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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In just a few days, the Circular Valley Convention (CVC) will open its doors at the Areal Böhler in Düsseldorf.

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Gebrüder Weiss completes integration of air and sea freight forwarder B+A, acquired in 2023

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Feintool and SITEC announce their latest production partnership with industry-leading Swedish coating specialist Impact Coatings AB. This non-exclusive cooperation further strengthens our capability to provide customers with the entire process chain in the production of ready-to-install metallic bipolar plates and interconnects for fuel cells and electrolyzers – from early development to high-volume production.

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Global specialty chemicals innovator Perstorp, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG), will serve growing specialty fluids markets from new site in Amsterdam.

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The global logistics company is transporting a solar energy system free of charge from Vorarlberg to Uganda in East Africa. It is destined for the Palorinya refugee settlement and will replace old diesel generators there.

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The Sustainable Foods Summit will discuss the future direction of regenerative agriculture and sustainability schemes. Taking place in San Francisco on 22-23rd January 2025, the summit will bring together leading organizations involved in regenerative agriculture, sustainability schemes, and the organic products industry. Here are some of the key highlights of the upcoming event...

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Vaisala takes 38th place in the first edition of World’s Best Companies – Sustainable Growth ranking by TIME Magazine and Statista. From over three thousand companies assessed, 500 were selected to the final ranking based on revenue growth, financial stability, and taking care of the environment.

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igus® announces it has developed a new polymer bearing material called iglide® JPF that is free of both per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). This innovation marks an important step in the company's efforts to create sustainable alternatives to conventional plain bearings.

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New research has revealed that CEOs across key European countries are shifting timescales and investment around net zero goals as companies continue to grapple with balancing profitability and sustainability in a volatile energy market.

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Two Sides has challenged over 2,800 organisations found to be communicating greenwashing messages to their customers, resulting in more than 1,260 organisations removing or changing misleading anti-paper statements.

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