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The new packs will be for the brand’s range of pulses, beans, cereals and dried fruit.
Move brings innovative materials science platform to enhance Eco-friendly, pulp-based packaging of eggs, meats, and produce
Tekni-Plex has acquired assets and licensed technologies of Fibro Corporation, a Tacoma, Washington-based company that develops and manufactures innovative molded-fiber packaging. The transaction strategically expands Tekni-Plex’s materials science solutions in the fresh food marketplace to include a broader range of sustainable, pulp-based packaging solutions.
These new resources will become part of Tekni-Plex’s Dolco Packaging business effective January 18, positioning the company as the only U.S. supplier of egg cartons manufactured in foam polystyrene, PET, and pulp-based materials. The move also will allow Dolco to expand product offerings beyond its primary focus on egg cartons and meat trays.
“The Fibro transaction aligns well with Tekni-Plex’s existing Dolco Packaging business, and will enable us to create a range of best-in-class sustainable solutions while delivering added customer value,” said Jay Arnold, Tekni-Plex senior vice president and general manager, Dolco Packaging. “Our intention is to invest further in this innovative technology platform as we scale up, increase capacity, and expand our product lines to bring superior solutions to the broader fresh foods landscape.”
Fibro’s advanced pulp technologies are the driver behind a revolutionary, smooth-finish, fiber-based egg carton that allows for easier and more precise package printing, improved product protection, and more streamlined packaging line operation. Its acquisition furthers Tekni-Plex’s goal of achieving sustainability-minded, material agnosticism across a broad spectrum of packaging solutions. Combined with its recent acquisitions of Keyes Packaging Group and Grupo Phoenix, Tekni-Plex has significantly strengthened its fiber and paper capabilities and increased its ability to provide innovative ways to better protect products, strengthen brands and innovate sustainably.
“With these acquisitions, we are building a material agnostic platform from which Tekni-Plex will provide materials-science based solutions that meet our customers’ performance and sustainability needs across a variety of substrates,” said Eldon Schaffer, CEO, Tekni-Plex Consumer Products. “We believe these solutions will be extremely attractive to the high-growth fresh foods markets, especially on the perimeter of the store.”
ABOUT TEKNI-PLEX
Tekni-Plex is a globally integrated company that provides innovative solutions through material science and manufacturing technologies. A global leader in the Healthcare and Consumer Product markets, Tekni-Plex provides medical device components and a multitude of material science solutions that lead to a healthier and more sustainable world. Its solutions are found in some of the most well-known names in the Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Personal Care, Household and Food & Beverage markets. Headquartered in Wayne, Pa., Tekni-Plex employs 7,000 people throughout its operations in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Northern Ireland and the United States. For more information visit www.tekni-plex.com.
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Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, received the Cradle to Cradle certification at Bronze level for its uncoated fine papers produced in its mills in Austria, Slovakia and Russia. Mondi is thus the first to offer an extensive uncoated fine paper portfolio as Cradle to Cradle Certified® meeting the high standards and demanding requirements of this certification scheme which marks the step from a linear to a circular economy. This includes Mondi´s well-known professional printing brands Color Copy and PERGRAPHICA®, as well as its range of NAUTILUS® branded recycled papers, and a wide office paper portfolio.
We are proud to kick off the year with this strong sustainability achievement underlining our Mondi Action Plan 2030 (MAP2030) commitment to create circular-driven solutions. For many years, Mondi has been a leader, and often a pioneer, in the sustainability of its uncoated fine papers. For example, Color Copy became the world´s first FSCTMcertified colour laser paper in 2005. Thanks to our new Cradle to Cradle certification our customers have a uniquely wide choice of products to support the environment and contribute to the circular economy without sacrificing on quality or price.
The Cradle to Cradle Certified® Products Program is a globally recognised standard for safe, responsible materials and products made for the circular economy. The holistic approach follows nature´s principle of keeping materials and resources in circulation and eliminating waste. The Cradle to Cradle certification is awarded by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute dedicated to powering the circular economy through products that have a positive impact on people and planet. The programme assesses five categories of sustainability performance: material health, product circularity, clean air and climate protection, water and soil stewardship, and social fairness. Mondi´s uncoated fine paper portfolio has been assessed across all five categories, reaching levels from Gold to Bronze, thereby being Bronze the overall level of the final certification.
About Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper
Uncoated Fine Paper is a business unit of Mondi Group. In six operating sites in Austria, Slovakia, Russia, and South Africa, Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper produces pulp and environmentally sound office and professional printing papers tailored to the latest professional digital and offset print technologies. The company complies with the strictest international certification standards to support sustainable production processes through the responsible management of forest, water and air resources. All Mondi uncoated fine papers belong to the Green Range of papers that are FSC™ or PEFC™ certified, 100% recycled or bleached entirely without chlorine.
Its renowned brands such as Color Copy, PERGRAPHICA®, NAUTILUS®, NEUJET®, IQ, MAESTRO®, BIO TOP 3®, DNS®, Snegurochka or ROTATRIM are used in office environments on laser or inkjet printers and by professional printers on digital or offset presses to create brochures, transactional material, folders, invitations, business cards, letterheads or other high-impact communication. Converters appreciate the excellent printability and smooth handling of Mondi’s professional printing papers.
About Mondi
Mondi is a global leader in packaging and paper, contributing to a better world by making innovative packaging and paper solutions that are sustainable by design. Our business is integrated across the value chain – from managing forests and producing pulp, paper and plastic films, to developing and manufacturing effective industrial and consumer packaging solutions. Sustainability is at the centre of our strategy and intrinsic in the way we do business. We lead the industry with our customer-centric approach, EcoSolutions, where we ask the right questions to find the most sustainable solution. In 2020, Mondi had revenues of €6.66 billion and underlying EBITDA of €1.35 billion.
Mondi has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (MNDI), and a secondary listing on the JSE Limited (MNP). Mondi is a FTSE 100 constituent, and has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series since 2008 and the FTSE/JSE Responsible Investment Index Series since 2007.
Investment will expand capacity and innovation capability at its production site in Ceará
Smurfit Kappa, one of the leading providers of paper-based packaging solutions in the world, has announced an investment of over USD33 million in Brazil to expand the capacity of its plant in Fortaleza to meet the growing demand for innovative and sustainable packaging.
The expansion, which includes the installation of a new corrugator, will significantly extend the plant’s Shelf Ready Packaging capability for FMCG customers in a range of sectors including fresh fruit, home appliances and pharmaceuticals.
Several high-end printers will also be installed to provide the high level of precision and quality that is required for eCommerce packaging. In addition, a new innovation centre will foster even more customer collaboration and enhance the development of impactful, sustainable and market-leading packaging solutions.
“Today’s announcement will ensure Smurfit Kappa can support our customers to gain even more share in their markets. The combination of an innovation centre and state-of-the-art technology will provide greater opportunities to collaborate with customers to deliver innovative, inspiring and sustainable solutions,” commented Manuel Alcalá, CEO of Smurfit Kappa Brazil.
“Almost 30% of the total Brazilian population resides in the Northeast region, and Fortaleza offers the perfect platform to strengthen our presence in this attractive and fast-growing part of the country,” said Laurent Sellier, CEO of Smurfit Kappa the Americas.
“Brazil is an essential market for Smurfit Kappa and we are excited to dedicate significant resources of the company’s global investment plan to expand our presence in the Northeast. It is clear testament to Smurfit Kappa’s commitment to this market.”
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Over 70 financial institutions and businesses have released a statement urging an ambitious international, legally binding global treaty on plastics pollution ahead of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) 5.2, held in Nairobi, Kenya, this year.
The signatories, already supporters of WWF’s previous report “The Business Case for a UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution,” include Amcor, Berry, Coca-Cola, Mondelēz International, Mondi, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo and Unilever.
“A new UN treaty is crucial to set a high common standard of action for all countries to abide by, and to drive the transition to a circular economy for plastics globally and at scale,” reads the statement.
“This [transition] requires governments to align on regulatory measures that cover the whole life cycle of plastics, not limiting the scope of negotiations to address waste management challenges only.”
Andrew Morlet, CEO of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, says the statement “sends a powerful signal to policymakers that they now have an unprecedented opportunity to turn the tide on plastic pollution.”
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee
The statement highlights three central issues with plastic pollution globally:
Given these three considerations, the signatories are urging the formation of an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee at UNEA 5.2 to develop sets of policy initiatives and goals.
Morlet comments: “Plastic pollution doesn’t stop at borders. It is a global problem that requires businesses and governments to work together on global solutions.”
