“There is a great desire for climate-friendly concepts. For many companies, the protection of resources is no longer the sole focus. The entire package manufacturing process should be climate-neutral – i.e. have an harmonious CO2 balance,” explains Klaus D. Breitbach, Sales Director of the Edelmann Group. Edelmann’s customers have been able to demonstrate this by means of a new logo on their packaging since 2009. 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.


Source: CEE Packaging