You don’t have to be a visionary to see the enormous importance of preserving natural resources for future generations. That is why 25 years ago Faber-Castell launched a forest project in Brazil that still sets the standard today. Covering a total area of some 100 square kilometres, our own pine plantations provide a source of raw materials for the manufacture of pencils and crayons and have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as “environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable”. Over the past three years the Faber-Castell Group has managed to cut its total CO2 emissions by half to 20 607 tonnes through the use of regenerative energies! The company’s own forests absorb several times this amount – 100 000 tonnes. We are proud of the fact that this makes Faber-Castell Group one of a handful of companies whose carbon emissions are offset several times over.