ArtSystems Environmental Developments for 2009 and Corporate Social Responsibilities

Company Infrastructure

Environmental Management System (EMS)
At the core of our objectives is the implementation of an Environmental Management System to enable continual assessment of our environmental strengths and weaknesses, and to identify and manage significant impacts; using these as a benchmarks for improvements. We aim to save money by increasing efficiency, and ensuring we are complying with environmental legislation. Our EMS will help us manage all our resources.

ISO14001
We aim to prove to our channel partners that we are committed to meeting our environmental responsibilities by having our EMS certified through ISO140001. A key ongoing objective of ISO certification is progressive improvement and ArtSystems aims to implement continuous change through consistent measurement and monitoring of the EMS program. We plan to be ISO14001 certified by the end of 2009.

Product Development

Chain of Custody
ArtSystems is Chain of Custody certified to distribute FSC and PEFC approved medias into the digital print market. As global brands and major advertisers increase demand for 'green-print', the upsurge in demand means print service providers must be able to offer environmentally sound print solutions. ArtSystems is growing in order to support and drive the changes within the industry.

Product Portfolio
Environmentally sound medias are only part of the issue that needs to be addressed in order to truly prove to be a resource economical company. An organisation will be aiming therefore to provide a quantifiably energy efficient service based on all resources used - encompassing hardware, consumables and peripheral services in order to determine a total environmental impact. Additionally, Life cycle assessment data will become integral to the purchase decision making process as companies implement environmental and resource efficiencies strategies. ArtSystems is developing its product portfolio with the environment in mind, offering products with realistic ecological benefits, which will be highlighted as major selling points for the product in additional to traditional key selling points. New 'green' search mechanisms will be added to our e-commerce website enabling channel partners to make informed choices and meet the requirements of tenders.

Channel Partner Development

Website Development
Environmentally focused web-pages will be populated with green search mechanisms, products will clearly indicate their environmental credentials and awards; vital information for use by channel partners will be included in highlighted pages. As our expertise increases, Q3 and Q4 of 2009 will see significant developments as we begin to product a growing knowledge base and new services to assist channel partners develop their own green credentials.

Vendor partnerships
Resellers and print service providers play a key part in driving change within the industry as they face the changes demanded by end-users. Using our relationships with vendors, ArtSystems are continually escalating this data with environmental focus back to them as we encourage the development of cradle to cradle design philosophies.