Herma managing director, Dr Thomas Baumgärtner

 

Thanks to certification of the self-adhesive materials division’s compliance with the strict Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) regulations, Herma has been given the green light to display yet another environmental label. The FSC seal is recognised worldwide as a mark of environmentally friendly, ethical and economically sustainable forestry management.

‘With immediate effect, the certification enables us to offer our customers practically any paper in FSC quality subject to market availability,’ said Dr Thomas Baumgärtner, managing director. The company has already extended its offering with PEFC-certified papers, self-adhesive solutions in which both the label paper and the liner are made entirely from recycled material, and fully compostable films.

‘The FSC certification marks another crucial stage in our expansion of the HERMAgreen portfolio,’ said Dr Baumgärtner. The high regard in which the FSC is held in the international arena is attributable not only to the mushrooming of its logo among a large number of products, but also and in particular to the strict rules that must be observed by all certified enterprises. Consumers can be certain that all operations in the supply chain, from the raw material producers to the product manufacturer, are certified to and satisfy the FSC standards. Compliance with the regulations is monitored every year by independent agencies.

‘Thanks to the certification, our customers can now reap all the rewards of the positive image of the FSC – while promoting the cause of sustainable forestry at the same time,’ explained Dr Baumgärtner.

In the UK, the British Retail Consortium has issued a new global standard for packaging and packaging materials certificate (low hygiene risk category) to Herma UK Ltd. The BRC recently changed its standards to reflect the needs of customers to ensure that not only is packaging produced in a hygienic environment but also the quality and performance are effectively managed to meet specifications.

 

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