PrintReleaf
PrintReleaf offsets the paper your business consumes by funding global reforestation. Kelley Create partners have used the program to offset more than 12.5 million pages of paper consumption so far.
Why PrintReleaf
PrintReleaf connects enterprise print environments to a network of global reforestation projects through the PrintReleaf Exchange (PRX). Partners certify their paper consumption and trees get planted to offset it.
Why PrintReleaf
PrintReleaf Reforestation
PrintReleaf guarantees every sheet of paper a partner consumes will be reforested at a rate of 8,333 sheets of standard letter (8.5 x 11” x 20lb paper) per tree (40 ft height x 7 in width).
Through PRX, paper is automatically measured and trees are automatically releafed across PrintReleaf Certified Global Reforestation Projects on a monthly basis to continually offset a partner’s environmental impact.
Tech-Driven Reforestation
PRX measures paper consumption through technology integrations with popular Managed Print Services (MPS) print monitoring software applications and OEM databases which capture the required paper consumption data (meter data) to drive the Print Releaf service. PRX plants trees through a network of certified reforestation projects located around the world.
Sustainable Auditing
Once trees are planted, PrintReleaf administers an 8 year audit process to track the progress and survivability of the trees. Third party verification and reporting services are provided by a certifying body (CB) – SGS International – a leading international forestry auditor. The verification process is visible to the partner in PRX to provide transparency and certification. PrintReleaf provides a way for partners to actively participate in sustainable business practices and certifiably replace what they take from the world’s forests.
Value
Over the last century, approximately 5 billion acres of land have been deforested or degraded, in part due to tree harvesting for paper manufacturing and consumption.
A mere 10 percent of the world’s forests are sustainably certified. However, for PrintReleaf partners, we guarantee to reforest every sheet of paper measured by the PrintReleaf Exchange (PRX).
Regardless of the paper’s origin, PrintReleaf either neutralizes deforestation or accelerates reforestation.
Technology
Partners can manage their consumption and reforestation projects through their own online PrintReleaf portal.
Paper consumption data is automatically updated within the portal where partners can view their forest impact, select their global reforestation projects where they would like to releaf, and link their PrintReleaf account to social media channels, including Twitter and Facebook, as a means to promote their participation in sustainable business practices. Settings are interchangeable on a continual basis.
Verification
PrintReleaf has taken great measures to ensure authenticity, transparency, and security by developing the PrintReleaf Exchange [PRX] Standard, the industry’s first standard for reforesting paper consumption. The standard, established by leading print and forestry experts, is an open and public document that outlines the minimum operational requirements to achieve certification as a PrintReleaf Certified Global Reforestation Partner as well as the verification process to ensure survivability of all newly planted forests. The standard is available to view and download at printreleaf.com. Third-party audit and verification processes are administered by SGS International. Partners can be certain that the volume and survivability of trees planted by PrintReleaf’s Certified Global Reforestation Partners is accurate and authentic.
Benefits
Reduce Environmental Footprint
PrintReleaf guarantees to reforest every sheet of paper measured by PRX. By opting in you benefit the environment, partners neutralize deforestation and drive reforestation while strengthening their commitment to sustainable business practices.
Automate Sustainability
Developing and adhering to sustainable business practices often requires additional work to implement, measure, report and verify. PrintReleaf provides an easy online means of implementation while automating measurement, action (planting trees), measurement, reporting, and verification.
Plant Your Preferred Forest
PrintReleaf enables partners to personally participate in sustainable practices. Partners review and decide where to plant their trees across PrintReleaf’s network of Certified Global Reforestation Projects. As trees are planted, partners can track their growth over an eight year period from their own portal.
Promote Your Impact
Partners can seamlessly connect and integrate their PrintReleaf account with their Twitter and Facebook accounts to promote their impact and participation in sustainable business practices on social media. When connected, PrintReleaf will automatically syndicate a tweet or post to each platform, respectively, promoting the partner has reforested their paper consumption.
SGS Forest Management Certification
All PrintReleaf Certified Global Reforestation Projects are audited by SGS International over an 8-year period to ensure 100% net survivability of trees planted. SGS is the world’s leading verification, testing, certification and inspection company and is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 78,000 employees, and over 110,000 certificates issued worldwide, they run a network of 1,325 offices and laboratories around the world.