{"id":20538,"date":"2021-11-30T15:52:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T14:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hahnemuehle.com\/en\/?p=20538"},"modified":"2022-04-08T09:39:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T07:39:31","slug":"what-is-hahnemuhle-actually-doing-for-more-sustainability-and-active-environmental-protection-we-protect-what-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hahnemuehle.com\/en\/what-is-hahnemuhle-actually-doing-for-more-sustainability-and-active-environmental-protection-we-protect-what-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Hahnem\u00fchle actually doing for more sustainability and active environmental protection? We protect what matters!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sustainability is a living tradition at Hahnem\u00fchle and has defined the company’s history for more than four centuries. Hahnem\u00fchle is the oldest German paper manufacturer with an uninterrupted manufacturing tradition at the same site. The company has recently been certified for all its sustainability measures and its environmentally sensitive actions according to the ISO 14001 guideline for environmental management. This is part of Hahnem\u00fchle’s journey to becoming the first climate-neutral paper mill by 2030.<\/h4>\n

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Hahnem\u00fchle’s measures for more sustainability in detail:<\/h4>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”20563″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]Hahnem\u00fchle has been using pure spring water since 1584 <\/strong><\/p>\n

At the foot of the Solling, Hahnem\u00fchle has been producing the finest artist\u2018s papers with pure spring water for more than four centuries. The sole production site in Germany is located in a landscape conservation area. Accordingly, paper production must be environmentally friendly, sustainable and is strictly controlled. The pure spring water Hahnem\u00fchle is using since it\u00b4s founding days is fed into the nearby river Ilme \u2013 free from chemical cleaning agents, biocides or preservatives.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”20558″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]Hahnem\u00fchle\u00b4s raw materials<\/strong><\/p>\n

As trees grow and continue to age, the more CO2<\/sub> they absorb from the atmosphere. Hahnem\u00fchle only uses paper pulp that comes from sustainable and FSC- or PEFC wood plantations as primary fibres. No tropical rainforest in South America is destroyed either. The cellulose from eucalyptus is planted and extracted in certified plantations. The cotton rag fibres (linters) used by Hahnem\u00fchle are fine fibres that cling to the seed of the cotton plant and occur as a by-product of the textile and oil industries.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”20557″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]Hahnem\u00fchle’s “green” papers continue to grow<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hahnem\u00fchle has been producing high quality artists’ papers from innovative, rapidly renewable fibres since 2008. The Hahnem\u00fchle Bamboo paper was and is the pioneer. In addition, there are now papers made from hemp and agave fibres for painting and drawing as well as digital fineart printing. Digital printable hemp paper for books and brochures also comes from Hahnem\u00fchle. All these fibres grow quickly, require no pesticides and little water for cultivation.[\/vc_column_text]