Still, most of us can be accused of not really believing that doing 'our bit' will make any difference. But it does – it has to. And luckily, people and businesses are starting to realise this – a change no doubt helped along by Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth.

The timing of his award couldn't have been better in terms of the work that is going on in our industry to combat climate change.

In this month's issue we start a new series from Philip Charles at Continental Clothing looking at how climate change affects the print wear industry and what can, and is, being done about it. The feature, on pages 21 and 22, really puts the whole issue into perspective, both in terms of its severity and also from a business point of view, highlighting amongst other things the many opportunities it presents our industry. It seems that ‘going green’ isn’t just good for the environment – it can also be good for business.

Moving on from the environment now, this month we bring you some invaluable advice from Paul Clapham on how to make sure your Health and Safety policies are implemented properly, not to mention the benefits of having them. And it's not as straightforward as you might think…

Our focus features this month are work wear, sports wear and promotional products and engraving, all of which are full of new ideas for you and your customers. There is also some good advice from the BPMA about making the most of promotional products and tips from Sara McDonnell on which ones to choose if you are thinking of branching out into this market.

This month, I also met with Evan Lewis of ‘green’ promotional products supplier Everything Environmental, who had some interesting points to make about the industry, as well as some myths to dispel (and I don’t mean he told me the Tooth Fairy doesn’t exist!). You can read what Evan had to say on page 86.

Before I sign off I would just like to tell you about our Garment Decoration Awards, which form part of the exhibition each year. Following advice from some extremely knowledgeable people in the industry and comments received during the judging last year, we have amended them slightly for next year to make them more comprehensive.

You can find out more about these changes and the new categories, along with an entry form for the awards, on pages 54 and 55.

As for the rest of the issue, you'll just have to read on and find out for yourselves!

Happy reading...

Rebecca Green

rgreen@datateam.co.uk

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