The demand for certified paper from sustainable forestry continues to grow rapidly. This enabled Lang Papier to sell approx. 13,000 tonnes last year, doubling sales of paper with a PEFC certificate (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification). Lang Papier, part of the Myllykoski Group, has been pioneering recovered paper as a raw material for five decades, and continues to expand its range of environmentally friendly products.
"We can offer twice as much sustainability: the wood for our certified papers is renewable through permanent reforestation, and once in circulation the paper is recycled," says Martin Heinrich, Representative for Management Systems at Lang Papier. "We also obtain our wood largely from forests in the vicinity of our paper mill, with 75% of them certified according to PEFC, providing further ecological benefits."
Like the entire Myllykoski Group, Lang Papier only uses the two uniquely established and acclaimed certification systems PEFC and FSC. 7.3 million hectares of German forest, roughly two-thirds of the total, is now PEFC-certified.
In 2009 MYLLYKOSKI intensified its effort to obtain wood responsibly. All seven of the mills in the family business are PEFC- and/or FSC-certified. Besides certification, MYLLYKOSKI is focusing its environmental activities on fighting climate change by conserving and efficiently using energy as well as reducing waste water production and fresh water consumption. Since 2002 MYLLYKOSKI has been publishing a sustainability report and is a member of the United Nations Global Compact Initiative for socially responsible corporate action. All the European paper mills are certified according to the environmental management systems EMAS and ISO 14001 and issue an Environmental Protection Declaration every year.
