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©Copyright 2012 B Lab. All rights reservedAbout SEEDS
SEEDS is a green printing company comprised of environmentally conscious, creative professionals with years of experience in the fields of printing, design, marketing, writing and editing, and world-class customer service. It offers start-to-finish design consultation and production, for corporate marketing materials, books, catalogs, magazine publications, and small-business collateral material. The company is continually educating itself on the latest technologies of environmental printing and advancements in its fields and seeking ways to improve its Eco-friendly printer services.
The values advanced by B Lab and B Corporations are ones that are important to us and also to our stakeholders. By becoming a B Corporation, we are better able to broadcast our commitment to those values and hopefully set an example of social and environmental responsibility in our community.
SEEDS offers environmentally friendly green printing services from initial concept to final delivery and distribution. SEEDS can assist any company, big or small, with every aspect of any printing project-and does it in a way that is environmentally friendly and cost effective. The company has an eclectic team of passionate, multi-talented professionals including leading-edge graphic and web designers, award-winning editors, marketing wizards, and mail fulfillment and delivery specialists.
The Change We Seek®
SEEDS is committed to have everyone—especially those who are already environmentally conscious—use only 100% Eco-friendly production for all their green printing, and to have each project it does be as cost-effective, efficient, joyful, creative, and beautiful as possible.
• The company uses state-of-the-art facilities and materials, including tree-free stocks, 100% recycled materials, and non-toxic soy inks and water-based inks and coatings.
• By 2010 SEEDS seeks to have all environmentally conscious individuals and companies in the US printing, packaging, and marketing with 100% Eco-friendly printing and packaging materials, and to create a cooperative green printing facility in the US that is completely off the grid.
• By 2015 SEEDS hopes to have all printing in the US be environmental printing, and to have three off-the-grid green printing facilities in the US, one each in the western, eastern, and central parts of the country.
SEEDS Printing
- Industry: Office Products & Printing
- Product/Services: Printing
- Location: Pittsburgh, PA
- Ownership: Private
- http://www.seedsgreenprinting.com/
Summary:
Certified: July 2009| Points Earned | % Points Available | |
|---|---|---|
| Accountability » | 12.7 | 70% |
| Employees » | 26 | 61% |
| Consumers » | 38.6 | 76% |
| Community » | 15.3 | 33% |
| Environment » | 35 | 83% |
| Composite B Score | 127.6 |
- >80 out of 200 is eligible for certification
- >60% points available = Area of excellence
Highlights:
From B Impact AssessmentEnvironment: >75% office supplies come from recycled materials, >50% carbon inventory offset, >25% renewable energy use, % of renewable energy use increased annually, Bi-annual per unit waste reduction
Employees: 100% of employees reimbursed for continuing education, 100% of facilities handicapped accessible, All employees paid a living wage, 6+ weeks maternity leave
Community: >50% ownership in same community as 2/3 of workforce, >40% expenditures directed toward local suppliers, >15% suppliers from low-income communities, >10% net profits given to charitable organizations, >40% employees are women, >20% of employees from low-income communities