Studies and Reports

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Studies and Reports

Sustainability Management at Axel Springer

1. Sustainability Report 2009

2. Sustainability Report 2007

3. Sustainability Report 2005

4. Printing ink and Sustainability (2006)

Printing methods, printing inks and raw materials are presented in general and under the aspect of sustainability on 25 pages (in German).

5. From Russia....with Transparency (2005)

This  report is about the so-called "Tikhvin-Chalna-Project" and the cooperation of the paper manufacturer Stora Enso with paper customers Axel Springer AG, Random House Group and Time Inc. in order to increase transparency in the cross-border timber supply chain. The critical review is carried out by Transparency International, the leading NGO on fighting corruption.

6. Sustainability Balanced Scorecard (2003)

In this research project Axel Springer cooperated with the Universities of Lüneburg and St. Gallen as well as with companies such as Bahlsen, Volkswagen and the Swiss UBS Bank. The project focussed on value-driven options of sustainability management and integration of environmental issues in strategic planning documents. The results of this work sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Science (BMBF) are published in book form by the Gabler publishing house (in German).

7. Tracing Russian Wood Imports (2001)

In a joint project, Axel Springer, together with the Finnish paper manufacturer UPM-Kymmene and Otto Versand (mail order), has made the wood chain transparent from the forest in Russia to the paper mill in Finland. The first project report "Tracing Russian Wood Imports" shows how imports of wood from Russia are ecologically audited. There is also room for critical voices from the Russian forest management and the environmental organization Greenpeace Russia.

8. Ecological Learning Processes in the Paper Chain (2000)

This study was written at the university of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Among other things, it describes how companies integrate ecological insights into their decision-making processes, using Axel Springer as an example (in German).

9. Ecological Improvements in the Paper Chain (1999)

This report, available in German only, describes the background, goals and realization of the cooperation between Otto Versand and Axel Springer with 8,900 Norwegian family-owned forestry enterprises and the paper manufacturer Norske Skog (in German).

10. Evaluation of the Ecological Life Cycles of Newspapers and Magazines (1998)

This analysis researches the environmental aspects of pulp and paper production using data gathered in Sweden, Germany, and Canada. It was prepared in conjunction with the StoraEnso and Canfor companies.