GASAA has announced the starting dates for the next round of the Truly Green Environmental Management Course leading to ISO14001. The association is now accepting applications for the courses beginning 14 October in Sydney and 15 October in Melbourne. GASAA is also accepting expressions of interest for Brisbane and other cities.

By mid October, 15 print businesses will have graduated as Truly Green printers, well on their way to ISO14001 certification. One of the first Truly Green graduates, the NSW Department of Lands, Bathurst, recently obtained their ISO14001, within 3 months of graduating from the course.

Other graduates include CDMPrint, Digitalpress, J A Wales Printers, Rawson Graphics and Shepson Printing. Current course participants from New South Wales and Victoria include Centrum Printing (NSW), Excel (VIC), Gippsland Trade Printers (VIC), Look Print (NSW), Printmode (VIC), Snap CBD Printing (NSW), Snap Westpac (NSW) and Total Print Control (NSW).

The Truly Green certification has also recently achieved ACCC and IP Australia trademark approval. The process and rules of certification of the course have been thoroughly scrutinised by the ACCC and were formally accepted mid August. The trademark is now in the final stages of registration.

To find out more about the Truly Green Environmental Management Course visit GASAA’s website at www.gasaa.asn.au/enviro/. To apply for the upcoming round, please contact the GASAA office on 02 9386 1595.