Climate Neutral Packing Solutions with Folienprint RAKO GmbH and ClimatePartner

April 13, 2011 - PRLog -- Working with the climate consultancy ClimatePartner, Folienprint RAKO GmbH continues to steadily lead the way toward responsible and sustainable corporate management. Using the CO2 calculator created by ClimatePartner, the company is able to determine the CO2 emissions from packaging and offer customers climate neutral solutions.

The CO2 calculator’s function is based on Folienprint’s CO2 footprint, which reflects the CO2 emitted by the company’s operation. ClimatePartner used this as a basis to configure a CO2 calculator, which can be used to determine the CO2 emitted by packaging solutions. Upon customer request, emissions can be offset by supporting certified climate protection projects.  

As a leading provider of shrink sleeves and flexible packaging, the people at Folienprint also work within their own company to optimize all processes along the value creation chain in order to, in turn, be in a position to offer customers efficient and climate neutral services.

Folienprint is the first company in the RAKO Group to supplement their environmental management with a suitable CO2 calculator. “With our CO2 calculator, customers receive a much higher level of transparency compared to other packaging options – while price does continue to be highly relevant to our customers, long-term considerations also have to be made for resource- and energy-conserving measures” says Doris Erhardt. In doing so, Folienprint especially works with alternative packaging materials, such as regenerative raw materials as well as new advancements.

Moritz Lehmkuhl, ClimatePartner’s CEO, said about this collaboration: “With Folienprint RAKO GmbH’s climate neutrality, we are working together to create the basis needed to confront the packaging sector in general with the number one topic for the future while simultaneously offering solutions. We expect that service providers and manufacturers will increasingly be measured on sustainability criteria. For brand name products, this is also decided upon in how contracts are awarded.”

There is already a large number of customers who have expressed great interest in Folienprint’s carbon footprint and wish to see clear transparency in the CO2 calculation implemented by Folienprint.

Folienprint is one of the first companies in the sector that can present a transparent CO2 calculation for flexible packaging and shrink sleeves. Climate neutral production is not free of emissions, but can be effectively compensated in another place by investing in the corresponding climate protection projects! The focus here is on regenerative energies as well as reforestation projects.

Thus, Folienprint is expanding their own environmental management efforts and will be directing production toward sustainable solutions in the future under the motto: Don’t talk sustainable, act sustainable!

You can find further information on the subject of sustainability and climate neutral production from Folienprint directly: info@folienprint.de
 Folienprint RAKO GmbH – www.folienprint.de

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About ClimatePartner: Founded in 2006 and headquarted in Munich, this climate protection consultancy has associated companies in Italy, Greece, Austria and the USA. 30 employees work on individual climate protection solutions for over 750 customers from all over the world, more than 400 of which come from the printing and media production sector. ClimatePartner is certified by Germany’s technical inspection authority (TÜV) as a provider for online-based CO2 balancing and compensation.