Recycling in every fiber.
Since 1950.

Sustainability Report

Sustainability has shaped our actions since 1950: through the use of recycled paper, efficient use of resources, and a commitment to people and the environment.

Decarbonization

As an energy-intensive company, we have a clear goal: to achieve climate-neutral paper and cardboard production by 2045. And this is how we’ll get there!

Certificates

Certifications in quality, the environment, safety, occupational safety, and energy demonstrate our high standards for sustainable corporate management.

Waste paper increasingly contains plastic waste as well. We find this undesirable, but it’s too valuable to simply dispose of. That’s why, in 2018, we commissioned a reject processing plant that turns this waste into fuel pellets. These pellets can replace standard industrial fuels such as natural gas, thereby further reducingCO2 emissions.

Recycling as an (almost) endless cycle.

The vast majority of our products are made from 100 percent recycled paper; for some varieties, we use pulp from sustainably managed forests in addition to this raw material for technical reasons. The fibers in recycled paper can very often be reused, so that processing and recycling create an environmentally friendly cycle.

Our understanding of sustainability in action.

We transparently demonstrate how we put sustainability into practice in our latest sustainability report. Service & Download

Work safely and healthily.

Workplace safety and health protection are our top priorities. We create a work environment that meets the highest safety standards and promote active safety awareness. This ensures that everyone can work in good health and with high motivation.

Fair and attractive working conditions.

For us, sustainability also means taking responsibility for people—through fair pay and attractive benefits—to provide jobs with a future and a work environment everyone can count on.

Responsibility throughout the supply chain.

We take responsibility—even beyond our factory. With clear standards for human rights and integrity. Together with our partners, we ensure sustainable practices. For a supply chain that embodies responsibility.

    Using valuable resources
    responsibly.

    The production of paper and cardboard from recycled paper is also energy-intensive, although significantly less so than for products made from virgin fiber. We use state-of-the-art technology to make the most efficient use possible of our current energy source, natural gas. Our in-house power plant can convert up to 92 percent of this energy into electricity and steam. Efficient technology also allows us, for example, to reuse the cooling and waste heat in water and air multiple times, and we also generate our own biogas.

    We need water in the production of paper and cardboard primarily to dissolve solid waste paper, clean it, transport the fibers, and form a new paper web from them. In the process, we reuse the same water dozens of times in various cycles. Finally, we treat the water until it is clean enough to be discharged into the North Sea. Through evaporation and precipitation, it then re-enters the cycle.

    Integrity & Fairness.

    We take our social responsibility very seriously and are committed to responsible corporate governance. In our Code of Conduct, we have outlined the principles that guide us in this regard. In general, all of our actions in every area—particularly toward customers, suppliers, business partners, and our employees—should be guided by integrity and fairness. Sustainability and the protection of our environment are key principles in this regard.
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    Our Code of Conduct for Business Partners and Suppliers sets forth the principles and standards for selecting and evaluating our business partners, which serve as a foundation alongside our general terms and conditions of purchase and contract clauses. It defines the basis for our collaboration and ensures responsible conduct throughout our value chain.
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    We have established a group-wide complaint procedure that enables internal and external individuals to report complaints or violations of public law, human rights, and/or environmental obligations related to us, our direct business partners, or our employees. Reports are forwarded via an anonymous process to our external ombudsman office, FIRST PRIVACY GmbH. There, the information you provide will be treated confidentially and, following an initial review, forwarded to the HZI Group’s Compliance Manager for further action. The protection of whistleblowers is guaranteed throughout the entire process, and we ensure that no professional disadvantages arise as a result. All regulations governing the complaint procedure are enshrined in our group-wide rules of procedure.
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    Papier- und Kartonfabrik Varel GmbH & Co. KG

    Dangaster Straße 38 · 26316 Varel

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