PrintReleaf offers an automated platform that tracks paper consumption and quantifies its environmental impact. The service automatically plants trees and offsets carbon emissions to help businesses achieve certified reforestation and carbon neutrality.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Businesses that utilize paper and fiber-based materials face a challenge in mitigating their environmental impact. Tracking paper consumption and its associated ecological footprint, such as carbon emissions, is complex and often manual. This makes it difficult for companies to demonstrate tangible sustainability efforts and meet growing stakeholder demand for environmental responsibility.
Solution
PrintReleaf provides an automated sustainability platform that quantifies and offsets the environmental impact of paper and fiber-based material consumption. The service integrates with existing print management systems or accepts manual data inputs to measure paper usage. Based on this data, PrintReleaf automatically plants trees in certified reforestation projects and offsets associated carbon emissions. This process allows businesses to achieve certified reforestation and carbon neutrality, enhancing their environmental stewardship and corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes businesses across the print and packaging industries, such as Managed Print Service (MPS) providers, commercial printers, direct mailers, and packaging companies, that utilize paper and fiber-based materials.
Features
- Automated tracking of paper and fiber-based material consumption via direct integrations with print management software (e.g., FMAudit, MPS Monitor, PrintFleet) or manual data uploads.
- Calculation of environmental impact, including trees harvested and greenhouse gas emissions, based on consumption data.
- Automated reforestation through partnerships with certified global forestry projects, ensuring a net-positive environmental impact.
- Verra Certified Carbon Offsets to address Scope 3 emissions associated with paper production.
- The PrintReleaf Standard, an operational and financial framework for global forestry partners, verified by SGS International.
- Regular field audits of reforestation projects to guarantee 100% net tree survivability.
- A customer dashboard for selecting reforestation and carbon offset projects, tracking progress, and downloading impact certificates for ESG reporting.
- PrintReleaf API for seamless data integration and custom workflow development.
- QR code generation for print jobs, linking to company sustainability profiles and impact certificates.
- Support for various industries including Managed Print Services (MPS), Commercial & Retail Printing, Direct Mail, and Packaging.