Climate-neutral print production with the Climate Initiative of the Printing and Media Industries Federations

How does climate-neutral printing work?

The Climate Initiative of the Printing and Media Industries Federations enables print products and packaging to be produced in a climate-neutral manner.

This package consists of various services and a software tool.

Training and annual audits

Our consultants provide you with on-site assistance in acquiring the necessary data and train your staff in using the CO₂-Calculator.

At the same time, we jointly draw up a comprehensive climate model for your company that contains all important CO₂ sources:

• The infrastructure of your company
• Materials and distances from suppliers
• Energy consumption
• Disposal of residual materials

Software

With the CO₂-Calculator, you can calculate greenhouse gas emissions for individual print products.

At present we offer our services for:

• Sheetfed offset
• Web offset
• Newspaper offset
• Digital printing
• Gravure printing
• Packaging printing
• Printing envelope

Neutralizing CO₂ emissions (compensation)

After the calculation you can offset the CO₂ emissions for individual print products. This is done through investing in top-quality climate protection projects, thus making your print products climate-neutral. In this initiative we work with ARKTIK.

Quality assurance

Every climate-neutral print product is checked by our consultants and is given a logo with a unique Identification Number. With this number, your customers and the consumers can track the results in the Internet.

You also receive a certificate that verifies offsetting of the emissions.