Cologne Book Manufactory
Sustainable Print Products
About us
Cologne Book Manufactory (CBM) stands for sustainable print & publishing. Our goal and ambition as a publisher and print production service provider: Sustainable print and paper products based upon full material and supply chain transparency via the assessments of the Responsible Publishing Net (RPN).
In our product portfolio we focus on print products with extraordinary quality and compliance requirements such as:
- Children’s books, toys & games
- Books plus accessories
- Eco-friendly packaging
- Promotional articles
- Stationery & gift articles
- Art books and prints
- Individualised products
CBM Production Services
Cologne Book Manufactory provides print & production services to publishers, print buyers and manufacturers. This includes product development support and the organisation of print-runs in the predefined standards of the CBM Product Portfolio based upon the RPN Assessments.
CBM also supports companies on request on topics like product safety, sustainability, due diligence obligations and other quality management topics in print productions. For the organisation of audits and safety tests and other compliance topics, CBM cooperates with selected certifiers, testing laboratories and experts.
CBM Partners
Cologne Book Manufactory is collaborating with small and major manufacturers, material suppliers and customers. Further information on our partners and customers is available on request. Some of our recent customers have been
ars Edition | Bastei Lübbe | Kastner AG | moses Verlag | Münchner Verlagsgruppe | Penguin Random House | Verlagsgruppe Oetinger | Wiley-VCH
Sustainability & Compliance First
For the assessment of our materials, products and supply chains we consequently use the standardized RPN Assessments. The RPN Assessment Questionnaires try to cover the wide range of quality and compliance requirements which matter in the print & publishing sector, such as
- Quality standards like ISO 9001 and specific standards of the print & paper sector like ISO 12647
- CSR Standards like the UN Global Compact, the Ecogood Standard (ECG), the GRI Standards and CSR legislation such as the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
- Labour, social and due diligence standards such as the ILO Labour Standards, amfori BSCI, ICTI and Fair Trade as well as legal due diligence standards, like the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
- Environmental standards like ISO 14001, EMAS, ISO 50001 as well as CO2-Emmission-Compensation-Standards like Climate Partner and the Gold Standard
- Packaging, waste and transport standards like the EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD)
- Standards and legislation on the exclusion or restriction of harmful materials/substances such as REACH and illegal logging such as the Chinese Illegal Logging Act, US Lacey Act and EUTR/EUDR as well as the standards of the FSC and PEFC
- General standards such as the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, the EU General Product Safety Directive and specific product standards such Cradle to Cradle Certified, the EU Ecolabel and the Blue Angel Standard, the V-Label for vegan and vegetarian products and ISO 8124 or the EU Toy Safety Directive (TSD) for toys
- Last but not least: Data protection and IT security standards like ISO 27001, the EU GDPR and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)
Our Agenda
Cologne Book Manufactory was founded in 2017 by Annette Hillig, former Production & Purchasing Director at the Egmont Group, with this agenda:
- The production of good & sustainable print and paper products based upon full material and supply chain transparency
- The promotion of collaboration on sustainability in the print & paper sector at a global scale via the Responsible Publishing Net