Featured Articles

Vic has also authored a variety of articles in both print and online. A partial list of published articles includes:


-Have you planned your sustainability projects for the year yet?
-Group Certification Makes FSC Affordable for In-plants
​-Justifying Paper Certification
-Becoming A Good Steward
-Do You Have a Greensourcing Policy?
-GREEN: It’s the Right Thing to Do
-How Responsible Sourcing Will Impact Printers
-The First Rule of the Triple Bottom Line
-The Wonderful World of Forest Certification
​-More Certified Paper Stuff? Really??
​-ISO versus the FTC on Post Consumer Waste
-Managed Print Services and Print Management Services
-Promote...Or Perish
​-The First Rule of Internal Auditing
​-An Economic View from a Different Perspective
-Thoughts on Power Consumption in the Golden Age
​-Bureau of Labor Statistics Update.... The Full Story
​-“I guess we should get a thousand printed”
-Variable Data Printing Prepare For It
-Variable Data (Part 1) Aim Small, Miss Small
​-Variable Data (Part 2) The Revolution

Experience

As a featured speaker at many regional and national conferences, Vic has presented in topics ranging from variable data printing to green procurement for organizations such as the Printing Industries of America, Association of College and University Printers, Southeastern University Printing & Digital Managers Conference and the Oce' VIP Green Tour.

Vic is a QMS Lead Auditor certified to ISO 9001 standards, has completed FSC, SFI and PEFC Senior Auditor training and has participated in or acted as lead auditor on more than 2000 CoC site assessments and audits in his capacity as a contract auditor for the Rainforest Alliance, Price Waterhouse Coopers, SGS Systems and Services, NEPCon and American Green Consulting.


​Vic Nathan Barkin dba Vic Barkin Consulting, LLC has more than 45 years of experience in the printing, paper and wood products industries and currently owns a consulting practice specializing in business development, workflow, and technology implementation, focusing on “Green Procurement and Production” practices.

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