Congratulations to 2009 PNEAC Publication of the Year Award Winners

Winners of the PNEAC Publication of the Year Awards were announced and honored at the Printer’s NEHS conference in Indianapolis. Congratulations to the following winners:

Periodicals/Book/Research Report Category
Winner: Flexo magazine, Flexographic Technical Association, for a 4-edition, year-long series focused on environmentally sustainable printing.

Article/Fact Sheet/Case Study Category
Winner: Paul Jakubski, Dow Jones & Company
for the article, “Calculating and Reducing Your Carbon Footprint,” published in the June 2008 edition of GATF World.

Nominations for the award were strong again this year. PNEAC sincerely thanks and commends all who participated in either preparing nominations or authoring nominated publications.

The PNEAC Publication of the Year Award seeks to honor the best and most significant journal article, fact sheet, report or book on the subject of pollution prevention in the printing industry.

Deb Jacobson, of the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center and Director of PNEAC, said, “PNEAC is extremely pleased to recognize the excellent contributions each of the two winning publications has made to advance the practice of green, sustainable practices within the printing industry. Judges were impressed with how each of the winning publications provided clear, practical guidance for printers seeking to improve environmental performance to meet marketplace, cost and regulatory challenges.”