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Staedtler Sustainability Actions

Member of APCO

STAEDTLER has been an Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) member since 2010 and is committed to achieving Australia’s 2025 National Packaging Targets. We are actively taking steps to reduce, reuse and recycle within our company and specifically with the product packaging that we develop.

Certified, wood-cased STAEDTLER pencils

Certified, wood-cased STAEDTLER pencils STAEDTLER sets especially high standards when it comes to the sourcing and processing of wood, which is one of the most important raw materials in the production of wood-cased pencils: That is why STAEDTLER Mars GmbH & Co.KG is certified in line with the applicable FSCTM and PEFC standards in terms of the production and sale of wood-cased pencils. In this way, STAEDTLER ensures the documentation and improvement of sustainable forestry management in relation to economic, environmental and social standards. All wood-cased STAEDTLER pencils are made using certified wood. STAEDTLER thus underscores its commitment to the environment and its sense of responsibility in respect of wood – an essential raw material.

Integrated quality and environmental management systems

The company’s two quality (ISO 9001:2015) and environmental (ISO 14001:2015) management systems are fundamental components of its philosophy and drive continual improvement and increased efficiency. STAEDTLER bases its approach on the principles of European environment policy and the energy policy of the German Federal Government. In addition to conserving resources, ensuring the most efficient use of them and sustainable development, the company is committed to safeguarding biodiversity. This is also evident when it comes to products: sustainably sourced wood is the basis of our STAEDTLER wood cased pencils.

Healthy growth – working towards our own wood supply with a PLANTATION

Our focus for sustainable development is wood, the renewable raw material that is at the heart of wood-cased pencils and that it is therefore essential for us to protect. Having our own plantation means STAEDTLER can go one step further and take control of the entire production process for the wooden slats needed for pencil manufacture, from the selection of the tree species in line with environmental and economic criteria, to cultivation methods that meet strict ecological standards, to consideration of local flora and fauna, right through to the processing of the wood itself. STAEDTLER found the right conditions for its plantation in Ecuador in South America. Over an area of about 1,800 hectares there, the trees will grow that will become the STAEDTLER pencils of the future.

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