The company’s forest in Brazil, more recycled plastic as well as projects for green electricity and water: Faber-Castell is continually improving its environmental impact by using more sustainable materials and renewable energies, among other things.
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
Faber-Castell has now exceeded pre-pandemic levels with over 15% turnover in currency-adjusted terms. The Group has made strong gains in all areas and regions. Markets in the Americas developing particularly well.
Faber-Castell has launched "One Faber-Castell - creating a colorful future", a comprehensive growth program for the group. It aims to develop twice as strongly as the market over the next five years.
EnChroma, creator of glasses for the colourblind, is partnering with Faber-Castell to launch a video campaign that recognises and celebrates all colourblind fathers on Father's Day. An estimated 350 million people worldwide are affected by colour blindness. One in 200 women and one in 12 men (8%) suffer from colour vision deficiency...
January 23 is International Handwriting Day. Since 1977, under the auspices of the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA), the influence of handwriting on our everyday lives has been honoured worldwide.
The Faber-Castell Group expects sales growth of at least 6% year-on-year in the current 2021/22 financial year*. Profitability is also expected to rise as a result our increase in investments. In this last financial year, the global pandemic meant that the company experienced a currency-adjusted decline in turnover of around 10% compared to the previous year.
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
Incomparably matt, black and soft - with the Pitt Graphite Matt, Faber-Castell presents a true innovation on the pencil market. Much to the delight of artists all over the world.
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.
Faber-Castell has won the “Deutscher Award für Nachhaltigkeitsprojekte 2021” (German Award for Sustainability Projects 2021) in the category "Equal Opportunities" for its Colour Grip charity set Children of the world. The award was presented this year for the first time by news channel ntv, DUP UNTERNEHMER and the German Institute for Service Quality (DISQ).
The Supervisory Board of Faber-Castell AG has appointed Mr Simon Hauser (43) as the company’s new Chief Technology Officer. Mr Hauser will join the company on 1 September, taking over from Dr Hans-Kurt von Werder (56), whose Executive Board mandate will expire at the end of September 2021.