Climate Partner with "Oberallmig" for climate-neutral printed matter
With the "Oberallmig" forest project initiated by the Oberallmeindkorporation Schwyz, a national climate protection project is now available for customers who value the fact that the voluntary climate bonus for their climate-neutral printed matter is invested in Switzerland. Compensation "made in Switzerland" is currently available from six print shops.
These six print shops have identified themselves as energy-efficient companies and have also committed to supporting the "Oberallmig" climate protection project. Climate Partner Switzerland writes this in a press release. The six print shops are Rheintaler Druckerei und Verlag Berneck, Druckerei Triner Schwyz, Druckerei Feldegg Schwerzenbach, Binkert Druck Laufenburg, Sprüngli Druck Villmergen and Theiler Druck Wollerau. The "laughing world" label familiar from Climate Partner - in this case with the Swiss flag - may be used for identification purposes. The winners of the 2010 Sustainability Award of the industry association Viscom and the first ZKB Sustainability Award 2009 are also taking part.
The "Oberallmig" climate protection project is a sink project. Through adapted forest management, additional CO2 is removed from the atmosphere and stored in the growing forest. Around 8,000 tons of CO2 are thus sequestered annually, based on the forest area of the Oberallmeindkorporation OAK with an area of around 9,000 hectares, which is FSC-certified. Felix Lüscher is responsible for the project at OAK and has been driving the concept forward over the past two years together with Hubertus Schmidtke from Silvanconsult in Winterthur. The project development, reduced logging and adapted forest management will be financed through the sale of CO2 certificates. The project is set to run for 30 years.
The "Oberallmig" climate protection project did not receive the desired certification in accordance with the demanding CCBA Climate Community Biodiversity Alliance standard due to just one point.
