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Amcor Develops New Pet Bottle for Nature's Promise Hand Soap Brand

Feb 8, 2018

Australian packaging firm Amcor has developed a new polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle for Nature’s Promise hand soap brand. The new 12oz bottle, which contains 50% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content, has been developed in ...

Tags: Amcor, packaging, Hand Soap

Smurfit Kappa Awarded Gold Corporate Social Responsibility Rating by EcoVadis

Sep 14, 2017

Smurfit Kappa has been awarded the gold Corporate Social Responsibility (‘CSR’) rating by EcoVadis for the fourth successive year. The company ranked among the top 1% of the 30,000 companies that were assessed on a range of ...

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ICTI Care Extends Partnership with Ethical Corporation

Sep 20, 2016

Ethical Corporation will continue to provide a professional platform for ICTI Care Foundation members to keep up with key trends. ICTI Care Foundation is extending its partnership with Ethical Corporation to promote solutions to ...

Tags: ICTI, Ethical Corporation, partnership

Dell Drives 2020 Zero-Waste Goal

Aug 17, 2015

Dell's 2020 Legacy of Good program helped it score highly in the Large Communications and Electronics category of the APC awards, with its focus on delivering social and environmental benefits as a key part of its business objectives. ...

Tags: Dell company, packaging, environmental packaging

Faculty and Graduate Students to Help Establish a Southern African Sustainable Textile

Mar 13, 2015

Faculty and graduate students from the University of Delaware’s Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies have come forward to help establish a Southern African Sustainable Textile and Apparel Cluster to boost South Africa’s ...

Tags: Cotton Industry, Textile, Apparel

How Thinner Label Materials Can Reduce Environmental Impacts

Jan 20, 2015

L’Oreal Americas and Avery Dennison haveteamed up to identify and reduce the environmental impacts of packaging labels throughout the entire label lifecycle. Both companies have already published a comprehensive Avery Dennison ...

Tags: material suppliers, printers, consumers, Agriculture

Vietnam's Canifa Has Launched Its First-Ever Collection of Woolmark-Certified Clothing

Dec 23, 2014

The Vietnamese retailer Canifa, in collaboration with the Australia-based international wool textile organization The Woolmark Company, has launched its first-ever collection of Woolmark-certified clothing. Following the sell-out success ...

Tags: wool textile organization, Merino wool, Apparel

Transparency in Metals & Mining

Sep 24, 2014

In the 21st century, society is increasingly aware of the environmental and social performance of supply chains and consumers. Twenty-two metals and mining companies and 32 national and regional mining associations and global commodity ...

Tags: Metals, Mining, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy

Walmart Is by Far The Leading Retail Brand in The US

Aug 15, 2014

Walmart is by far the leading retail brand in the US, with a brand value of $131.88 billion in 2014. It has been a leading retailer since Sam Walton opened his first store back in 1962. Walmart’s success is in great part due to how ...

Tags: Walmart, Electrical, Electronics

Olam Plans to Invest $61m to Build a New Cocoa Processing Facility in Indonesia

May 21, 2014

Agri-business company Olam International plans to invest around $61m to build a new cocoa processing facility in Indonesia. The facility will produce cocoa butter, cocoa cake and high quality cocoa powders, with an initial capacity of ...

Tags: Agri-business, Olam

UPM Raflatac Work with Unilever to Reduce The Environmental Impact of Packaging Labels

Dec 4, 2013

Finland-based label materials provider UPM Raflatac has partnered with Unilever to reduce the environmental impacts of packaging labels across their lifecycle. Under the partnership, the companies have developed lifecycle assessment (LCA) ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing, Packaging Labels

Woolmark Company Officially Launched Its out of Vietnam Project in a Bid

Jun 14, 2013

It has been one year since The Woolmark Company officially launched its Out of Vietnam project in a bid to help Vietnam become one of the world’s top five textile and clothing manufacturing countries by 2020. As the global authority ...

Tags: Wool Supply, Textile

Newcastle University Opened a New Sensory Testing Facility

Jun 13, 2013

Newcastle University in the UK has opened a new sensory testing facility, which will be used to improve the quality, taste and texture of food for consumers. The £700,000 NU-Food facility will build on the University's expertise in ...

Tags: Newcastle University, Testing Facility

AAFA Published The Twelfth Edition of The Aafa Restricted Substances List

Apr 1, 2013

The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) published the twelfth edition of the AAFA Restricted Substances List (RSL), covering apparel, footwear, and home textiles. The updated RSL was released in preparation for the 2013 ...

Tags: AAFA, Apparel, Footwear

It Said The New Plant Will Be Based in Wroclaw and Will Be a State-of-The-Art Plant

Mar 27, 2013

It said the new plant will be based in Wroclaw and will be a state-of-the-art plant. This will be Walki’s third production site in Poland. Initially, the plant will focus on serving the customer segments, Forest Industry and ...

Tags: Consumer Packaging, Packaging, Walki

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