GreenMark Public Relations®, Inc.

On March 4, 2009, Green Events Source/blog announced that Marilyn Jones of Consolidated Printing was recognized as a “green printing pioneer,” winning the 2008 William D. Shaeffer Environmental Award for significant contributions towards environmentally sound practices in the printing industry. Consolidated Printing Company in Chicago began in 1973, and their mission is “to provide high quality services with a zero impact on the environment.” Since printing is one of the most toxic industries in the U.S., Jones actively pursued the elimination of toxic chemicals harmful to workers, the community, air, land and water in the printing process. Today, Consolidated Printing uses an all-vegetable process, including inks, pigments and solutions, and the company is petroleum and carcinogen free.

In addition to the several other environmental awards the company has garnered over the years, they have been asked to open a second location to provide printing services at the Business Center for the Green Exchange, a retail office facility that will house around 100 business, all of them environmentally and socially responsible. The Green Exchange is the first of its kind i the U.S., a four-story, 272,000 square-foot former factory being converted to an LEED Platinum standards building with an array of green features and benefits.