“Today marks the first time so many leading businesses have come together and called for a legally-binding, robust treaty; one that sets common rules and regulations, establishes a level playing field and creates the conditions needed to deliver coordinated global solutions.”
Policy proposals
Included in the statement’s recommendations is the establishment of upstream and downstream policies, which could keep plastics in the economy and out of the environment and reduce virgin plastic production and usage. These policies would also decouple plastic production from the consumption of fossil resources, it reads.
The committee would also focus on setting a clear direction to align governments, businesses and civil society behind a common understanding of the causes of plastic pollution and a shared approach to address them.
For companies and investors, this clear direction would create a level playing field and prevent a patchwork of disconnected solutions, while setting the right enabling conditions to make a circular economy work in practice and at scale, they argue.
Providing robust governance to ensure countries’ participation and compliance will also be essential, continues the statement. If a committee can ensure a mechanism by which this can happen, it would “facilitate investments to scale innovations, infrastructures, and skills in the countries and industries most in need of international support.”
Critical point
The statement says we are at a “critical point in time to establish an ambitious UN treaty that fosters collaboration for systemic solutions and speeds up the transition to a circular economy globally.”
However, while there is wide-reaching support among activists and experts for a global plastics treaty, many signatory companies are ironically blamed for much of the world’s plastic pollution.
According to Innova Market Insights, 44% of global consumers say FMCG companies contribute significantly to the global plastic pollution crisis, topped only by consumer behavior (64%).
Last year, Break Free from Plastic named Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Unilever, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Mondelēz International, Philip Morris International, Danone, Mars and Colgate-Palmolive as the world’s top ten plastic polluters.
All of these companies have signed the call for a treaty, however. Greenpeace USA Oceans Campaign Director John Hocevar recently told PackagingInsights: “One thing is clear: If the treaty does not significantly reduce plastic production, it will not solve the problem.”
“Greenpeace and other NGOs will be working hard to make sure we do not waste this historic opportunity.”
By Louis Gore-Langton
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We are a leader in responsible global packaging solutions supplying a broad range of rigid and flexible packaging products for the food, beverage, healthcare, home, and personal care and tobacco industries. Flexibles is one of the world's largest suppliers of flexible packaging and folding carton packaging. It has three operating divisions, each manufacturing flexible and film packaging for their respective industries: Flexibles Europe, Middle East & Africa and the Americas, Flexibles Asia Pacific and Global Tobacco Packaging. Rigid Plastics is one of the world's largest producers of polyethylene PET packaging as well as containers using other plastic resins.
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As more and more consumers become environmentally conscious, it’s vital for businesses to embrace sustainability in their packaging. In fact, this should be a priority among businesses across all niches as statistics show that more than half of the consumers worldwide take sustainable packaging into consideration before buying a product.
Sustainable packaging is expected to make waves in 2022, so make sure to stay ahead of the curve by adapting to trends. Your business will likely experience problems if it doesn’t keep up with sustainable brands in Australia or other sustainable brands across the globe.
Listed below are five sustainable packaging trends that are sure to become in-demand for 2022. Dedicate time and effort in learning these trends to help your business stay relevant:
1. Less Is More
Materials used in product packaging impact the environment in some way. Common packaging materials such as paper, aluminum, and glass use many natural resources like water, minerals, and energy. Manufacturing these materials also generates air emissions, including heavy metals.
One sustainable packing trend to watch out for in 2022 is the use of lesser materials. By 2022, businesses are steering away from using excessive materials in their packaging and only using materials that actually serve a purpose.
For example, instead of putting oranges in nets and then placing them inside plastic carry bags, businesses will likely invest in brown paper bags that take the shape of oranges. The lesser materials you use for your packaging, the more natural resources you can preserve.
2. Recyclable Packaging
Recycling is one of the oldest tricks in the book to protecting the environment. As long as done regularly, recycling can reduce the size of landfills, conserve natural resources, and help people save more money.
Benchmark on Dilmah tea sustainability actions and other similar companies use recyclable packaging. This is a packaging trend that you should definitely watch out for in 2022.
Businesses will ditch the use of plastics and will invest more in starch-based biomaterials, biodegradable packing peanuts, corrugated bubble wraps, and organic fabrics. These are considered green materials that effectively protect products from different elements.
