Comments on: What should a printing company do in a green world? http://www.rajeshsetty.com/2008/11/02/what-should-a-printing-company-do-in-a-green-world/ Entrepreneur. Author. Speaker & Alchemist Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Natalya http://www.rajeshsetty.com/2008/11/02/what-should-a-printing-company-do-in-a-green-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2077 Natalya Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:26:27 +0000 http://blog.lifebeyondcode.com/?p=1710#comment-2077 The volume of discourse of "green" is certainly striking. It is also critical to note that different industries will struggle with the challenges posed by environmental sustainability in different ways. Rajesh, you ask what everyone can do in their own business to enhance their own products and services. As a student in an unconventional business administration program at Parsons School of Design, this question often comes up, and I always wonder what traditional business schools are doing to prepare managers to answer it. In an increasingly globalized, complex world that your blog does an excellent job of exploring, are the classic BBA and MBA programs addressing issues of environmental sustainability systematically, such that students graduate ready to navigate these momentous issues? I think most of the focus is still on generating shareholder value--a short-term view that is dangerously simplistic and shortsighted today. Business schools need to endow their students with the knowledge and skills to create competitive advantage out of social responsibility. The future of our global economy depends on it. The volume of discourse of “green” is certainly striking. It is also critical to note that different industries will struggle with the challenges posed by environmental sustainability in different ways. Rajesh, you ask what everyone can do in their own business to enhance their own products and services. As a student in an unconventional business administration program at Parsons School of Design, this question often comes up, and I always wonder what traditional business schools are doing to prepare managers to answer it.

In an increasingly globalized, complex world that your blog does an excellent job of exploring, are the classic BBA and MBA programs addressing issues of environmental sustainability systematically, such that students graduate ready to navigate these momentous issues? I think most of the focus is still on generating shareholder value–a short-term view that is dangerously simplistic and shortsighted today.

Business schools need to endow their students with the knowledge and skills to create competitive advantage out of social responsibility. The future of our global economy depends on it.

]]> By: ranjith http://www.rajeshsetty.com/2008/11/02/what-should-a-printing-company-do-in-a-green-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2076 ranjith Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:14:09 +0000 http://blog.lifebeyondcode.com/?p=1710#comment-2076 nice line of thought...i would say that the emails and the egreetings of the world did more damage to the printing companies than "going green". One strategy as you said is to make a premium offering with "personal" touch. i wonder what if we could have "re-printable" papers...wacky idea but just in case, if you manage an ink with a life of say 6months, then you can rotate your paper consumption and still keep printing :) nice line of thought…i would say that the emails and the egreetings of the world did more damage to the printing companies than “going green”. One strategy as you said is to make a premium offering with “personal” touch.

i wonder what if we could have “re-printable” papers…wacky idea but just in case, if you manage an ink with a life of say 6months, then you can rotate your paper consumption and still keep printing :)

]]> By: Phil Gerbyshak http://www.rajeshsetty.com/2008/11/02/what-should-a-printing-company-do-in-a-green-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2075 Phil Gerbyshak Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:40:23 +0000 http://blog.lifebeyondcode.com/?p=1710#comment-2075 Glad you found this helpful Raj. I'm curious what all the different uses folks will find for this. For me, it's helpful to get my own posts in PDF format so I can read it offline, print it out, make corrections offline, make things better, etc. Glad you found this helpful Raj. I’m curious what all the different uses folks will find for this.

For me, it’s helpful to get my own posts in PDF format so I can read it offline, print it out, make corrections offline, make things better, etc.

]]> By: Badri http://www.rajeshsetty.com/2008/11/02/what-should-a-printing-company-do-in-a-green-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2074 Badri Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:37:49 +0000 http://blog.lifebeyondcode.com/?p=1710#comment-2074 If only Tabbloid could read-in OPML, instead of entering each feed at a time; this could be useful even if one does not print. If only Tabbloid could read-in OPML, instead of entering each feed at a time; this could be useful even if one does not print.

]]> By: Deepak http://www.rajeshsetty.com/2008/11/02/what-should-a-printing-company-do-in-a-green-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2073 Deepak Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:25:56 +0000 http://blog.lifebeyondcode.com/?p=1710#comment-2073 I feel, a better alternative is to create "sustainable" paper. Paper that comes out of non-tree pulp. I read about hemp paper all the time, but I am not clear about the bottlenecks of mass-producing this. It might be a good idea to come up with a solution before the last tree goes! :) I feel, a better alternative is to create “sustainable” paper. Paper that comes out of non-tree pulp. I read about hemp paper all the time, but I am not clear about the bottlenecks of mass-producing this. It might be a good idea to come up with a solution before the last tree goes! :)

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