12/17/2025
Industry Leaders Unite to Launch the 'Sustainable Print Manifesto'
Source: WhatTheyTh!nk, December 5, 2025
A unified sustainability framework, created by and for the global print industry, to advance responsible print production, use and end-of-life recycling
An industry-wide working group today announces the launch of the ‘Sustainable Print Manifesto’, an independently developed, industry-wide initiative created to provide a simple, practical and universally relevant framework to increase sustainability across all print sectors.
The project is grounded in the belief that the print industry must collaborate more, not less, if it is to accelerate progress. Today, too many sustainability efforts remain fragmented - shaped by local regulation, technology limitations, individual company priorities, or regional nuances. The new Sustainable Print Manifesto aims to rise above these silos, offering a globally relevant blueprint for continual improvement, shared learning, and improved collective progress.
The manifesto’s purpose is simple: to create a shared language for sustainable print. One that demystifies complexity and empowers every print business to take meaningful action to be more sustainable. Whether commercial print, packaging, wide format, textiles, labels or industrial manufacturing, the Manifesto is deliberately print-agnostic and compatible with any process, technology, or business model.