3. Biodegradable Or Compostable Packaging
It’s common for consumers to throw away the packaging after using or consuming the product. Regardless of the material used, this habit can harm the environment as the materials can threaten wildlife and pose risks to human health.
By 2022, the popularity of biodegradable or compostable packaging is expected to increase. The goal of biodegradable or compostable packaging is to allow second life for packaging instead of it harming the environment.
One of the most common examples of biodegradable or compostable packaging is to use plantable seed paper boxes. This type of packaging will produce beautiful plants once thrown away into soils and gardens.
4. Flexible Packaging
When choosing packaging materials, businesses have to consider the dimensions of their products. They need to make sure the packaging isn’t too big or too small to ensure that the product inside remains in tiptop condition.
2022 is the year where flexible packaging will become more common. This type of packaging requires less energy and water to manufacture and gives businesses the freedom to customize. This means that no matter the dimensions of your product, you can use flexible packaging.
Flexible packaging is also reusable as this comes with zip locks and seals. Instead of disposing of the packaging after using the product inside, consumers can reuse it to store dry goods at home.
5. Use Of Eco-Friendly Inks
Contrary to popular belief, the raw materials used in the product packaging aren’t the only things harming the environment. The ink used to showcase brand names and product details can also damage the environment.
Petroleum-based inks are commonly used in product packaging but are actually considered hazardous waste. This type of ink contains heavy metals, namely lead, mercury, and cadmium. These are toxic and are dangerous to both wildlife and humans.
If you want to stay ahead of the competition in 2022, refrain from using petroleum-based inks in your packaging and look for greener alternatives. For example, you can use soy-based or vegetable inks as these are biodegradable and less likely to release any toxic chemicals when manufactured or disposed of.
Additionally, soy-based or vegetable inks are cheaper than other types of ink. By using soy-based or vegetable inks in your packaging, you can save financial resources while preserving the environment!
Adapting To Trends Early Is Key To Long-Term Success
Adapting to sustainable packing trends in 2022 is a win-win for all parties involved. Through sustainable packing, consumers get to use products that cause little to no harm to the environment while allowing your business to earn more and attract more consumers.
Undeniably, sustainable packaging will become mainstream in 2022, so start exploring your options early. The sooner you adapt to sustainable packing trends, the better chances your business has to succeed in the industry!
As more and more consumers become environmentally conscious, it’s vital for businesses to embrace sustainability in their packaging. In fact, this should be a priority among businesses across all niches as statistics show that more than half of the consumers worldwide take sustainable packaging into consideration before buying a product.
Sustainable packaging is expected to make waves in 2022, so make sure to stay ahead of the curve by adapting to trends. Your business will likely experience problems if it doesn’t keep up with sustainable brands in Australia or other sustainable brands across the globe.
Listed below are five sustainable packaging trends that are sure to become in-demand for 2022. Dedicate time and effort in learning these trends to help your business stay relevant:
1. Less Is More
Materials used in product packaging impact the environment in some way. Common packaging materials such as paper, aluminum, and glass use many natural resources like water, minerals, and energy. Manufacturing these materials also generates air emissions, including heavy metals.
One sustainable packing trend to watch out for in 2022 is the use of lesser materials. By 2022, businesses are steering away from using excessive materials in their packaging and only using materials that actually serve a purpose.
For example, instead of putting oranges in nets and then placing them inside plastic carry bags, businesses will likely invest in brown paper bags that take the shape of oranges. The lesser materials you use for your packaging, the more natural resources you can preserve.
2. Recyclable Packaging
Recycling is one of the oldest tricks in the book to protecting the environment. As long as done regularly, recycling can reduce the size of landfills, conserve natural resources, and help people save more money.
Benchmark on Dilmah tea sustainability actions and other similar companies use recyclable packaging. This is a packaging trend that you should definitely watch out for in 2022.
Businesses will ditch the use of plastics and will invest more in starch-based biomaterials, biodegradable packing peanuts, corrugated bubble wraps, and organic fabrics. These are considered green materials that effectively protect products from different elements.
3. Biodegradable Or Compostable Packaging
It’s common for consumers to throw away the packaging after using or consuming the product. Regardless of the material used, this habit can harm the environment as the materials can threaten wildlife and pose risks to human health.
