Sustainability at Schmincke: Products

We focus on sustainability in our products wherever possible, using environmentally friendly ingredients and packaging materials. This dynamic process extends to more and more aspects of our product range:

 

No animal based ingredients

The Schmincke range includes numerous series and many individual products without animal based ingredients. Some series such as NORMA Blue and HORADAM Naturals have been developed as alternatives due to the increasing demand for vegan colours.

A complete overview of our animal-free artists' colours and mediums are available here:
https://www.schmincke.de/en/know-how/good-to-know/vegan

 

Cadmium- and cobalt-free alternatives

Some classic colours for oil and watercolour contain cadmium or cobalt pigments. As an environmentally friendly alternative we also offer cadmium-free formulated colours in some series, such as Akademie Oil or Akademie Aquarell. These can be recognised by the suffix ‘hue’, e.g. cadmium yellow hue.

With NORMA Blue, our water-based oil colour, we have succeeded in formulating cobalt- and cadmium-free alternatives that are colouristically identical to NORMA Professional. The fact that the range is also completely free of solvents and preservatives in production and processing is another important contribution to sustainability and allergy-friendliness.

 

Recycled plastics instead of glass

With beginning of october 2024, our 200 ml medium bottles are made from 100% recycled plastics and no longer from glass. We have carefully tested this resource-saving material changeover: While maintaining the same product quality in terms of stability, transparency and handling, recycled plastics have proven to be more sustainable.

In the medium term, all other Schmincke glass bottles will also be gradually converted to recycled plastics.

Further development

In accordance with the company motto ‘Meliora cogito’ we will continue to optimise our manufacturing processes and products in terms of sustainability and environmental protection. Of course, you can continue to rely on the renowned quality of the Schmincke products.