Our Policy:
“As
the world’s foremost producer of inks, pigments and color technology, Sun
Chemical will lead our industry in developing and producing products which
minimize our impact – and our customers’ impact – on the environment, and
strive to maximize the use of renewable
resources.”
We consider it our responsibility to be involved in the communities in
which we live and work and to offer direction in meeting today’s needs without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs.
Our Approach:
We
choose the materials and processes we use so that Sun Chemical reduces our
impact on the environment. Sun Chemical strives to manufacture products that
meet local regulatory requirements. We will work with governments and industry
trade groups to define, measure and promote sustainability. We also will build
relationships with business partners
who share this vision.
By
so doing, we will provide economically viable products and data for customers
to enhance the sustainability of their products.
Sun Chemical has long been known for innovation, technical expertise,
and for the quality and performance of our products. Providing sustainable
solutions and careful environmental stewardship are at the heart of our daily
work and our strategic direction, worldwide.
Our Progress:
We
have adopted the use of materials based on renewable resources, such as soy oil
for news ink. We are increasing our use of renewable resource-based materials
through our pioneering, vegetable-oil-based sheetfed inks. Some of our packaging
inks for corrugated are made with natural starch.
We
are helping our customers to conserve energy with heat set inks that require
less energy to set.
To
reduce emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) we have pioneered the
development of Water-based Flexo inks. We are reducing VOC’s further with novel
chemistries, energy curable inks and innovative printing processes.
We are helping our customers to reduce print waste through innovative
products such as UV curing offset inks for the large and very large format
offset sheetfed display printing market.
Optimizing sourcing, design and production
We maximize the use of renewable and recyclable
materials, and will devote our technical expertise to increasing their usage
while maintaining high-quality standards. We identify and utilize the
best-available technology that is both environmentally friendly and
economically viable to meet customer requirements. We also strive to source and
manufacture our products using renewable
energy.
Strengthening the supply chain
Our products are part of wider production and
supply chains, and we will strive to make these chains as sustainable as
possible. Our decentralized production network means our products are closer to
where our customers need them to be. This logistics model has been designed to
conserve energy or use renewable energy throughout the process of
transportation and distribution.
Advancing waste disposal and recycling
We strive to reduce waste throughout our products’
lifecycles, for example, through the recovery and recycling of inks and
solvents. Where waste is neither recoverable nor recyclable we aim to ensure
that it is environmentally safe for all probable end-of-life scenarios. Our
products should not inhibit our customers from achieving their sustainability
goals. In fact, they must help achieve those goals.
Rudi Lenz
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sun Chemical
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