With COP26 still ongoing in Glasgow, a new plastic tax being introduced in 2022, and the fight against climate change being fought all the harder in the greeting cards and affiliated products sector, the inaugural Products of Change Cardie Green Team meeting next week is bound to be interesting.
Spearheaded by Heidi Early, co-owner of card publishing and retailing business, Earlybird Designs, next week’s meeting is scheduled for 11am next Wednesday November 10. To be part of this or for more information on Products of Change and how you can get involved in the growing industry movement, contact Helena Mansell-Stopher, ceo and founder of POC on Helena@productsofchange.com
Belly Button Designs and Cath Tate Cards are the latest greeting card companies to have joined Products of Change, with Carousel Calendars, Danilo and Into the Green Publishing/Out of the Blue Studios already members.
In recognition of the impressive strides the greeting card sector has made on the sustainable front over the last few years, examples of some of the best practice will feature on Products of Change’s (POC) sizeable Sustainability Activation area within the Brand Licensing Europe exhibition later this month (November 17-19, at London’s ExCel).
The stand will include greeting cards and calendars from Danilo, Carousel, UK Greetings and Belly Button Designs, who, together with the GCA and PG have worked with Helena Mansell-Stopher, ceo and founder of POC (the growing membership organisation which is committed to helping companies on their sustainable journeys) on this.
Having also participated as a panelist at the recent GCA AGM and Conference, Helena said: “It is so encouraging what has been happening in the greeting card sector with so much real progress being made on sustainability. By sharing best practices even more can be achieved to protect our planet while also safeguarding the industry’s future.”
Top: Products of Change will have a sizeable presence at the upcoming BLE show.
