Sustainable Packaging

Is Your Supply Chain a Key Part of Your Brand Sustainability Plan?

According to speakers at Natural Products Expo West, one of the most powerful tools a company has to reduce their climate impact is to engage their supply chain.

June 1, 2021

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Flexible packaging

Liquibox Expands U.S., Global Workforces

Liquibox

Despite the global pandemic, demand for bag-in-box packaging continues to increase, enabling Liquibox to hire both professional and entry-level positions across the globe.

May 27, 2021

Material handling

Apis Wise Promotes Michael Cirocco to President

Apis Wise

Apis Wise, a software solution provider for supply chain optimization, promoted Michael Cirocco to President, effective immediately.

May 27, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

New Nivea Jars are Made from Bio-based Forestry Byproduct

Beiersdorf debuts polypropylene jars for its Nivea face cream that are made from tall oil—a byproduct of the forestry industry—to create petroleum-free, certified renewable plastic packaging.

May 26, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Ocean Spray Craisins Join Recyclable, Recoverable March with In-Store Drop-Off Ready Pouch

The packaging solution designed for Ocean Spray Craisins® dried cranberries will be available in both roll stock and pre-made stand-up-pouch formats, using a specialty high-performance polyethylene (PE).

May 25, 2021

Sustainability

Inclusive Packaging

The Unilever brand Degree is introducing a new deodorant product line named Degree Inclusion that seems important to me, and I’ll tell you why.

May 24, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

100% rPET Water Bottle Reduces CO2 Emissions

Using Earth Day this past April as the occasion, Brands Within Reach (BWR), the exclusive North American distributor of Danone’s Volvic water, launched in the U.S. Volvic’s 100% rPET bottles, made from 100% recycled materials.

May 24, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

PepsiCo’s Jason Blake Drives Sustainability Agenda

Jason Blake, Chief Sustainability Officer for PepsiCo Beverages North America, shares how the company is incorporating sustainability in every area, with a focus on innovations in packaging that will help the company reach its carbon reduction goals.

May 24, 2021

Sustainability

E-comm Brands Adopt Durable Bottles with Subscription-Based Refill Format

In effort to improve sustainability profiles and avoid the no-no of ‘shipping water,’ many new D2C brands are adopting a durable pack starter kit format that is then replenished by light or concentrated replenishment. Learn more in this Take Five video.

May 21, 2021

Digital Transformation

Mettler-Toledo, EVRYTHNG Partner to Further the Digitalization of Global Food Safety

Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection

The partnership will provide food manufacturers and brand owners with an end-to-end technology solution to join up their product data at every point in the value chain, for visibility, validation and real-time intelligence.

May 21, 2021

Flexible packaging

Pregis Announces Global Sustainability Plan

Pregis

The Pregis 2K30 (2K30 = the year 2030) mission includes real, measurable goals, close cooperation with Pregis partners, vendors, and customers worldwide, and an open invitation for like-minded companies and individuals to join the company in doing better.

May 20, 2021

Flexible packaging

Morris Packaging Bag Featured on WorldStar Packaging Award Winner

Morris Packaging

Flex Films (USA) Inc. wins WPO WorldStar Packaging Awards featuring Morris Packaging bag.

May 20, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Plastic-Free Deodorant & Body Care Refill System Launched

A reusable aluminum case from Grove Collaborative is refilled with deodorant and body care balm sticks, also packaged in aluminum.

May 18, 2021