INX International’s Sacramento, California office has earned Gold Certification as a Sacramento Sustainable Business (SSB) in a program sponsored by the Sacramento County Business Environmental Resource Center (BERC). The 9,000 square-foot facility provides ink blending, warehousing and technical support services to customers throughout Northern California.

INX-Sacramento is only the second area business to achieve Gold status, the highest level in the SSB program. Businesses are evaluated in five categories: Energy Conservation, Water Conservation, Pollution Prevention, Solid Waste Reduction, and Green Building. Business Practices, as well as physical Facility features and equipment, are included in an extensive checklist of more than 160 items that apply to INX. Results of a July 1st inspection by BERC indicated INX easily exceeded requirements for Gold certification, after initially becoming one of seven area businesses to earn basic SSB status about two months earlier.

“We are pleased to be designated a Gold Sacramento Sustainable Business,” said INX Sacramento General Manager Jacob Sheaffer. “Our goal was to reach ‘Gold’ status by July 31st so we are happy to have made it a month sooner. The achievement recognizes outstanding efforts by everyone in our operation, in particular, lab specialist and Quality Control Manager Jonathan Troup, who has served as our Green Team Leader.

“Much of what we are doing requires little expense,” Sheaffer added. “Investment of time and effort by our people is the key.”

High marks in all areas, with major advances in Solid Waste management
“Getting involved in this program quickly opened our eyes to the many ‘little things’ we could do in all areas,” Troup concurred. “One area where we have made major strides is Solid Waste Reduction, an improvement clearly noted by the recent BERC inspection.