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Faber-Castell launches an international sustainability communication campaign / Gaining global visibility for ecological leadership

Stein - In September, Faber-Castell is launching an international communication campaign about its different mechanisms for sustainable production. This should highlight the company’s sustainability leadership in the industry and make its engagement more visible worldwide: Faber-Castell was the first in the industry to grow its own forests in the mid-1980s. Around 10,000 hectares of pine forest su

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World Animal Day, 4 Oct 2021 - Making way for the Giant Anteater


The Faber-Castell forests in Brazil are teeming with diverse fauna. The animals that live here have been protected over the last few decades. Thanks to some very careful planning, the diversity of species has even shown a clear increase over the years.
Every evening the birds sit in a tree that stands in an open area, a few hundred meters away from where the forest begins. This single trees

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Leading by example - Nature Conservation Day (28 July)

Wood-cased pencils have been Faber Castell’s most important products since the company was founded in 1761. More than two billion pencils are produced every year. Faber-Castell is now able to cover up to 80 per cent of its wood requirements through its own forest management; all other wood purchased for pencil production comes from certified sustainable sources.

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From Pine to Pencil - Made from timber, the drawing tools manufactured by Faber Castell are primarily sourced from the company’s own sustainable forests in Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil.

For almost four decades, the writing instruments specialist Faber-Castell has been operating its own tree plantations for pencil production In the southeast of Brazil, in the federal state of Minas Gerais. These forests are FSC-certified, thus managed in an ecologically and socially compatible fashion, while also hosting a habitat of native flora and fauna.

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