Vögeli makes financial report recyclable
Vögeli AG claims to have produced the world's first financial report to be certified in accordance with the Cradle to Cradle Gold guidelines. The Responsible Investment Brand Index of Zurich-based Hirschel & Kramer is therefore fully recyclable.
When the Zurich financial consultancy Hirschel & Kramer prepares financial reports, it evaluates with its Responsible Investment Brand Index the sustainability of financial investments. Now the printed version of their report is sustainable itself. As the Emmental-based printing company Vögeliwhich produced the print edition, in a Communication writes, this is the world's first publication in the financial sector to be certified according to the Cradle to Cradle Gold guidelines.
The guidelines ensure that the publication can be completely reintroduced into the cycle. With normal waste paper, on the other hand, only 70 percent of the material can be reused. The remaining part, including above all fillers, must even be disposed of as hazardous waste.
Vögeli AG is so far the only printing company in the world to meet the requirements of Cradle to Cradle Gold certification. In September, it also launched the first fully sustainably produced book on the market. brought to you by.
The Cradle to Cradle concept was developed by the American architect William McDonough and the German chemist Michael Braungart. It aims to ensure that all material can be returned to the production cycle or otherwise completely degraded by nature. In Switzerland, the EPEA Switzerland by Albin Kälin according to this concept.
