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Forest Stewardship Council

Stuhrer Company obtains the label of the Forest Stewardship Council and used paper from sustainable forestry. Stuhr, September 18, 2008 – despite the growing number of modern communication techniques is paper remains the most popular carrier of information. Germany alone consumes around 20 tons and was ranked four in the world so. Our country is one of the major players in the global securities business, so we take very seriously our environmental mission as a processing operation\”, as Knut Winneckens, Managing Director of Koopmanndruck from Stuhr. After successfully passing the exam, the company specializes in printing and shipping high-quality mailings now received certification by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

This includes that all products bearing the FSC logo from Koopmanndruck stem from economic, exemplary forest management. In many industries, the use of recycled or certified paper belongs to the integral part of the company policy. Awarded by the FSC, we offer \”our customers also for reasons of environmental quality\”, Knut Winneckens stressed. The designed world’s certificate was initiated in 1993 as a result of the environment of the United Nations Conference in Rio de Janeiro. To better implement of the adopted there demands, representatives of indigenous communities, as well as forestry and wood industry companies founded the FSC. Goal of the independent, nonprofit organization is applying for a social, sustainable and environmentally friendly use of the global forests through the establishment of internationally valid standards.

A seal of approval as a trademark-protected serves as a guarantee of compliance. Use only plants that regularly checked according to established guidelines must the label. Prerequisite for the preservation of the FSC label is a well documented management system\”, explains Andreas Hausler of the Hamburg-based SGS-ICS Gesellschaft fur certifications mbH and environmental reports, which makes the tests as an independent expert. An important role play the control of suppliers and goods receipts, a comprehensible documentation of orders, as well as regular employee information.