Category: Self-Regulation & Commitments
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EMF Global Commitments Report 2022
Led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme, the Global Commitment has united more than 500 organisations behind a common vision of a circular economy for plastics. Big brands fail their own voluntary commitment to eliminate plastic pollution.
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Another Greenwashing Claim by Coke
Coke made a new commitment in time for COP27; however, a journalist was able to identify the “error”. It’s all in the way they formulate their commitment.
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Lidl Sets the Bar Very high to Reduce Carbon Footprint
This could be a shock wave in the retail industry. I don’t think Lidl can replicate this in all EU countries.
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Yum China Approach to Sustainable Packaging
Yum China’s Innovative Approach to Sustainable Packaging is Driving Meaningful Progress
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How Tattoo Artists are Going Green
From biodegradable stencils to paper ink cups and vegan ink, the tattoo industry is becoming more eco-friendly.
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Tetra Pak Sustainability Report
Tetra Pak highlights new milestones in latest Sustainability Report
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EU Food Companies Fail to Deliver on their Plastic Pledges
European food companies break their plastics promises — Danone gets a new haircut by the researchers
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The Gentleman Fairy Tale
Have capitalism and our consumption society reach a limit or is everything OK in money land? This is a FREE article.
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Coke Eliminates Green PET
Two of The Coca-Cola Company’s biggest brands in North America are taking major steps to support a circular economy for plastic packaging.
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H&M Stops Sustainability Index over Greenwashing Claims
Fashion brands pause use of sustainability index tool over greenwashing claims
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McDo Shareholders Support Reducing Plastic Packaging
41% of McDonald’s Shareholders Support New Action on Reducing Plastics Packaging Pollution
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EPR Checklist for Flexible Packaging
Positive signs of momentum and urgency to make the circular economy a reality for flexible packaging materials — An EPR Checklist? And they’re going to call it a major step forward? And we’re supposed to celebrate this?
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Phillips 66 Has a Plastic Middle Life Crisis
The resolution requests that Phillips 66 publish a report describing how it could shift its plastic production business from virgin to recycled plastic polymers
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Cefic Sustainable Development Indicators for Chemical Industry
How Does The Chemical Industry Measure Up? Cefic Presents Its First Set Of Sustainable Development Indicators
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Dow Publishes Valuing Nature Blueprint (FREE)
Dow publishes its valuing nature blueprint; latest addition to the Company’s blueprints for a more sustainable future. This is a FREE article
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Mattel to Reduce Plastic Packaging
Mattel Announces Goal to Reduce Plastic Packaging by 25% per Product by 2030 and Publishes Latest Citizenship Report
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Unilever Stops Advertising to Under 16s
Championing global commitments that ensure no food marketing to under-16s
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GM Asks Suppliers to Sign Climate and Human Rights Pledge
GM Asks Suppliers to Sign Pledge Advancing Global Climate Action and Human Rights
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Pakistani Minister Bans SUP Bottles
Climate Minister Sherry Rehman bans the use of single use plastics in office
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Ahold Delhaize Climate Update
Ahold Delhaize shared a climate update with Dutch NGO Milieudefensie.
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Unilever Blockchain for Deforestation Free Palm Oil
SAP, Unilever pilot blockchain technology supporting deforestation-free palm oil
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Smurfit Kappa Exits Russian Market
Smurfit Kappa Group plc (‘SKG’ or ‘the Group’) announces that it has decided to exit the Russian market.
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Burger King New Packaging Strategy
Burger King goes for reusable packaging and bans PFAS
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Colruyt Reports on 1 Year Eco Score
Colruyt Group looks back with satisfaction on 1 year of Eco-score in Belgium
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Starbucks Goes Reusable and Recycled Content
Starbucks Innovates, Tests and Learns from Store Partners to Achieve Waste Goals
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APCO Report on UN SDG Goals
APCO has just submitted its second bi-annual Communication on Engagement report highlighting the incredible work undertaken in collaboration with our Members and stakeholders to work towards achieving the United Nations’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Tesco Bans Wet Wipes (FREE)
Tesco becomes first major UK retailer to ban plastic wet-wipes. This is a FREE article
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DOE Better Climate Challenge
DOE Announces Pledges from 90+ Organizations to Slash Emissions by 50% Within Decade
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Sustainable Scoring System for Cosmetics
It enables consumers to make sustainable choices through an environmental impact assessment and scoring system
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Oil Majors Are Greenwashing on Climate Action
The clean energy claims of BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell: A mismatch between discourse, actions and investments
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LG Chem Energy Pledge
LG Chem-Korea South-East Power Co. (KOEN) signed the MOU for ‘Joint response to achieve RE 100’
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Rape Free Palm Oil (FREE)
Here’s the fastest and most efficient way to make palm oil sustainable. This is a FREE article.
