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Huhtamaki has welcomed the conclusions of a new report, which reviews 26 scientific studies comparing the environmental impact of single-use packaging vs. reusable tableware used in takeaway settings.

Greif now counts 55 facilities achieving diversion of at least 99 percent of waste to landfills.

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The ESG Call spotlighted measurable progress and ambitions across three core areas of action: climate change, biodiversity and social development.

The new film features a number of key personnel from Graphic Packaging.

Georgia-Pacific's consistent collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency has led to two facilities becoming the first Energy Star certified mills of their type in the United States, and seven others achieving industry-leading energy reductions.

Sonoco expects operating results to be significantly better than previously projected due to sustained customer demand particularly in its Consumer Packaging and All Other segments, as well as continued strong performance in price recovery.

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A study released by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (RRD) found the market's most pressing challenges forced packaging decision makers to shift priorities and rethink operations, with 90% changing how their packaging is sourced. The Unpackaging Reality Report explores how converging disruptive issues like supply chain volatility, inflation, labor shortages, and increasing sustainability pressures have impacted the industry.

Most Loved Workplaces® certify companies where employees are the happiest and most satisfied at work.

Patent-pending Fry Cartons are made from Pactiv Evergreen's Sentinel™ Paperboard, providing a fully integrated packaging solution to foodservice operators

The first HolyGrail 2.0 sorting prototype was successfully validated in March this year following semi-industrial trials, using NIR and digital watermarks detection to sort packaging waste with a 99 percent detection rate and the potential to develop new, more granular post-consumer recycling streams.

Stora Enso is leasing the former paper machinery hall at its Veitsiluoto site in Finland to the textile technology company Infinited Fiber Company, which plans to build a commercial-scale factory to produce regenerated textile fiber from textile waste. Earlier this month Stora Enso sold its district heating business at Veitsiluoto to utility infrastructure company Nevel, a provider of advanced industrial and municipal infrastructure solutions.

The list recognizes U.S.-based corporations that champion women's advancement in leadership roles, with a focus on succession planning, gender pay parity, benefits programs and flexible work policies.

A new Stora Enso survey among 2,400 book readers of all ages in the UK, France, Germany, and the US found that people still overwhelmingly prefer physical books for their look, their feel and even their smell.

EcoVadis assesses companies covering four themes. Metsä Board was in the top 1% of companies for Environment, Labour & Human Rights and Sustainable Procurement and in the top 7% for Ethics. For the first time Metsä Board scored the full 100/100 in the Environment section.

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Following the ownership reorganization of its Decor business, estimated to be completed by the end of the third quarter of 2022, Ahlstrom-Munksjö plans to change its business name to Ahlstrom.

UPM Timber has donated redwood sawn timber to a one-of-a-kind project where the renowned Finnish architect Sami Rintala together with architectural students from the University of Westminster are building a sauna in central London, on the banks of the river Thames.

Dillard, 48, joined Sonoco in 2018 and has led the Company's corporate strategy and mergers and acquisitions activities.

Stora Enso introduced NaturaFluff Eco to the market in 2021. This lower carbon footprint fluff pulp has now fulfilled the requirements and qualified for the Asthma Allergy Nordic label.

The revolutionary 3D-formable BillerudKorsnäs FibreForm® paper offers a low-carbon packaging alternative to plastic and an exciting opportunity for inspiring designs. The creative FibreForm® is cold-formable and available in both white and brown paper.

Klabin, the largest producer and exporter of paper packaging and packaging paper in Brazil, in partnership with Ponsse, the Finnish manufacturer of forest harvesting equipment, developed a pioneering forestry machine named Harbunk.

Huhtamaki receives a gold medal from EcoVadis on sustainability performance - for the second year running. Our score places us in the top 5% among over 90,000 rated companies across the globe and highlights our continued to work towards our ambitious 2030 sustainability goals. EcoVadis is the world's largest and most trusted business sustainability index.

Strong market conditions have continued in all UPM businesses. The company has succeeded well in managing margins in the challenging cost environment.