OTS - Faber-Castell significantly lowers corporate carbon footprint
2021. April 16. 10:00
Stein, Germany, 16 April, 2021 (APA/OTS) - Thanks to 10,000
hectares of company-owned forests, Faber-Castell has already been
producing in a climate-neutral way for years. According to a recent
TÜV audit, Faber-Castell has been able to reduce its emissions by a
further 26%. The pencil manufacturer predominantly sources
renewable energy for its activities across the globe.
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In the 2019/20 fiscal year, carbon emissions from Faber-Castell
production sites were reduced by 26% or 12,000 tonnes compared to
the previous year. This equals about the same amount of CO2 as a
typical passenger car driving around 70 million kilometres. In
relation to the quantity of products produced globally, emissions
were reduced by 20%. For one million pieces produced, emissions
fell from over 13 to just under 11 tonnes. This is a successful
development that canbe attributed mostly to the increase in the
share of electricity from renewable energy sources.
In addition to Brazil and Austria that have covering their
needs with 100% green electricity for some years, Peru and Germany
have now also switched to exclusively green energy. A lower number
of air freight shipments has also contributed to the reduction. As
always, these calculations were audited by TÜV and offset through
carbon stored in the company's forests planted in Brazil.
Globally, Faber-Castell factories now use a total of almost 85%
of thermal and electrical energy from renewable sources. For the
last few decades, the company's German headquarters in Stein has
even been a producer of green electricity thanks to a water
turbine. The Faber-Castell plant in Brazil, the world's largest
pencil producer and exporter of writing and drawing instruments to
over 70 countries, has been purchasing energy from renewable
sources for more than 15 years. Since 2019, the plant has been
using only green electricity and has made significant improvements
through ambitious environmental targets in the area of wastewater
and waste disposal.
Faber-Castell's global production companies in nine countries
manufacture in a climate-neutral way thanks to the company's own
10,000 hectares of planted pine forests in Brazil - a unique model
in the stationary industry. The 100% FSC-certified forests provide
the raw material for the Brazilian pencil factory and can cover up
to 80% of the Faber-Castell Group's global wood demand. All other
wood used for pencil-making is also FSC- or PEFC-certified. Hence,
the 2.3 billion pencils and colour pencils produced annually are
coming from 100% from sustainable sources.
Faber-Castell regularly publishes its group-wide environmental
indicators, thus ensuring transparency in sustainability reporting.
With the use of almost 85% renewable energy sources and
demonstrably climate-neutral production using its own forests,
Faber-Castell remains one of the industry pioneers in climate
protection.
About Faber-Castell:
Faber-Castell is one of the world's leading companies for
high-quality products for writing, drawing and creative design as
well as decorative cosmetic products. With more than two billion
pencils and coloured pencils per year and around 6,500 employees,
Faber-Castell is the world's leading manufacturer of wood-cased
pencils. Nowadays the company is represented in over 120 countries
and has its own production sites in ten countries as well as sales
companies in 22 countries. Founded in 1761, Faber-Castell is one of
the oldest industrial companies in the world and has been owned by
the same family for nine generations. The company owes its leading
position on the international market to its traditional commitment
to the very highest quality, environment and the large number of
product innovations.
Contact:
Press-office@faber-castell.com
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