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Coca Cola Makes Reusable Packaging Pledge (FREE)
The Coca-Cola Company today announced an industry-leading goal to significantly boost its use of reusable packaging. This is a FREE article
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Major Shipping Company to Stop Transporting Plastic Waste
One Ocean Summit: the CMA CGM Group decides it will no longer carry plastic waste on its ships
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Plastic Bank Supported by SC Johnson
Plastic Bank Stops 2 Billion Plastic Bottles from Entering the Ocean, Partnership with SC Johnson Accounts for Half of the Total
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Dow Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality
Is economic growth compatible with reducing carbon emissions? We think so.
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PepsiCo Green Accelerator Grant Application for MENA Region (FREE)
PepsiCo Greenhouse Accelerator will support sustainable packaging innovators in the Middle East and North Africa. This is a FREE article
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Berry Global Commitment on Circular Plastics
Berry Announces Goal for 30% Circular Plastics by 2030, With Long-Term Vision to Decouple from Fossil Fuels
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Alliance to End Plastic Waste Progress Report 2021
The third edition of the Progress Report was inspired by the collective action of our partners around the world, and the positive impact our work has on the communities we serve.
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Solvay Launches Guar Blockchain
Solvay launches blockchain platform for its Guar sourcing supply chain to empower indian farmers
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Sun Chemical Sustainability Report 2021
Sun Chemical Releases Latest Edition of Its Annual Sustainability Report
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IKEA to Stop Plastic Packaging
IKEA to phase out plastic from consumer packaging by 2028
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APR Recycling Demand Champions Program 2021
The APR Recycling Demand Champions Program plays a prominent role to strengthen domestic demand for residential mixed plastics, mitigate reliance on export markets, and enable the growth of the circular economy.
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Mitsubishi Chemical Joins Energy Transition Initiative
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation announces that it has joined the ETI-CGC (Energy Transition Initiative-Center for Global Commons), an initiative launched by the Center for Global Commons (CGC) at the University of Tokyo and Japanese companies.
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TotalEnergies and Suriname Partner on Forestry Carbon Sinks
TotalEnergies Partners with the Government of Suriname to Contribute to Preserve Forests as Carbon Sinks
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Ellen MacArthur Progress Report 2021
Global Commitment 2021 Progress Report shows use of virgin plastic has peaked for signatories
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Textiles 2030 Initiative Wins Award
Textiles 2030 wins gold for Best Environmental or Sustainable Programme
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French Food Delivery Charter Results
Balance of 6 month food delivery charter in France. Published by French Government.
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Coke Goes Label Free in South Korea
Coke’s new plastic bottles without labels are to increase recycling efficiency
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Premier Foods to Eliminate Deforestation from Supply Chain
Premier Foods declares plan to get rid of deforestation from its supply chain
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Exxon Supports Global Methane Pledge
In September, the U.S. and European Union announced a Global Methane Pledge to reduce methane emissions by 30% below 2020 levels by 2030
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Mitsubishi Chemical Net Zero Policy
Formulation of a Policy Toward Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2050
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Australian Dairy Sustainable Packaging Roadmap
Today, alongside Dairy Australia and the Australian Dairy Products Federation (ADPF) Federation, APCO is proud to launch the Australian Dairy Sustainable Packaging Roadmap to 2025.
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Chemical Companies Partner on Net Zero
Global Chemical Companies Collaborate in Pivotal Move to Net-Zero
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Coke France Goes Attached Cap
In order to be able to significantly reduce their carbon footprint, Coca-Cola France and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners France are announcing two new innovations: the launch of 50cl small-format bottles in 100% recycled plastic and the switch to the cap attached to all plastic bottles. plastic from its range, from the end of 2022.
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McDo Canada is Removing Plastic Tableware
McDonald’s Canada announces reduction of single-use plastics in Canadian restaurants
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Metsa Group Biodiversity Program
Metsä Group launches a new programme to support biodiversity and improve the state of waters
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Corporate Decarbonisation Guide
Credible decarbonisation and transition for corporates in Asia
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P&G Goes Net Zero
P&G Accelerates Action on Climate Change Toward Net Zero GHG Emissions by 2040
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South Korea Steel Industry Goes Green
South Korea finds a circular solution to make the steel industry greener
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PepsiCo New Sustainability Strategy
PepsiCo Announces Strategic End-To-End Transformation: pep+ (PepsiCo Positive)
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Indian Plastic Pact
India to be the First Asian Country to Launch a Plastics Pact The India Plastics Pact, is a joint initiative between the Confederation of Indian Industry and WWF India The Pact targets to enable businesses to transition towards a circular economy for plastics by 2030
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BMW Goes Race to Zero
How The Bmw Group Is Increasing The Pace To Combat Climate Change.
