Category: Self-Regulation & Commitments
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PepsiCo Converts CO2 and Potato Waste in Fertiliser
Beer and crisps used to help tackle climate change
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Nestle Net Zero Emission Video
We’re redoubling efforts to combat climate change! We will halve our greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050 at the latest – even as we continue to grow. We are accelerating our efforts around the world, using our size and scale as a force for good. Changing how we source, produce and…
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Tesco to Cut Chicken Plastic Packaging
Tesco is announcing that from next year it will stop using plastic trays to pack its fresh, whole chickens.
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From Carbon Footprint to Total Climate Impact
Many companies report their carbon footprints and you may have heard about carbon handprints. Now the concept of total climate impact has been added to the debate. What does it mean and is there science-based evidence behind the data? How can we claim that Stora Enso’s climate impact is positive?
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KFC Goes Bamboo and Sugar Cane Cutlery
KFC Canada announced today that select restaurants will begin testing a new fibre-based ‘spork’ in December. Once the piece of cutlery is introduced permanently across Canada, KFC will eliminate 40 million pieces of plastic waste from its operations.
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Aldi Goes Recyclable Cereal Packaging
Aldi introduces new 100% recyclable cereal packaging
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Nivea Reduces Plastic Packaging
Our new NIVEA Naturally Good Body Lotion comes with a revolutionary packaging. It needs 50% less plastic than our other body lotion bottles.
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BIC Transforms Approach to Plastic
BIC, a world leader in stationery, lighters and shavers, announced today that it will take its circular economy journey to the next level and transform the company’s approach to plastic, significantly improving its products’ environmental footprint and reducing its carbon emissions.
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Tesco Cuts its Cheese Packaging
Ground-breaking Tesco move to change cheese packaging will save 260 tonnes of plastic annually
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Coca Cola Launches Recycling App
In the discussion about one-way plastic deposit and improved collection rates, coca-cola and reclay present an innovative app solution for handling pet bottles: those who recycle properly will be rewarded!
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Amsty Commits to Recycled Polystyrene
Amsty commits to 25% recycled polystyrene by 2030
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LyondellBasell Projects to End Plastic Waste
LyondellBasell Takes Part in Multiple Projects to Help End Plastic Waste in the U.S.
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Progress Report Circular Plastics Alliance
Circular Plastics Alliance: A step closer to 10 million tonnes of recycled plastics
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Nestle Launches This is How We Planet Campaign
Nestle knows how to push the envelope. Is Nestle Waters doing too much blabla? Are we entering the “greenwashing” dimension? Was Nestle created through the immaculate conception?
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Sun Chemical Goes Digital Watermarks
Sun Chemical aka the sustainability wintersleepers.
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Smurfit Kappa Goes Net Zero Emissions
Smurfit Kappa raises Climate Change ambition by targeting at least ‘Net Zero’ emissions by 2050
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First Negative Plastic Food Company?
Is this the Worlds First Negative Plastic Food Company?
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Britvic France Goes Bioplastics
The aim seems to be to go for fully biobased and bioplastic packaging.
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UAE Joins Global Ocean Alliance
UAE joins Global Ocean Alliance to achieve 30by30 conservation target
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Aquage Partners with Plastic Bank
A portion of every single Aquage® sale goes directly to our partnership with Plastic Bank®, a social impact company dedicated to reducing plastic pollution and protecting our oceans.
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Unilever Sustainable Packaging Goals Update
Unilever makes progress on its sustainable packaging goals
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Self Adhesive Label Recycling Initiative
Self-adhesive label companies launch a broad-based industry recycling initiative
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The Decade of Action Documentary
In this documentary you’ll hear from academia, scientists, business leaders and people from international institutions how we’re going to pull this off in the next ten years and what the specific role for companies is.
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Iceland Replaces Plastic with Paper
iceland trials new packaging that could save over 350 tonnes of plastic every year. ‘If these trials are successful, the impact on plastic reduction will be huge,’ supermarket spokesperson says.
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Henkel Sustainable Packaging for Beauty Care
Henkel advances sustainable packaging in its Beauty Care portfolio.
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World Business Council on Sustainable Development Goes Net Zero Emissions
Today marks an important milestone, for WBCSD and for our member companies.
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Transparency and Circular Denim in India
By producing a quality product and working with ethical suppliers who pay a living wage, mills can provide the framework necessary for gaining consumer trust.
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Britvic Goes rPET
Britvic announces move to 100% recycled plastic bottles in great britain by the end of 2022
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ASDA Opens New Sustainability Store
Asda has today opened its new sustainability trial store and unveiled a new plastics reduction strategy with a promise that customers will not pay more for greener options.
