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Tony Hitchin, General Manager at Pro Carton:

Every year on 22 April, people around the world celebrate Earth Day to show their support for environmental protection, and the theme for 2021 is 'Restore Our Earth'. Basically, the message is that as the world slowly recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, we cannot go back to our usual ways of life if we want to preserve the planet and reverse the destruction caused by climate change.

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Sun Chemical is launching SunCure® 44HC150 – a glossy stampable UV-curing coating, manufactured with 25% bio-renewable carbon content and with 12% post-consumer recycled materials. The coating has received excellent feedback following trials with existing customers and will be available throughout Europe from 15th March 2021 The launch marks a breakthrough for Sun Chemical’s energy curing line as it is the first of many such products to be rolled out featuring significant levels of bio-sourced and recycled material content.

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• Good result: Arburg above average with “B” score

• Comprehensive evaluation: CO2 emissions, climate risks, reduction targets and strategies
• arburgGREENworld: Extensive program on circular economy and resource conservation

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KRAIBURG TPE is presenting a new series of compounds that will enable European OEMs to still use optimum materials for exterior automotive applications in the future. The highlight: With at least a 20% proportion of postindustrial recycled materials, the compounds meet the OEMs’ high requirements and contribute to building a circular plastics economy

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Food producer Bell Germany is set to launch new recyclable packaging for its sliced ham range, developed by Mondi and available on shelves in spring 2021

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New Additives R&D Center in China will strengthen local innovation

Clariant Additives fosters agile collaboration with customers at every step of the value chain
Preview of Chinaplas 2021: Terra and VITA bio-based additives to make China debut

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Specialty chemicals innovator Perstorp is planning large-scale production of sustainable methanol from captured carbon dioxide and other residue streams. This could contribute substantially towards a climate-neutral industry. Project AIR, which Perstorp has created with partners, has been approved for the next level of evaluation from the EU Innovation Fund, one of the world’s largest funding programmes for the demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies.

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Styrolux® and Styroflex® ECO become INEOS Styrolution’s first specialty products based on bio-attributed styrene

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Leading wide-format print, graphics, and visual communications specialist MacroArt has launched a major sustainability initiative to identify opportunities and drive improvements to help reduce the environmental impact across all areas of its business.

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Environmental Protection Agency honors Ricoh's years of commitment to sustainability within its portfolio and through its stakeholders

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The interactive online report comprehensively and transparently illustrates how the company is living up to its corporate responsibility and the progress the company has made towards achieving its goals.

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The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), the leading certification authority in sustainable printing, announced today that the Printing Industry of the Carolinas joined the SGP community as a Resource Partner.

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Mondi now offers an extensive portfolio of CO2-neutral paper for professional printing, office use and premium packaging from the Mondi Neusiedler mill.

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Merck has extended its existing strategic joint research collaboration with the Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Darmstadt, Germany, by another five years.

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Solar Impulse Foundation: Schneider Electric supports identification of economically viable sustainability solutions

A Solar Impulse Foundation initiative supported by Schneider Electric has achieved an important goal: 1,000 innovative solutions for economically profitable environmental and climate protection have been identified and summarised in an overview. For decision-makers in business and politics, this is a further signal that clean technologies can also be financially viable.
Under the leadership of the well-known Swiss researcher and psychiatrist Bertrand Piccard, the Solar Impulse Foundation announced its goal of identifying 1,000 profitable environmental protection projects four years ago. Schneider Electric, as a global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has supported the project since 2019 with a four-year commitment through the Schneider Electric Foundation.
"I thank the Solar Impluse Foundation for its commitment and would like to warmly congratulate Bertrand Piccard," says Jean-Pascal Tricoire, President and CEO of Schneider Electric. "Your multi-faceted, scientific achievement is very inspiring and we are very proud to support you in developing solutions that help address the challenges posed by climate change in a practical and actionable way."
Together with 14 other multinational companies, Jean-Pascal Tricoire has also signed the Solar Impulse Fundation Manifesto. In addition to adopting more ambitious environmental targets, this also advocates for the rapid implementation and deployment of large-scale solutions to combat climate change by companies and governments.
Schneider Electric has supported the Solar Impulse Foundation initiative in analysing potential candidates for the "Solar Impulse Efficient Solution" label. This label certifies that a product, service or process meets circular economy requirements and is capable of creating jobs. In addition, the solutions must help to reduce emissions in the areas of water, energy, construction, mobility, industry and agriculture. Over 30 Schneider experts were on hand to help assess and award the solutions submitted by companies from around the world.
Among the more than 1,000 solutions that received the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label are eight Schneider solutions: the Harmony wireless pushbutton, an energy-autonomous interface for connecting industrial base devices; the Altivar 312 Solar, Altivar 600 drives; the EcoStruxure Microgrid Advisor; the NEO Network; the EV Link charge management system; the Homaya Pay As You Go Solar home solution; and the Villaya Microgrid solutions.

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Probiotics as an alternative to growth-promoting antibiotics

GuanAMINO® to support energy metabolism
AMINONIR® Portable for rapid on-site feed analysis
AMINODat® 6.0 for more precision in feed formulation

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Devan, leader in sustainable and functional textile finishes, has been working together with Jeanologia, a global leader in sustainable and efficient finishing technologies for textiles, to reduce further water consumption during the application of Devan’s awarded BI-OME® antimicrobial and R-Vital® skincare range.

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Spanish fashion retailer Alvaro Moreno has partnered with converter Innovaciones Subbética and global packaging producer Mondi to switch from plastic to paper alternatives for their shopping, online delivery and gift bags

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Planning, coordination and control within the value chain are the main tasks of our sustainable logistics and enable effective process execution. Sustainability is not a new topic here. But what does sustainable logistics mean at THIMM?

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By combining their expertise and latest innovations, Siegwerk and Kotkamills will actively create new capabilities for fibre-based packaging printers and producers, promoting circularity

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