Paper-based packaging producer Smurfit Kappa has announced plans to reduce CO2 emissions per ton of paper produced by 25% by the year 2020 in its seventh annual Sustainable Development Report. The company's original target of a 20% ...
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Packaging company Huhtamaki Molded Fiber Europe has expanded its Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody (CoC) certification to include its complete operations in Europe. To confirm conformance to the FSC Reclaimed Standard ...
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Packaging and paper group Mondi Coatings has introduced new paper-based bag, which is coated with biodegradable, compostable and recyclable biopolymer solution Sustainex. Said to be provided as a collection bag for the Nespresso recycling ...
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This cocoa paper is an innovation which has already won over the chocolate and chocolate packaging industries! Cocoa bean husks are usually waste products in chocolate production but James Cropper has used them to make paper. The husks ...
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Avery Dennison Foundation announced a $200,000 grant to the Rainforest Alliance to foster best practices in forestry management, create jobs and increase access to sustainably-managed forest products. Workers in Brus Laguna, Honduras ...
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The Norwegian Wood collection is Coswick Hardwood's newest line of wide-plank hardwood floors. Norwegian Wood flooring collection comes second in Coswick line of wide-plank European-style wood floors. The floors in the new collection are ...
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FSC certification ensures that products come from well managed forests that provide environmental, social and economic benefits. Forest owners and managers may want to become FSC certified to demonstrate that they are managing their ...
The FSC Principles & Criteria (P&C) describe the essential elements or rules of environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable forest management. There are ten principles setting out this vision; each ...
FSC-certified wood is wood that is certified under the standards set by FSC or the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC-certification is given to companies and landowners to verify that they practice forestry that is consistent with FSC ...
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H&M is committed to ensure that its fabrics are not coming from the worlds remaining ancient and endangered forest. H&M to together with the not-for-profit environmental organization Canopy by June 2014 put a plan in place to avoid ...
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Birmingham-based Pinstripe Print Group has announced that it has successfully won part of a significant three-year print services contract Framework agreement contract with Dudley Council. The Framework agreement Tender contract win comes ...
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Meat processor Tulip plans to end operations at its Freshway Chilled Foods unit in Wolverhampton, England. The move comes after the company failed to retain a food supply contract with The Foodservice Centre (FSC). Tulip has ...
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Austria-based Mayr-Melnhof Karton has introduced new GC2 quality coating product called Accurate. The new product is said to be the better choice for demanding packaging and has a Robinson value below =1.0, according to the company. ...
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STetra Pak is the engine room of Australia's dairy drive in Asia. It is getting drink manufacturers into better shape in an increasingly cluttered market. And it is giving the good old milk bottle a long life run for its money. Now it ...
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The company said on average 75% of its package is paperboard, made from wood. Being a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified company, Tetra Pak has committed to sourcing from responsibly managed forests and other controlled sources ...