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Seventh Generation Goes Biobased and Biodegradable
The company’s commitment to sustainability and assessment of progress made toward its ambitious 2025 goals
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Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials Climate Target
Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials to Become Climate Neutral by 2023 and Targets Climate Positivity by 2030
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TerraCycle and Herbal Essence Partner on Renew the Forest
Herbal Essences and TerraCycle® “Renew the Forest” Partnership to Plant 60,000+ Trees and Donate 20 Benches Made from Recycled Hair Care Packaging to Nature Preserves Maintained by The Nature Conservancy
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Tesco Goes Soft Plastic Collection
Shoppers can now return all their soft plastic packaging to recycling points at every large Tesco store in the UK
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McDonalds Says its Paper Packaging is Sustainable
McDonald’s says nearly all its paper packaging from sustainable fiber
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Adidas Launches No Dye Collection
Our latest footwear collection offers a new take on color: you don’t always need it.
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GAILs and Ocean Bottle Partner on Tech Plastic Initiative
GAIL’s & Ocean Bottle partner to launch tech plastic pollution initiative
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DSM Accelerates GHG Reduction Target
DSM accelerates science based GHG emissions reduction target to 50% by 2030
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Accor Group Goes Reusable Bottles
Ex French Secretary of Ecological Transition, Brune Poirson, who now works for the Accor Group seems to have been involved in this deal
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Delivery Hero Launches Global Sustainable Packaging Program
Delivery Hero launches global Sustainable Packaging Program to reduce plastic waste and make statement on PFAS.
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Goldman Sachs on eCommerce ESG
The key ESG challenges of rapidly increasing e-commerce and how companies and investors are addressing these issues
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Plastic Golden Design Rules Coalition Launched
With a common vision of a world where no plastic waste ends up in nature – land or sea – The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Coalition of Action on Plastic Waste today announces the latest critical step made by Coalition members to transform the industry’s relationship with plastic packaging.
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Ferrero Group Packaging Commitment 2025 Update
The Ferrero Group Continues To Make Progress On Its 2025 Packaging Commitment
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Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury and Real Mallorca Partner on Plastic Free
Phoenix Suns, Mercury and Real Mallorca Form Global Partnership for Newly Named Footprint Center to Become a Transformative Venue to Accelerate a Plastic-Free Future
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Dupont Signs Natural Resources Restoration Deal with Delaware
DuPont, Chemours, and Corteva reach natural resources restoration agreement with State of DE
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Blue Apron Sustainability Packaging Strategy
Packaging Sustainability Goals and Strategy
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Lidl GB Carbon Commitment
Lidl Gb Sets Ambitious Climate Targets And Will Become Carbon Neutral By 2022
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Südpack Sustainability Commitment
Südpack Is Committed To A Sustainable Packaging Industry
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Improving Consistency, Comparability and Reliability of Sustainability Reporting
The financial sector has a crucial role to play in helping to support the transition to a more sustainable future
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Coles Group Sustainability Strategy
Coles Group releases its full Sustainability Strategy as single-use plastic tableware is removed from shelves
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Code of Conduct for Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices
Code of Conduct for Responsible Business and Marketing Practices Farm to Fork Strategy, including packaging
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First Retailer in Canada to Set Science Based Sustainability Targets
Holt Renfrew Announces Sustainability Commitments
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Initiatives to End Plastic Waste in Thailand
Catalysing Collective Action to End Plastic Waste through ALL_Thailand Initiative
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Target New Sustainability Strategy
Target Announces Bold New Sustainability Strategy: Target Forward
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Sulapac Launches Packaging Take Back Program
The new take back program transforms used, bio-based supplement packaging into pet urn that biodegrades without leaving permanent microplastics behind
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Is Amazon an Environmental Calamity?
Amazon destroys millions of unsold items every year in the UK
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Aldi Removes Plastic from Tea Bags
Aldi To Remove 1.4 Billion Pieces Of Plastic From Own-Brand Tea Bags
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Waitrose Goes Ocean Plastic
From coast to kitchen – plastic destined for the ocean to be used in Waitrose packaging
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Timberland Goes Regenerative Leather and Bioplastics
On the heels of Earth Day, Timberland announces important advancements in its regenerative agriculture efforts, working toward a vision for Timberland® products to have a net positive impact on Nature by 2030
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Indonesian Palm Oil Firm Recovery Plan
Indonesian company proposes recovery plan for past deforestation
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