ISC's pragmatic and efficient approach to the application of sustainable communication demands a new generation of business professionals trained in best practices and consesus-based standards.

To fulfill these needs, our activities are divided into three distinct areas:

Research and Consulting - a systems approach to enterprise printing, publishing and packaging:

The ISC provides research and consulting to organizations of all sizes, with proven programs an tools that promote economic, social and environmentally sound business practices in the design, sourcing, production, use and disposal of communication media.

The ISC recently hosted the inaugural meeting of the Sustainable Advertising Partnership™. More than 100 visionaries focused on how publishers, and their advertising supply chain partners, can work together to adopt business practices that will measure and minimize their environmental impact, and increase shareholder value.

We concluded two Repsonsible Enterprise Print™ ("REP") program evaluations where significant cost savings measures were identified that will result in a substantial reduction in the environmental impact of their printing and publishing requirements.  Read more about the REP programs completed for Piper Jaffray and AIGA. 

Fellowship and Mentoring - developing human capital

Through a series of fellowship and mentoring programs, the ISC supports the professional development of young business leaders who will have the knowledge, skills, networks and values to implement fiscally and socially responsible business practices. These leaders will create enterprise and shareholder value by lessening the total cost and environmental impact of enterprise communication.

SOS Reach™ is a grassroots movement to improve the social,
environmental and economic quality of life for all young people. The founding members of SOS Reach are a diverse group of advanced digital desing and media students -who are interns at ISC- believe that the path to sustainability and its benefits can best be expressed through the power of popular culture and through the creative and sustainable use of expressive, experiential digital media.  The SOS Reach social networking portal will be launched April 20, 2008. 

Education and Outreach - large-scale organizational change, innovation and sustainability

Based on decades of knowledge and industry expertise, the ISC staff, advisors and fellows help foster the development of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary academic curricula among and between business, environmental and communications media programs. This, combined with practical training that is relevant to emergent skill and knowledge requirements will enable young professionals to function productively in a more complex, competitive and interdependent business environment.

ISC REACH™ is an outreach program that aims to stimulate classroom discussion on climate change and sustainability among the students and instructors in higher education. We aspire to an honest and unbiased look at the challenges the world faces today and in the future.

ISC's current activites are supported by a combination of project based grants, private donor sponsorhisp and in-kind donations.

All gifts to ISC are tax deductible according to IRS regulations. Gifts may be in the form of cash, securities or real property. You can also contribute to the future of ISC by making a bequest or other planned gift.

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The Institute for Sustainable Communication and Sustainable Advertising Partnership have been engaged by The Economist on a project to evaluate the environmental impact of its North American print edition.

The Institute for Sustainable Communication and Kodak have collaborated to assemble a compendium of information and industry benchmarks to help North American printers make sustainability a business reality.

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The Institute for Sustainable Communication is pleased to announce its Founding Sponsorship of a new conference and exhibition focused on the issues ISC was formed to support, Sustainable Communication. The conference, SustainCommWorld, will be held in Boston, October 1-2, 2008 at the Marriott Copley and is managed by graphic communication and high tech professionals. Don Carli, ISC's Senior Research Fellow, will serve as the conference chairperson and content programing director.

“We will focus on Sustainability issues specific to print and digital media supply chains that create brand equity, grow shareholder value, reduce costs, manage risk as well as supporting Triple Bottom Line accounting and sustainability reporting. Our intent is to provide a big tent under which media supply chain stakeholders can meet, discuss, explore and share solutions that address the challenges of sustainability and climate change.” said Lisa Wellman, CEO of SustainCommWorld LLC.

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On June 14, 2007 the ISC hosted a panel discussion and press event for a newly-formed industry collaborative, the Sustainable Advertising Partnership. More than 100 industry leaders attended, and Dan Shapley of the Daily Green called it a "watershed moment for sustainable publishing."

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