"The crisis year of 2009 did not pass by Edelmann without leaving its mark, even though our drop in sales turned out to be relatively modest,“ says Dierk Schröder, spokesman for the Edelmann Executive Board.

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The folding carton manufacturers from Heidenheim are the first to offer the logo "Packaging CO2 compensated". As a partner in the climate initiative of the Bundesverband Druck und Medien e.V. (bvdm) [the German Federal Association of the Printing and Media Industry] and First Climate, Edelmann has developed this together with the Association specifically for the packaging industry. The result of this collaboration is primarily the software program, which is used for the calculation of CO2 emissions on an individual customer/order basis using a climate computer. With accurate information about these emissions, Edelmann's customers can now systematically and sustainably finance appropriate climate-related projects in order to compensate their CO2 emissions.

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