ISC Institute for Sustainable Communication  
 
Privacy Privacy Privacya 501(c)-3 org.
Home page
About us
Activities
Archives
Reports
Contact us
 
design for sustainability (Dfs) dashboard Design and communications professionals make important decisions every day that determine the impact that publishing, printing and packaging have on our economy, environment and society.    
 
 

design decisions that impact the triple bottom line
The Institute for Sustainable Communication has developed an easy-to-use Design for Sustainability (DfS) Dashboard that provides comparisons and real-time feedback on the impact of varying design, specification, purchasing and production options.

Information gleaned from the ISC DfS Dashboard will enable you to:

• Significantly improve environmental impact abatements

• Deliver unexpected cost savings

• Provide guidance on social responsibility performance, message efficiency and knowledge management practices.


gain answers to these sustainable design questions
• My Client is asking me about greenhouse gas emissions – what do I tell him?

• How many trees can I save by making this 6”x8” instead of 8”x10”?

• What is the impact of using 50# paper instead of 60#?

• Is recycled paper really better and if so, by how much?

• Is the price I am being quoted to print this better or worse than average?

• I have an RFP for a Sustainability Report, and I really want to put sustainable design into practice. Where do I start?
part of complete responsible enterprise print solution
The DfS Dashboard is one component of a complete Responsible Enterprise Print (REP) Evaluation Solution, providing you project-by-project costs and benefit reporting along economic, environmental and social performance parameters. The DfS Tool also generates reports in a format suitable for inclusion in a Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Report (please see www.globalreporting.org for more information).


together, we can advance the state of the art in sustainable design.
The ISC DfS Dashboard is available to the members of Sustainable Advertising Partnership.


























©2007 Institute for Sustainable Communication