada
Bronze: St. Joseph Communications Most Progressive Environmental Process, vendor
Gold: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen
Silver: Enviro Image Solutions (Metropolitan Fine Printers)
Bronze: Komori Corporation
Most Progressive Environmental Process, printer
Silver: Jones Packaging
Silver: CardPak
Bronze: C.J. Graphics Most Environmentally Progressive Print Consumer in Canada
Gold: Wildfire Publishing
Most Environmentally Progressive Vendor in Canada
Gold: Enviro Image Solutions (Metropolitan Fine Printers)
Silver: Cascades Fine Papers
Silver: Tembec
Bronze: Sun Chemical Most Progressive Environmental Packaging Project
Gold: Farnell Packaging Ltd.
Most Environmentally Progressive Vendor in Canada
Gold: Enviro Image Solutions (Metropolitan Fine Printers)
Silver: Cascades Fine Papers
Silver: Tembec
Bronze: Sun Chemical Most Progressive Environmental Printing Project, offset
Gold: Metropolitan Fine Printers
Silver: Flash Reproductions
Silver: The Lowe-Martin Group
Bronze: Parker Pad & Printing
Most Progressive Environmental Printing Project, digital
Gold: Kempenfelt Graphics Group
Silver: Parker Pad & Printing
Bronze: Gilmore Global
Most Progressive Environmental Packaging Project, flexible
Bronze: Farnell Packaging Most Progressive Environmental Packaging Project, rigid
Gold: CardPak
Silver: Grafikom
Bronze: C.J. Graphics Most Environmentally Progressive Printer in Canada, 1 to 49 employees
Gold: Taylor Label
Silver: Warren’s Waterless Printing
Bronze: Accell Graphics
Most Environmentally Progressive Printer in Canada, 50 to 100 employees
Gold: Informco
Silver: Patient News Publishing
Bronze: Colour Innovations Most Environmentally Progressive Printer in Canada, 100+ employees
Gold: The Lowe-Martin Group
Gold: Hemlock Printers
Silver: St. Joseph Communications
Most Progressive Environmental Product
Gold: Sun Chemical
Silver: Taylor Label
Bronze: Majestic Inkjet
YEAR FOUR On February 12, 2009, PrintAction was proud to host the fourth annual Environmental Printing Awards at the Eglinton Grand in Toronto. The event's featured speaker was Forest Ethics' Tzeporah Berman. Below are the winners for this year's awards. Environmental Innovator
Gold: Nicole Rycroft, Markets Initiative Environmental Community Involvement
Gold: St. Joseph Communications, Partners in Growth program
Most Environmentally Progressive Manufacturing Process, Vendor
Gold: Hewlett-Packard Canada, Closed-loop plastic recycling system
Silver: Cascades, Carbon emissions plan Most Environmentally Progressive Product or Service, Vendor
Gold: Hewlett-Packard, HP Designjet L65500 with HP Latex Inks
Silver: Agfa, GreenWorks program Most Environmentally Progressive Product or Service, Printer
Gold: Colour Innovations, www.colourinnovations.com Most Environmentally Progressive Print Consumer in Canada
Gold: Town Media, Paper supply policy Most Environmentally Progressive Vendor in Canada
Gold: Hewlett-Packard Canada
Silver: Unisource Canada Most Progressive Environmental Printing Project, sheetfed offset
Gold: Metropolitan Fine Printers, Wilderness calendar
Silver: C.J. Graphics Inc., Tree Portraits
Bronze: RP Graphics Group, Coast Paper environmental promotion Most Progressive Printing Project, electrophotography
Gold: The Lowe-Martin Group, Not Just An Invitation
Silver: Colour Innovations Inc., Environmental self-promotion brochure
Bronze: The Lowe-Martin Group, The Cooperators Most Progressive Environmental Printing project, web offset
Gold: Dollco Printing, Canadian Geographic, wheat sheet Most Environmentally Progressive Printer in Canada, 1-49 Employees
Silver: Taylor Label Most Environmentally Progressive Printer in Canada, 50-100 Employees
Gold: Colour Innovations
Silver: C.J. Graphics
Silver: Gilmore Printing Services
Bronze: Patient News Publishing Most Environmentally Progressive Printer in Canada, 100+ Employees
Gold: The Lowe-Martin Group
Gold: Hemlock Printers Ltd.
Silver: Webcom Inc.
Bronze: Farnell Packaging
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