Low Carbon Printing Solutions: One Tribe Partners With HP

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Krista Greenaway

Krista Greenaway

One Tribe has partnered with the on-demand printing solutions company HP Graphic Arts to provide the printing community with nature-based offset solutions and encourage low-carbon printing solutions.

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About HP Graphic Arts

HP Graphic Arts is a department within the multinational technology company HP. HP’s Graphic Arts portfolio caters to the printing community and creatives utilising print media and other print-related technologies. 

The latest partnership with One Tribe will enable HP to effectively demonstrate its heightened sense of global responsibility and real climate action to customers, clients, and staff. By taking advantage of One Tribe’s data technology and carbon tools, HP Graphic Arts can showcase its print-on-demand services’ carbon-saving benefits.

Decarbonising Print Emissions On A Global Scale

HP’s partnership with One Tribe aims to assist the Graphic Arts portfolio in visualising carbon data using baseline calculations for print waste material.  

One Tribe climate action tools relay real-time calculations and statistics on emissions reduction and tree protection across conservation projects worldwide. The type of data recorded, including the carbon stored, emissions removed, trees protected, and acres saved, will be used to showcase HP’s reduction efforts to a global audience.

HP will be able to showcase how carbon within the printing industry is calculated and offset using a custom-built carbon calculator from One Tribe. This calculator will help customers visualise their carbon footprint and demonstrate and educate interested parties during global conferences. 

Custom-Built Carbon Calculators

To assist the team at HP in auditing their carbon output, One Tribe will build a custom-branded carbon calculator that integrates with the HP Graphic Arts website. The carbon tool will provide information on how much print waste can be reduced based on the volume of print and packaging used per annum. The interactive tool converts waste figures into climate-saving statistics, such as trees protected or emissions removed. 

One Tribe has also integrated a live tree counter tool on HP’s website and a personalised brand impact page showcasing HP carbon reduction statistics related to print waste volume.

Lowering Emissions Using Nature-Based Solutions

Merging One Tribe’s tree counter function with a carbon calculator tool will allow HP to convert complex carbon data into easily digestible units of measurement that both customers and the creative audience can digest. 

The number of ‘trees protected’ will be used as an equivalent measurement to the volume of carbon emissions reduced from print waste. By visualising the emissions with One Tribe, HP can showcase the business impact and savings through nature-based solutions. Tree protection as a nature-based solution will effectively reduce the carbon footprint of HP Graphic Arts printing services and showcase the commitment to the environment.

Eric currently works as an independent consultant at the intersection of nature and climate, focused on catalysing market and non-market solutions to drive the just transition.

He previously was Head of Product at Earthshot Labs, supporting nature conservation and restoration projects across the global south secure project finance. Prior to Earthshot Labs, Eric led nature-based carbon project development for Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique and founded the Carbon Cooperative, a global alliance of leading nature conservation and restoration practitioners exploring carbon finance. After serving in the Peace Corps in Mozambique out of university, he spent much of his 20s working in community-based conservation and ecosystem restoration efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa interspersed with two startup ventures as co-founder and CEO of a mental health tech startup and COO of a sustainable coffee company. Eric has a dual Masters in Environmental Engineering and Environmental Policy from Stanford University where he was a NSF Graduate Research Fellow and a BS in Environmental Engineering from Tufts University.

Alan is a risk management thought-leader, superconnector, and FinTech pioneer. His mission is to enable an Earth Positive economy which includes nature in global accounting systems.

Alan is Founder of Generation Blue, a venture studio dedicated to planetary game changers powered by exponential technologies. Previously, Alan established Natural Capital Markets at Lykke AG, pioneering blockchain based forestry and carbon backed tokens. Alan has over two decades of risk management experience advising global financial institutions, and was a founding member of the RiskMetrics Group, a JPMorgan spin-off. Alan is an investor and advisor to regenerative impact ventures, including TreeBuddy.Earth, Regenativ, and Vlinder Climate.

Lori Whitecalf made history when she became the first woman to be elected Chief of Sweetgrass First Nation in 2011. She served three terms of office from 2011-2017.  

Lori took a two-year hiatus from leadership to expand the family ranch and serve as the FSIN Senior Industry Liaison. She was re-elected on November 29. 2019 and again on November 30, 2021, as Chief of Sweetgrass. Chief Whitecalf practises a traditional lifestyle of hunting, fishing and gathering. She currently sits on the following boards: Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technology, FSIN Lands and Resource Commission, Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre and Battleford Agency Tribal Chiefs Executive Council, FSIN Women’s Commission.

Tina is the Chief Business Officer for MLTC Industrial Investments, the Economic Development arm of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council. She has a diverse background of experience. Having spent 15 years as a municipal Chief Operating Officer, 20 years involved in Saskatchewan’s Health Authority Board Keewatin Yatthe and 9 years with Northern Lights Board of Education. 

 

She continues as a Board Member with Beaver River Community Futures supporting small business development in her home region. Tina brings a wealth of experience in a variety of fields and many connections to the Indigenous communities of Northern Saskatchewan. In addition Tina holds a BA Advanced from the U of S, a Certificate in Local Government Authority from the U of R and is certified as a Professional Economic Developer for Saskatchewan and a certified Technician Aboriginal Economic Developer (TAED).

Tootoosis’ career spans 40+ years in HRM, political leadership, and Indigenous economic development, as a dedicated bridge builder and advocate for Indigenous causes.
As a key member of the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority (SREDA) team since 2021, he develops strategies for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission final report and Call to Action #92.

He is a graduate of the First Nations University of Canada and a certified Professional Aboriginal Economic Developer. Spearheading various community initiatives while serving as a Chair of the SIEDN while directing ILDII and WIBF. Founder of MGT Consulting Tootoosis is based in Saskatoon, Treaty Six Territory.

Cy Standing (Wakanya Najin in Dakota) has a long and distinguished career including serving overseas as an Electronics Technician in the Royal Canadian Air Force, former Chief of Wahpeton Dakota Nation, former Vice Chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indigenous Nations (FSIN), past Executive Director of Community Development Branch of the Department of Northern Saskatchewan as well as an Order in Council appointment to the Federal Parole Board.  

Mr. Standing has served as a Director on many Profit and Non-Profit Corporate Boards, including serving as a Director for Affinity Credit Union with assets of over six billion dollars as well as IMI Brokerage and Wanuskewin and is currently a member of the One Tribe Indigenous Carbon Board.