World’s first fully renewable package featured in new display at the Museum of Brands
Press Release
February 22, 2018 /3BL Media/ - Tetra Pak has now delivered more than half a billion packs of Tetra Rex® Bio-based, the world’s first beverage carton to be manufactured entirely from renewable materials. The landmark event was announced at the Museum of Brands, in London, where the package, is featured in a new sustainability display, opening to the public today.
January 29, 2018 /3BL Media/ - Tetra Pak has today (Monday 29th January) been named on the CDP Supplier Climate A list for the second time, as well as being announced as a CDP Forests A list in December, also for the second time. We have been reporting to the CDP Supplier Climate programme since 2009 and to the Forests programme since it was first established in 2015. Reporting to CDP highlights Tetra Pak’s commitment to transparency and measurement of its sustainability positioning.
Tetra Pak pledges to support the European Commission’s Plastics Strategy, announced today as part of the EU Action Plan for a Circular Economy.
The company will:
Work with industry partners to ensure that by 2030, recycling solutions are in place for all components of beverage cartons so they can be fully recycled across Europe;
Substantially increase the use of plastics made from renewable feedstock;
Use recycled plastics once they are validated as safe and are legally acceptable for use as a food contact material
By Mario Abreu, Vice President Environment, Tetra Pak
Blog
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A recap of The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s latest report
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As early trading and bartering have grown into a booming, trillion dollar world economy over the last several hundred years, so has the need for companies to reevaluate how they are participating in this economy.
As early trading and bartering have grown into a booming, trillion dollar world economy over the last several hundred years, so has the need for companies to reevaluate how they are participating in this economy.
