Hahnmühle’s award winning “green” papers made from highly renewable plant fibres are among the best sustainable products in Germany! We are extremely proud that our papers made from bamboo, hemp, agave and sugar cane have been nominated for the German Sustainability Award in the category ‘Design’. ” We have been selected from 1000 sustainable concepts and products and are among the top 50. We are delighted to have been nominated for an award that is also highly regarded internationally for products that offer solutions to the major ecological and social problems of our time,” says Bettina Scheerbarth, responsible for corporate and sustainability communications at Hahnemühle.
“Natural Line” papers occupy a special place within our globally distributed Hahnemühle artists’ papers. They are available in three product ranges: As Digital FineArt papers for high-quality inkjet printing of exclusive photographs, digital art or art reproductions. These papers turn pictures into art and meet the highest demands of galleries and museums.
As a classic artist paper, there are the “Natural Line” papers made from fast-growing and sustainable plant fibres for painting and drawing. The artist papers Agave Watercolour, Hemp Sketch, Bamboo Mixed Media and Bamboo Sketch inspire environmentally conscious creatives to sketch, draw or watercolour and collage.
The world’s first Hybrid Hemp paper has also been nominated for the German Sustainability Award 2022 from our “Natural Line” family. As a plant-based paper, it is an environmentally friendly alternative to scarce printing papers made from tree pulp. It is used in high-speed inkjet printing to create sustainable print products such as books and brochures.
Our “Natural Line” papers are nominated for the German Sustainability Award because they are innovative and meet the ever-increasing demand for alternative papers made from tree-free fibres. “The more trees are not used for paper production, the more CO2 they can store. On the other hand, plants like bamboo, hemp or agave need little water in cultivation and no pesticides. And the cotton and sugar cane fibres that we use for our first-class papers are residual materials from the textile and agricultural industries. For us, they are raw materials for valuable papers that would otherwise be incinerated or otherwise disposed of,” explains Bettina Scheerbarth.
Hahnemühle have been developing the “Natural Line” papers since 2008 and manufacture them in Germany in compliance with high environmental and social standards. In addition, we are researching other papers made from plant fibres and have a special focus on agricultural residues. And we donate part of the proceeds from the “Natural Line” papers to our own, globally unique environmental initiative Green Rooster. In this way, we support climate and environmental protection as well as environmental education projects on a regional, national and international level every year. This also impressed the Stiftung Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis e.V. in our nomination. At the end of September, the finalists will be chosen from more than 1,000 submissions and then, at the beginning of December, the winners of the German Sustainability Award 2022.
About the German Sustainability Award:
The competitions for the 15th German Sustainability Award come at a challenging economic time. Numerous companies, start-ups, agencies, designers and architects have applied with their courageous and innovative contributions to sustainable change. The award honours exemplary sustainability achievements in business, communities and research. With eight competitions and 1000 applications, the DNP is the largest award of its kind in Europe. The winners will be announced and honoured at the award ceremonies of the 15th German Sustainability Award on 1 and 2 December in Düsseldorf.
