What makes Green Banknote™ and Green LongLife^™ “Green”?

The Green Banknote™ does achieve a lower carbon footprint by:

• The substitution of 100% conventional cotton by 50% sustainable cotton such as GOTS or CmiA and 50% FSC® (FSC-C138716) certified pulp
• The use of 70% recycled content in the carrier foil for security thread RollingStar^® i+ and varifeye^® Patch
• The lamination of the paper core with >30% less plastic: the original 6µm thin foil could be reduced to 4µm only which saves material and weight

The Green Banknote™ does achieve a higher biobased carbon content by:

• Using mineral oil-free simultan printing inks instead of mineral oil-based ones.
• The lamination of the paper core with >30% less plastic: the original 6µm thin foil is reduced to 4µm, reducing the amount of fossil based plastic in the banknote
• The corresponding certificates can be found here: DIN CERTCO for Giesecke+Devrient and DIN CERTCO for Louisenthal

The Green LongLife^™ does achieve a lower carbon footprint by:

• The substitution of 100% conventional cotton by 100% sustainable cotton such as GOTS or CmiA
• The use of 70% recycled content in the carrier foil for security thread Galaxy^® and RollingStar^®LEAD^® Mix

The Green LongLife^™ does achieve a higher biobased carbon content by:

• Using mineral oil-free simultan printing inks instead of mineral oil-based ones.
• Substituting the soil repellent coating based on fossil resources by a coating based on renewable raw materials
• The corresponding certificates can be found here: DIN CERTCO for Louisenthal