DMA’s Environmental Resource Center!

DMA Environmental Resource Center

"Starting today, the direct marketing community must embrace sustainability as a business concept and objective, and work towards a future that is both profitable and eco-friendly."
DMA President & CEO
John A. Greco, Jr.

Green 15 Pledge This public recognition program asks direct marketers and suppliers to pledge to take certain steps to improve their eco-footprints.	Recycle Please Campaign This successful public education campaign encourages consumers to recycle catalogs and direct mail after reading them.
Green Marketing Certificate Program Offered online and on-demand, this certificate program will help you build in-house expertise in sustainability and green marketing.	DMA’s First Green Goal This industry-wide, five-year goal seeks to improve the relevance, deliverability, and carbon footprint of direct mail through better list hygiene.
MailMatters Toolkit This toolkit reveals the facts about direct mail’s environmental impact and benefits to the American economy.	Environmental Planning Tool & Policy Generator This handy tool assists organizations with creating environmental policies and vision statements.
DMA ECHO “Green Marketing Award” This award honors the most innovative campaign employing sustainable green marketing strategies and techniques.	Triple Bottom Line (3BL) Newsletter This free e-newsletter contains the information you need to market responsibly and achieve the triple bottom line.

	New! DMA’s MailMatters Toolkit Note from DMA’s President & CEO, John A. Greco, Jr. Fun Facts About Direct Mail The Bargains & Conveniences of Direct Mail Keep the Mail Moving Mail Goes Green Direct Mail & the Environment Fun Classroom Projects - Advertising Mail NEW! Tips for Shopping by Mail, Telephone, or Online
	Green Tips & Facts DMA GREEN TIP OF THE WEEK Use (or have your service bureau use) DMAchoice monthly to screen your consumer prospecting lists. DMAchoice (formerly MPS) is an online tool developed by DMA to help consumers manage their mail. For DMAchoice subscriber information, as well as member information and FAQs on this enhanced tool, please click here. To review your organization's listing in DMAchoice, please visit www.DMAchoice.org. DMA ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE GUIDE FOR DIRECT MARKETERS This guide distills key environmental concepts down to practical steps for your company. It provides useful information for learning about the source of your paper supplies, designing mailings and targeting lists to minimize waste. READ MORE DMA ENVIRONMENTAL ALERTS Global Warming, Climate Change, and Waste: How To Lessen Your Company's Impact This fact sheet discusses how members of the direct marketing community can lessen their organization's impact on global warming and climate change through waste prevention and recycling. READ MORE Mailing List Management: A Key To Waste Reduction This fact sheet provides a list of environmental action items that you can take today to minimize defective addresses, duplicate addresses, unwanted mail and undeliverable mail. READ MORE Where Paper Comes From: Virgin Fiber Sources This fact sheet provides a primer on virgin fiber sources -- where paper comes from, important definitions and resources, and questions you should be asking your paper suppliers. READ MORE Where Paper Comes From: Recycled Fiber Sources This fact sheet provides you with a primer on the recycling process – the role recycling plays in the direct marketing process, important definitions/resources and questions you should be asking yourself and your paper suppliers. READ MORE Packaging & Fulfillment: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle This fact sheet discusses the key to effective environmental packaging/ fulfillment policies: reduce, reuse and recycle. READ MORE Increasing Demand For Recycled Paper This fact sheet discusses how recycling efforts are at an all time high but there is a need to do even more to keep up with the increasing demand for recycled products. READ MORE Source Reduction, Recycling & Waste Management In The Workplace There are many positive steps you can take to ensure a more efficient, environmentally sensible workplace; a more motivated staff; and effective community outreach. This fact sheet contains strategies you can implement immediately in your own offices, warehouses and production plants. READ MORE Communicate Your Environmental Principles This fact sheet discusses the steps you need to take to communicate your environmental message – research, knowing your audience, and knowing your message. READ MORE MAILMATTERS TOOLKIT DMA’s MailMatters Toolkit is an online initiative aimed at educating consumers about the benefits of direct mail, as well as the challenges direct mail faces today. READ MORE
	Green Webinars & Education CRITICAL ISSUES IN DIRECT MARKETING: WHAT DIRECT MARKETERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IMPROVING THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT (April 22, 2009 at 3:30 pm ET) Learn why ‘going green’ matters to the marketing community and to your organization’s “triple bottom-line” performance. Environmental experts will let you know about free DMA tools and resources to help your organization develop a long-term, sustainable environmental strategy, and make economic and eco-friendly decisions throughout the direct marketing process. The experts also will highlight little known facts about direct marketing’s impact on the environment (in all media categories) and give you the information you need to communicate more effectively with your customers and other key stakeholders. For information, please email environment@the-dma.org. DMA VIRTUAL SEMINAR: BETTER CHOICES TO IMPROVE YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT (MARCH 21, 2007) This seminar has already taken place. To review the presentation from this session, please click here.
	Committees & Networks DMA COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CESR) CESR’s mission, as mandated by DMA’s Board of Directors in 2005, is to identify challenges germane to direct marketing companies being good corporate citizens and influences DMA members to make progress on these challenges. CESR currently has two subcommittees, one of which is focused on environmental issues, the other on e-commerce integrity. READ MORE DMA TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE BULLETIN (3BL) This e-bulletin, published monthly by DMA's Corporate & Social Responsibility (CSR) department, is free for DMA members and covers the latest news and information on ethics/compliance, social responsibility, and environmental matters affecting multi-channel marketers. 3BL contains the information you need to market responsibly and achieve the triple bottom line: social, environmental and financial profit. For more information or to opt-in to receive the newsletter, please email environment@the-dma.org.