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Carbon Negative Beer
BrewDog goes carbon negative: ‘Carbon neutral is no longer enough’
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Carbon Neutral Milk in New Zealand
Danone’s New Zealand Karicare milk formula brand commits to carbon neutrality.
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The Start of Mandatory Packaging Reporting
One country starts with mandatory packaging reporting. Here’s the Factsheet
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Sustainability Metrics According to World Economic Forum
Measuring Stakeholder Capitalism Towards Common Metrics and Consistent Reporting of Sustainable Value Creation
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Belgian Alliance for Climate Action
The Shift and WWF are calling upon organisations across Belgium to join the Belgian Alliance for Climate Action (BACA) in order to further develop their sustainability agenda through science-based targets and incentivize their supply chains to act accordingly
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Solvay Sustainability Targets
Solvay is launching another strategy or sustainability target. I’m not counting anymore.
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Aldi Plastics and Packaging Report
ALDI Australia publishes its inaugural Plastics and Packaging Progress Report
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Taghleef Dynamic Cycle
A Sustainable initiative in support of plastic circularityDynamic Cycle® is Taghleef’s set of initiatives aimed to address sustainability issues within and for our stakeholders.
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DS Smith Sustainability Strategy
As the pace of change in the world accelerates, consumers are demanding more of the products and services they buy.
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Biobased Sector Contribution to UN SDG
The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) has commissioned guidance produced by the Institute of European Environmental Policy (IEEP) enabling the bio-based industries to better measure how bio-based projects contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Lyondellbasell Sets Ambitious Plastic Waste Targets
LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, today released its annual Sustainability Report with the aim of affecting positive change and is focused on three transformational areas including plastic waste, climate change, and thriving societies.
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Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy PACE – Forum and Report
Strengthening Recovery and Resilience through Circular Economy Action. This session supports the ongoing work of the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE) and is co-designed with the World Resources Institute.
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New Boots Recycling Scheme
Get rewards when you make recycling a part of your regime. Feel good about yourself, do good for the planet and get treats along the way. Everyone’s a winner with our recycling scheme.
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Ocean Spray Flexible Plastic Recycling Program
Recycle Ocean Spray® flexible plastic CRAISINS® DRIED CRANBERRIES and snack packaging through this program.
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Canada Government Initiative on Plastic Waste
Turning Plastic Pollution Commitments into Action: GPAP Annual Impact Report 2020
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Biocomposites to Save Developing Countries from Plastic
Cheap plastic is flooding developing countries – we’re making new biodegradable materials to help
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How to Get Rid of Plastics
The following report intends to help you get rid of plastics.
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Business For Nature
More than 560 companies with revenues of US$ 4 trillion call on governments to act now to reverse nature loss.
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Search Engine Removes Marine Plastics
A Google Chrome Extension Removed Over 100 Tons Of Marine Plastics
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Wall Street Makes Money with Deforestation
Rainforests face unprecedented fires, yet BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard have consistently voted in favor of deforestation.
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Cargill Goes Regenarative Agriculture
Cargill to advance regenerative agriculture practices across 10 million acres of North American farmland by 2030
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Lidl Says Bioplastics Should be Avoided
Lidl Says Bioplastics should be avoided; another major blow to the industry.
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Dow Saves Millions with Sustainability
Dow saves $500 million via sustainable initiatives.
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Nestle Maggi Goes Recyclable Paper Wrapper
Nestlé launches Maggi organic bouillon cubes in recyclable paper wrapper.
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Who is More Sustainable: Adidas or Nike?
One of them seem to have better track records in terms of environmental practices. But both are not really nice to their workers.
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l’Oreal Launches Make Up Recycling
Cosmetics giant L’Oreal is introducing make-up recycling bins across 1,000 UK stores in an environmental push.
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McDonalds UK Goes Reusable Cups
On Wednesday, McDonald’s Corporation has announced a global partnership with TerraCycle’s circular packaging service, Loop, to test a new reusable cup model for hot beverages.
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Nestle Campaign to Stop Littering and Improve Recycling
At Nestlé Waters, we are inspiring new behaviours to close the loop on PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic bottles, by encouraging employees, stakeholders and consumers to be actively involved with recycling.
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US Campaign to Stop Littering and Improve Recycling
US starts massive campaign aimed at educating consumers regarding littering and recycling. Consumers are responsible for their waste, not the industry! Let’s cross fingers and hope it works.
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Alliance to End Plastic Waste Progress Report 2020
In this report, you can learn more about us and some of our partner projects that are preventing plastic waste leaking into the environment, capturing the value of plastic waste and supporting communities around the world.
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Unilever Goes Bio-Detergent
Unilever to eliminate fossil carbon in its cleaning products by 2030
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Carrefour Roles Out Plastic Packaging Strategy
By signing the national pact on plastic packaging, Carrefour has made a commitment to implement actions for less plastic and more circular economy. Discover our actions.
