Sustainability

Consumers across Europe are sending a clear message to retailers: sustainable packaging matters! The 2025 Trend Tracker survey, the latest consumer research report from Two Sides, reveals the demand for paper-based packaging is strong both online and in-store, with shoppers increasingly rewarding brands that choose renewable, recyclable materials.

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A groundbreaking new report, commissioned by Garson and Shaw, reveals for the first time how secondhand clothing exports from the United States to Guatemala move through the value chain, delivering environmental benefits at home and inclusive economic opportunities abroad.

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Merck has successfully closed the divestment of its global Surface Solutions business to Global New Material International Holdings Ltd.

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Access to clean water and basic sanitation is among the most pressing challenges of our time. On 17 and 18 March 2025, the inaugural Value of Water Conference placed these issues at the heart of international dialogue.

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Founded in 1993 in the city of Taizhou, Wuxi Rayard Wood Industry specialises in the production of doors, drawer sides and decorative raised panels. With a factory of almost 200,000 square metres and a team of over 1,200 employees, the company is one of Ikea's key partners: its annual sales touch almost 170 million dollars.

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Bio-based coatings are eco-friendly alternatives to petrochemical based coatings which are derived from renewables or agricultural biomass, such as oil seeds, lignin, lipids, proteins, starch, polysaccharides, polyesters, and cashew nutshell liquid.

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The lubricant manufacturer Zeller+Gmelin will also be represented at the Battery Show Europe in Stuttgart in 2025. From June 3 to 5, the company will present its latest developments in thermal management for battery systems and sustainable lubricants for metal forming and sheet metal processing on a 27 m² stand in Hall 6, Stand G41.

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Ahlstrom, a global leader in fiber-based specialty materials, accelerates its development of safe and sustainable specialty materials by providing product-specific carbon footprint through an automated life cycle assessment (LCA) platform.

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Imubit, a global leader in closed loop artificial intelligence optimization (AIO), and Preem, Sweden’s largest fuel company, have entered into a partnership aimed at accelerating Preem’s sustainability journey through Imubit’s Closed Loop AIO technology. As part of Sweden’s drive toward a carbon-neutral future, this partnership underscores Preem’s commitment to innovative, data-driven solutions to reduce emissions and increase operational efficiency.

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Fives, a worldwide leader in industrial combustion, has been supporting Saint-Gobain for over 20 years in its project to become the worldwide leader in sustainable construction. Recently, in Italy, Fives installed a first e-DuctflameTM hybrid burner in the h-old site in Biandrate.

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