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Cornelsen becomes development partner of the CDR initiative
3. Feb 2026
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Announcement, Cooperation
Strengthening digital responsibility in the education sector: The publisher Cornelsen is now a development partner of the Corporate Digital Responsibility Initiative.
Cornelsen is one of the leading and best-known publishers of educational media in the German-speaking countries. Since 1946, the publishing house has been developing print, digital and cross-media formats and products for teaching and personal learning with a high level of didactic expertise.
Cornelsen participated in the CDR initiative's digital data cleanup for the first time in 2025 and decided to intensify the cooperation in the future.
In a joint workshop with representatives of the CDR initiative, potential opportunities and challenges were initially outlined. Subsequently, first CDR measures were identified to strengthen internal and external trust, acceptance, and empowerment through visible, responsible digitalization. The fields of action of education and climate and resource protection will be the focus of the partnership.Â
Education is and remains of great importance to society. Digital services, and AI in particular, are also becoming increasingly prevalent in the education sector. The responsible design of these new services is therefore of crucial importance.
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'Education shapes the future – and we bear responsibility for how it develops. With our development partnership in the CDR initiative, we are sending a clear signal: we not only want to drive digital innovation forward, but also make it transparent, user-oriented and socially responsible.'
Meeuwis van Arkel
Chief Operating Officer of Cornelsen
What comes next?
As part of the development partnership, Cornelsen and the CDR initiative will continue to work together to explore these topics in greater depth and develop them further step by step.