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UK To Witch Hunt Deforestation Profiteers
Larger companies would have to demonstrate they were grown responsibly, and their supply chains are free from illegal deforestation, or face fines.
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Versalis Sustainability Highlights 2019
Versalis (Eni) is the largest Italian chemical company with a presence in the intermediates, plastics and rubber markets at an international level.
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Sealed Air Makes U Turn on Chlorine
Sealed Air defended the use of chlorine in their packaging claiming it was more sustainable. But now they changed their mind and claim chlorine-free packaging is more sustainable.
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Haute Finance Goes Beyond Climate Change
Sustainable forestry, sustainable agriculture, clean water and numerous other environmentally conscious goals. Will this lead to a change of mind on Biofuels?
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PepsiCo Acts on Plastic Packaging
1 brand goes 100 % recycled content and one brand removes plastic packaging.
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The US Plastic Pact
Today, the U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative led by The Recycling Partnership and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), launched as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s global Plastics Pact network.
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Morrisons Stops Plastic Bags
Morrisons considers ditching plastic ‘bags for life’ for paper alternative.
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First Carbon Labelling on Food Packaging
Probably the first company to adopt carbon footprint labelling on its packaging.
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NL Government Breaks Producer Responsibility Promise
NL government caught greenwashing.
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More Projects to Combat Marine Litter
The Global Plastics Alliance Announces fourfold increase in Projects to Combat Marine Litter.
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BP Renewables Strategy
From International Oil Company to Integrated Energy Company: bp sets out strategy for decade of delivery towards net zero ambition
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US Retailer Starts Flexible Packaging Recycling
Nationwide program enables customers to recycle more than 300 products from America’s largest natural and organic brand without leaving home
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New Plastic Bottle Initiative in US
New initiative by US big companies to solve the problems of bottle recycling.
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First Solar Powered Chemical Site
The world’s first large-scale chemical site that is completely run by renewable power.
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TIPA Shares Global Commitment Achievements
Last year, TIPA® became a signatory to the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, and joins the global effort of moving towards a new plastics economy by providing compostable packaging solutions for non-recyclable or reusable packaging applications across the food and fashion sectors.
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L’Oreal Plastic Packaging Strategy
L’Oreal aims to cut out non-recycled plastic packaging by 2030 and bring in greener products like solid shampoo bars under its flagship Garnier brand as it steps up an environmental push, its chief executive said on Thursday.
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Procter and Gamble Goes Carbon Neutral
Reducing GHG Emissions by 50% and Purchasing 100% Renewable Electricity for all Manufacturing Sites by 2030 and Advancing Natural Climate Solutions that Deliver a Carbon Benefit Equal to Remaining GHG Emissions from Operations.
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Dole Stops Fossil Based Plastic Packaging
Dole to make nutritious foods accessible for 1 billion people, and move towards zero fruit loss and zero fossil-based plastic packaging by 2025, as well as net zero carbon emissions by 2030.
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ENI Leaves Fossil Oil Industry
Eni launches a new business structure to be a leader in the energy transition. Italian Oil Major Looks To Leave Conventional Refining.
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Braskem Joins PP Recycling Coalition
The Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, an initiative of The Recycling Partnership, is a targeted industry collaboration to improve the U.S. polypropylene recycling infrastructure.
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Perstorp Vision on Mass Balance Standard and Greenwashing
As ISO is developing a new global mass balance standard for the industry, Perstorp together with three other leading representatives from the industry are calling to include traceability and transparency for credibility and transformation of the industry towards recycled and renewable materials.
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Danone Carbon Neutral Factory
Danone has transformed its Wexford site into a carbon neutral facility between 2010 and 2020 whilst doubling production volumes.
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Amazon India Bans Single Use Plastic Packaging
The Indian unit of Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has eliminated all single-use plastic in its packaging across fulfillment centers in the country, in line with its target to weed out the packaging material by June, the e-commerce giant said on Monday.
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L’Oreal Share 2030 Sustainability Commitments
Global warming is accompanied by environmental changes that threaten potentially permanent degradation of human and natural habitats. Sea levels, melting glaciers, ocean warming and acidification as well as extreme weather events are on the rise. With higher stakes must come stronger commitments. This is the reason why L’Oréal has decided to take its efforts even…
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Dow Sustainability Commitments
Today, more than ever, the world needs leadership in environmental sustainability. That’s why we’ve set new targets around advancing a circular economy and climate protection by focusing on two closely linked issues: reducing carbon emissions and eliminating plastic waste.
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Novamont Signs Circular Economy Declaration
Catia Bastioli among the signatories of the joint statement “A solution to build back better: the circular economy” of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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