Mondi, the paper and packaging manufacturer, has joined Verdigris, the environmental initiative from graphic arts research group Digital Dots. Mondi is the first representative of the paper industry to join the project.
"We are very pleased to have signed on as an associate member of the Verdigris project,” said Johannes Klumpp, marketing and sales director for Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper. “Print does have a positive story to tell: paper is a recyclable material that comes from a renewable resource. Sustainability is vital to Mondi’s business and our license to operate and we are happy to use the synergies between the paper and printing industries to tell this story."
Mondi's manufacturing process looks at the issue of carbon footprint from the ground up, starting with the development of a sustainable forestry programme. In 2012 Mondi Group sustainably managed around 2.1 million hectares of boreal forest in Komi Russia and 306,000 hectares of plantation forests in South Africa. Mondi Group planted some 31 million new trees.
The latest development from Mondi has been the Green Range of products. As of January 2012 all Mondi branded papers now meet the company's Green Range criteria. The Green Range consists entirely of FSC/PEFC certified paper from responsibly managed forests, totally chlorine-free paper or 100% recycled paper.