Easyfairs has announced that September's London Packaging Week will be one of its most sustainable exhibitions. The multi-format event organizers have teamed up with “ExCeL London”, a renowned sustainability-driven event venue, to ensure sustainability remains at the forefront of both organizations' agendas, driving a...
More and more consumers are considering the sustainability of their actions. But they are not alone. The chemical producer Kuraray as a company also asks how environmentally friendly their supply chain is and how much scope there is for further improvement. Therefore, the company recently arranged for a Life Cycle...
From circular economy to digitalisation: At Interpack, the hot topics of the industry meet the latest technologies and innovations. In a few weeks, the global processing and packaging industry will finally meet again in Düsseldorf. ‘We are ready’, says Thomas Dohse, Director of Interpack. ‘All our exhibitors and...
As part of its continued focus on global sustainability leadership, Ahlstrom has joined forces with Istituto Stampa on their new sustainable packaging solution for the Butter and Margarine industry. The two companies combined their know-how and technologies to develop a compostable solution for butter and margarine...
On March 22, Nestlé in the U.S. announced it is investing in Ganado, a solar project owned and developed by Enel North America in Jackson County, Texas. With Nestlé's investment, the project, which is the size of just over 600 hectares, or about 850 football fields, will add 208 megawatts of solar electricity to the U....
In an interview, Interpack President and Theegarten-Pactec Managing Director Markus Rustler talks about the current challenges in the packaging industry, the megatrends of sustainability and digitalization, and furthermore how these will dominate not only the trade show but beyond that the industry for years to come,...
The International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Center (ISC3 for short) has launched the application phase for the next ISC3 Innovation Challenge, which is awarded a total of 25,000 euros in prize money. This year, the ISC3 Innovation Challenge asks what sustainable chemistry innovations can improve agriculture....
Symrise once again earned A scores in the yearly sustainability ratings of renowned nonprofit organization CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project. In the categories of forests and water, the Holzminden Group achieved the top grade of A. In the area of forests, only 25 companies around the world achieved...
The chemical company Nobian has been awarded a platinum medal by Ecovadis for its sustainability performance. It is the first time that Nobian has submitted for an Ecovadis rating. Ecovadis is the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings. More than 90,000 companies globally have been rated by...
The Hannover Messe is not about a single innovation. Isolated technological solutions will not solve the challenges of industry. Only ecosystems will moving away from individual value capture towards joint value creation. Nowhere is this more urgent than in the fight against climate change. According to the World...
