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Carton Recycling Access Doubles in Three Years

December 19, 2012 by Leon Walker

The proportion of US households who can recycle cartons has grown from 18 percent in 2009 to more than 40 percent today, according to the Carton Council, a collaboration between carton manufactures Elopak, SIG Combibloc, Evergreen Packaging and Tetra Pak that aims to increase recycling rates of their products. In 2009, ... Read more »

Lead Found in Shopping Bags

December 18, 2012December 18, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Vibrant solid-colored shopping bags are at risk for containing high concentrations of lead in violation of state law, according to a report by the Toxics in Packaging Clearinghouse. The TPCH screened 125 single-use bags for the presence of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium in the inks used to print ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: FSC, IEEE 1680.3 TV Assessment, Oil Sands Crude

November 27, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

Tetra Pak announced that more than 20 billion of its Forest Stewardship Council-labeled packages have been sold globally in 2012. The label certifies that the paperboard used for the packaging material comes from responsibly managed forests and other controlled sources. Tetra Pak uses 75 percent of packaging material from renewable ... Read more »

Packaging Innovation for Sustainability

October 11, 2012October 10, 2012 by Jennifer Hermes

In the packaging industry, groundbreaking innovation is occurring not only in the development of new packaging designs, but also with respect to new technology development and new applications of existing technologies for better packaging performance. Companies in the industry need to focus on the entire life cycle of their products ... Read more »

Food Industry Must Take Thoughtful Approach to Processing, Packaging to Address Food Shortages

September 17, 2012September 17, 2012 by Jennifer Hermes

Winning the Real-world Hunger Games Thankfully, we’re still a long way from the dystopian world depicted in the best-selling “The Hunger Games” trilogy, where food is used as a coercive political tool. Nevertheless, we have reason to be concerned about the geopolitical consequences of world food supplies running low, as ... Read more »

Environmental Ethics: Bernie Madoff’s Pyramid Scheme Is an Important Lesson

August 27, 2012 by Jennifer Hermes

Mention “unethical business practices” and no doubt Bernie Madoff comes to mind, who bilked investors of $18 billion in a pyramid scheme prosecutors called the largest fraud in US history. But perhaps we should also consider the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis from an ethical standpoint. An independent fact-finding commission convened ... Read more »

Challenges to Being Sustainable, and How to Overcome Them

August 14, 2012January 30, 2017 by Jeffrey Puritt

Corporate sustainability has been a hot topic for years now. Although no designated governing body or regulated standards exist, countless companies have initiated environmentally responsible changes within their organizations. Over 2,500 companies voluntarily follow the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), which launched 15 years ago and provides a comprehensive reporting framework ... Read more »

Value Chain Sustainability: Collaboration the Key to Success

June 19, 2012June 18, 2012 by Jennifer Hermes

In today’s economy companies must increasingly compete for customers and resources, and consumer interests and resource scarcity are changing the way they do business. To stay competitive, companies must look beyond their own operations and consider opportunities to reduce their environmental footprint and increase resource efficiency across the entire value ... Read more »

Coke, Sony, Volvo and Other ‘Climate Savers’ Cut CO2 by 100 Million Tons

May 9, 2012May 9, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Coca-Cola Company, Johnson & Johnson, Sony, Volvo and other members of WWF’s Climate Savers program cut their carbon dioxide emissions by more than 100 million tons over the period 1999 to 2011, according to an independent review of the program released today. The review, conducted by energy consultancy Ecofys, also ... Read more »

The Benefits of Life Cycle Analysis

March 21, 2012October 18, 2019 by Jennifer Hermes

Assessing sustainability is a pursuit rife with complexity and subjectivity. One tool that I have seen that is useful in navigating this pursuit is Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) – a cradle-to-grave approach for assessing the environmental impacts of our business activities on a macro level.

Shifting Sustainable Practices and Preferences in Packaging

November 20, 2011October 18, 2019 by Jennifer Hermes

Conventional wisdom suggests that when economies are flat, consumers prioritize their time and spending on activities and goods/services that fulfill basic needs.

Exclusive: Sprint Toughens GHG Goal by 5% Under WWF Agreement

October 11, 2011January 11, 2012 by Tamar Wilner

Sprint has upped its carbon reduction goal by five percentage points as it becomes one of just 28 companies to join the World Wildlife Fund’s Climate Savers program. The company now aims to reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions by 20 percent by 2017, from a 2007 baseline. In an ... Read more »

Carton Recycling Access Doubles in Three Years

Lead Found in Shopping Bags

Standards & Compliance Briefing: FSC, IEEE 1680.3 TV Assessment, Oil Sands Crude

Packaging Innovation for Sustainability

Food Industry Must Take Thoughtful Approach to Processing, Packaging to Address Food Shortages

Environmental Ethics: Bernie Madoff’s Pyramid Scheme Is an Important Lesson

Challenges to Being Sustainable, and How to Overcome Them

Value Chain Sustainability: Collaboration the Key to Success

Coke, Sony, Volvo and Other ‘Climate Savers’ Cut CO2 by 100 Million Tons

The Benefits of Life Cycle Analysis

Shifting Sustainable Practices and Preferences in Packaging

Exclusive: Sprint Toughens GHG Goal by 5% Under WWF Agreement

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