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Gillette, BMC Inks Win DuPont Packaging Awards

May 20, 2013March 14, 2018 by Leon Walker

Gillette, BMC Inks and Coop Cooperative have won DuPont packaging awards for reducing waste in packaging. Procter & Gamble’s Gillette brand won the gold award for reducing by a third its plastic content for the Venus & Olay razors, switching from PVC to the more recyclable PET and using 50 ... Read more »

Cosmetics Industry Targets Consumer Behavior

May 1, 2013May 1, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Cosmetics companies need to address the environmental consequences of consumption if they are to significantly reduce their ecological footprints, Sustainable Cosmetics Summit organizers say. Measures including “green” makeup formulations, resource efficiency and packaging to reduce environmental impacts have little effect on the overall environmental footprint of cosmetic products, according to ... Read more »

P&G Achieves Zero Waste at 45 Sites

April 2, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Procter & Gamble today announced that 45 of its facilities have achieved zero manufacturing waste to landfill. The consumer goods company has set a goal of sending zero waste to landfills by 2020. P&G announced its first zero manufacturing waste to landfill site in Budapest in 2007. Through quality assurance, ... Read more »

Avery Dennison Sets Paper Policy, But No Deadlines

March 6, 2013March 6, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Avery Dennison has published a company-wide responsible paper procurement policy that the company says encourages sustainable paper sourcing and procurement — but it doesn’t set any target deadlines or percentages. The policy says the labeling and packaging materials company will procure paper products made only from non-controversial sources of virgin wood ... Read more »

GEMI Updates Water Tools

February 8, 2013February 11, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Global Environmental Management Initiative has updated its GEMI Local Water Tool and the GEMI LWT for Oil and Gas. The green business alliance, whose members include ConocoPhillips, FedEx, Kraft Foods, Procter & Gamble and Southern Company, among others, launched the free tools in March 2012. The tools are intended ... Read more »

Tide Agrees to Reduce Probable Carcinogen in Detergent

February 4, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Procter & Gamble, makers of Tide and Tide Free & Gentle detergents, has agreed in a California court to reduce the levels of the chemical 1,4 dioxane in its laundry products. EPA calls the chemical a “probably human carcinogen,” and California’s Proposition 65, the state law governing toxic chemical exposure ... Read more »

Aqueduct Launches Global Water Risk Atlas

January 31, 2013March 14, 2018 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The World Resources Institute and companies including GE, Shell, Dow, United Technologies and DuPont have launched an online tool that maps water risks worldwide. The Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, developed by WRI and founding members of the Aqueduct Alliance, can help companies, investors and governments see how water stress will ... Read more »

Big Bio-Based Markets in Coatings, Packaging

November 27, 2012March 14, 2018 by Leon Walker

Bio-based material companies should move beyond niche applications to address the same large markets dominated by petro-based material, according to a study by Lux Research. Bio-based polymers have so far been largely limited to specialized applications, but the top markets for these materials are largely the same ones currently dominated by petro-based ... Read more »

P&G Sustainability Report: Normalized Energy Down 16% Since 2007

November 26, 2012January 23, 2013 by Leon Walker

The Procter & Gamble Company has cut its energy use per unit of production by 16 percent since 2007 and by 52 percent by 2002, according to the company’s latest corporate sustainability report. The company’s report does not include exact figures for normalized consumption, only percentage reductions. It does, however ... Read more »

P&G to Drop Uncertified Pulp By 2015

November 13, 2012November 14, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Procter & Gamble Co. has committed to use only third-party certified pulp for its tissue-towel, baby care and feminine hygiene products by 2015, as one of several fiber-sourcing goals the company developed with the World Wildlife Fund. P&G said all of the pulp in these products will be certified from ... Read more »

Shareholders Urge P&G to Take Financial Responsibility for Recycling

October 9, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Procter & Gamble investors and public interest groups including As You Sow, Conservation Law Foundation, Cradle2 Coalition, Trillium Asset Management and Walden Asset Management are urging the company to support a pending shareholder proposal to study the feasibility of taking financial responsibility for recycling post-consumer product packaging. The organizations presented ... Read more »

Lowe’s, Kohler, KB Home Win EPA Water Awards

October 8, 2012October 8, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Lowe’s helped its customers save about 4 billion gallons of water last year, and Kohler introduced 40 new water-efficient toilet models to the North American market in 2011, earning both companies EPA awards. Colorado Springs Utilities, American Standard Brands and KB Home also received 2012 WaterSense partners of the year ... Read more »

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