Sustainability: Page 274

Sustainable Packaging

Global project's goal: one language for packaging and sustainability

The Consumer Goods Forum project may add a useful layer at the crossroads of packaging and sustainability. It could complement established sustainability guidelines.

January 27, 2010

Secondary Packaging

Case packer uses a power monitor to minimize energy consumption

A three-axis, side-load case packer receives up-to-the-minute information on energy use from a component mounted on the controls cabinet.

January 24, 2010

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Details on fifth annual Walmart sustainability expo explored

Learn from Walmart’s Ron Sasine and Sam’s Club’s Robert Parvis the goals of this year’s expo, including the role of GreenerPackage.com in providing a complementary virtual trade show available all year long.

January 21, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Major corporations begin road-testing global framework for GHGs

Companies embark on test of new GHG protocols that could enable them to better calculate and share the climate change impact of their products.

January 21, 2010

Sustainability

Packaging is key to club-store success

The unique environment of the wholesale club store demands that packaging be retail-ready, eye-catching, innovative, and environmentally friendly to secure product sales.

January 8, 2010

Sustainability

Contract-packed tattoo moisturizer tubes offer multiple benefits

Tattoo lotion specialist After Inked® adopts consumer-convenient, easy-open/reclose packaging that enables material source reduction and enhanced graphics, while shortening lead times and reducing inventory requirements.

January 8, 2010

Sustainability

Abbott acts on sustainability initiatives

In an exclusive interview, Abbott Nutrition’s director of global packaging technology discusses how Abbott is implementing more than 40 sustainable packaging initiatives.

January 8, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

PlantBottle's 30% green content is just the beginning, says Coke's Scott Vitters

In this exclusive interview, The Coca-Cola Company’s director of sustainable packaging, Scott Vitters, explains to GreenerPackage.com how the company plans to create a PET bottle using 100% renewable materials, for a container that meets Coke’s recycling initiatives and stated sustainability goals.

January 8, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

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January 8, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability Consortium clarifies goals, Walmart relationship

The Sustainability Consortium, launched last August, clarified its mission and strategies, while debunking the misconception that it is working on a “sustainability index” for Walmart, during a 90-minute Webcast, “Inside the Sustainability Consortium,” presented by GreenBiz.com in early December.

January 8, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Suppliers 'leading' the way

When you’ve been part of the packaging press for as many years as we have, you get to know some remarkable packaging suppliers.

January 7, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

S&P companies reporting on sustainability jumps by more than 33%, report shows

Despite 2009’s dismal economy, nearly all S&P 100 companies have begun to provide sustainability information, with many offering performance data, to the public.

January 7, 2010