By 2022, the popularity of biodegradable or compostable packaging is expected to increase. The goal of biodegradable or compostable packaging is to allow second life for packaging instead of it harming the environment.
One of the most common examples of biodegradable or compostable packaging is to use plantable seed paper boxes. This type of packaging will produce beautiful plants once thrown away into soils and gardens.
4. Flexible Packaging
When choosing packaging materials, businesses have to consider the dimensions of their products. They need to make sure the packaging isn’t too big or too small to ensure that the product inside remains in tiptop condition.
2022 is the year where flexible packaging will become more common. This type of packaging requires less energy and water to manufacture and gives businesses the freedom to customize. This means that no matter the dimensions of your product, you can use flexible packaging.
Flexible packaging is also reusable as this comes with zip locks and seals. Instead of disposing of the packaging after using the product inside, consumers can reuse it to store dry goods at home.
5. Use Of Eco-Friendly Inks
Contrary to popular belief, the raw materials used in the product packaging aren’t the only things harming the environment. The ink used to showcase brand names and product details can also damage the environment.
Petroleum-based inks are commonly used in product packaging but are actually considered hazardous waste. This type of ink contains heavy metals, namely lead, mercury, and cadmium. These are toxic and are dangerous to both wildlife and humans.
If you want to stay ahead of the competition in 2022, refrain from using petroleum-based inks in your packaging and look for greener alternatives. For example, you can use soy-based or vegetable inks as these are biodegradable and less likely to release any toxic chemicals when manufactured or disposed of.
Additionally, soy-based or vegetable inks are cheaper than other types of ink. By using soy-based or vegetable inks in your packaging, you can save financial resources while preserving the environment!
Adapting To Trends Early Is Key To Long-Term Success
Adapting to sustainable packing trends in 2022 is a win-win for all parties involved. Through sustainable packing, consumers get to use products that cause little to no harm to the environment while allowing your business to earn more and attract more consumers.
Undeniably, sustainable packaging will become mainstream in 2022, so start exploring your options early. The sooner you adapt to sustainable packing trends, the better chances your business has to succeed in the industry!
Smurfit Kappa has had its emissions reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as consistent with levels required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. The targets covering greenhouse gas emissions from Smurfit Kappa’s operations (scopes 1 and 2) are consistent with reductions required to keep global warming to well-below 2°C.
The SBTi is a collaboration between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) which defines and promotes best practice in science-based target setting and independently assesses companies’ targets.
The initiative mobilises companies to set science-based targets in the transition to a low-carbon economy. Emission reduction targets are considered ‘science-based’ when their CO2 reduction targets are in line with what the latest climate science says is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
SBTi approval is the latest validation of Smurfit Kappa’s leadership in sustainability in the paper-based packaging sector. In 2020 the company was the first in the industry to announce its target of at least Net Zero fossil emissions by 2050 and also introduced ambitious new sustainability targets under its Better Planet 2050 initiative. Smurfit Kappa was also the first FTSE 100 company to receive 5 stars from “Support the Goals” in recognition of its support of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, building on the company’s leading performance across third party rating companies such as MSCI, ISS ESG and Sustainalytics.
Tony Smurfit, Group CEO, said: "The SBTi validation builds on our well-established sustainability credentials and is an extremely positive development for Smurfit Kappa and all our stakeholders. The world must move to circular business activities with low carbon emissions. SBTi is further evidence of our ability to deliver on this goal, and for our customers, through our increasingly sustainable operating footprint and packaging solutions.
“Sustainability is at the heart of all our operations, and we have a long-term commitment to protect the planet, its people and all our stakeholders.”
Garrett Quinn, Chief Sustainability Officer at Smurfit Kappa, added: “In Smurfit Kappa we focus on long-term ambition coupled with action and delivery today. The strength of our continued delivery across our sustainability metrics has been further underlined by SBTi’s approval.
“Since starting our corporate sustainability reporting journey over 15 years ago, we have been collaborating with like-minded organisations to tackle critical issues such as climate change, waste reduction and water scarcity.
“SBTi approval provides us with a solid foundation to build towards our Better Planet 2050 targets and plays an increasingly important part in the delivery of our customers’ sustainability goals.”
Smurfit Kappa is a leader in the circular economy providing sustainable, renewable, recyclable, and biodegradable paper-based packaging solutions for over 65,000 customers.
