During 2014, CHEP Australia staff gave more than 900 hours volunteering for charities and not-for- profit organisations in their local communities. CHEP Australia is part of the Brambles Group, which has an employee volunteering policy ...
The Swedish multinational retail-clothing company H&M is prepping up to come up with another periodic instalment from its environment-friendly fashion series Conscious Exclusive Collection. In its constant endeavour to promote ...
Swedish food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak has launched a new Environmental Benchmarking Service to help food and beverage companies assess the environmental performance of their production operations. The service helps in ...
No, it’s not April’s fool day… Boeing and South African Airways are looking forward to the first harvest of energy-rich tobacco to make sustainable aviation biofuel. The pioneering project supports South Africa’s ...
Tags: energy-rich tobacco, Service
Holcim Canada and Van Houtte Coffee Services Inc., a subsidiary of Keurig Canada Inc, are proud to team up to reduce their respective environmental footprints. The two companies recently introduced a new service to recover the energy ...
Tags: K-Cup Packs, Ccoffee Services, Agriculture
rlc | packaging group, a specialised supplier of innovative folding carton solutions for branded goods and pharmaceutical industry, has developed a company specific CO2 calculator that calculates greenhouse gas emissions for specific ...
Oman’s Sohar Port and Freezone has entered into an agreement with Oman International Petrochemical Industry Company (OMPET) to build a manufacturing facility that will produce up to 1.5 million tonnes of eco-friendly packaging ...
Tags: Pet Manufacturing, Agriculture
Packaging and waste management projects do not always begin with the impulse to improve sustainability. What the PCA demonstrates in its new resource, The Business Case for Packaging Sustainability is that there are benefits in considering ...
Tags: waste management, Packaging
H.E. Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has officially opened the Center of Excellence for the Bangladesh Apparel Industries (CEBAI), during a ceremony held at the Dhaka Apparel Summit at Bangabandhu International Conference ...
Fulgar SpA, Italian yarn manufacturers, has been named Company of the Month for November 2014, by the International Association for Research and Testing in the Field of Textile Ecology (OEKO-TEX), which provides testing and certification ...
Tags: raw materials, Textile
Jaguar Land Rover commenced construction of its manufacturing facility in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jaguar Land Rover has become the first British automotive company to invest in a manufacturing factory in Brazil. At first a new 60,000m2 ...
Tags: manufacturing facility, Auto
Fresher for Longer, a new initiative launching this upcoming academic year, will educate secondary school students, their schools and parents to source, store, cook and dispose of food in an energy-efficient and environmentally responsible ...
Tags: Food Programme, Packaging
Grohe AG, one of world-leading suppliers of sanitary faucets and fittings, is among the top three winners of the 2014 German Sustainability Award. Due to its commitment to the responsible use of water and energy, GROHE was one of three ...
Tags: sanitary faucets, fittings, Furniture
Textile Industrialist Viral Desai, director of Zenitex Pvt Ltd, a Surat, India-based textile process and dyeing company, has been conferred with Honorary Doctorate by the UK-based World Records University at a convocation held in ...
Tags: Honorary Doctorate, dyeing company, textile
Intimates and swimwear trade show Interfiliere Hong Kong returns from March 18, 2015 and will focus on innovation, sustainability and performance through various projects and events. According to the organisers, Eurovet, sport is a ...
Tags: functional fabrics, novelty properties, surface effects, Apparel