March 2019

Södra’s nature conservation considerations receive high score with 94% of regeneration harvests and 93% of thinning operations

March 06, 2019 - 03:20
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VAXJO, Sweden, March 6, 2019 (Press Release) -The positive results for Södra’s consideration follow-ups have continued, according to the company’s Green Balance Sheet report. Both regeneration harvests and thinning operations have maintained continued high levels despite a year of extraordinary weather conditions. At the same time, the concentration of considerations has reached new heights with a result of 98 percent for approved sites, the highest score to date.

Germany's Deutsche Post DHL Group plans further quality improvements for mail and parcel services within Germany

March 05, 2019 - 12:08
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Logistics

BONN, Germany, March 5, 2019 (Press Release) -The company plans to devote previously announced annual investments of up to €150 million towards additional personnel, automation, and the further expansion of its mail and parcel network.

Germany's Deutsche Post DHL Group plans further quality improvements for mail and parcel services within Germany

March 05, 2019 - 12:08
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BONN, Germany, March 5, 2019 (Press Release) -The company plans to devote previously announced annual investments of up to €150 million towards additional personnel, automation, and the further expansion of its mail and parcel network.

IMFA: France-based supermarket chain Carrefour signs national pact to phase out plastic packaging across its stores by 2025

March 05, 2019 - 05:30
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Environment

NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 2019 (Press Release) -French supermarket chain Carrefour has signed the national pact to phase out plastic packaging across its stores by 2025 at the Ministry for the Ecological Transition.

The national pact aims to prevent more than 140t of plastic being used per year.

The company joins other companies who signed the pact, including Auchan Retail France, Biscuits Bouvard, Carrefour, Coca-Cola European Partners, Danone, L’Oréal, LSDH, Nestlé France, and Unilever.

Iggesund Paperboard receives highest rating for sustainability by EcoVadis

March 05, 2019 - 03:45
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Environment

IGGESUND, Sweden, March 5, 2019 (Press Release) -The Holmen Group’s paperboard manufacturer, Iggesund Paperboard, has received the highest rating for sustainability in an evaluation done this year by the rating firm EcoVadis. The paperboard is produced at Iggesund Mill in Sweden and at Workington, England. EcoVadis is the leading system for assessing and rating the suppliers of global companies and has done more than 45,000 evaluations in 150 countries. Companies using EcoVadis include Coca Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, L’Oréal and Heineken.

Nestlé launches new Nesquik All Natural powder in recyclable paper pouch

March 05, 2019 - 02:42
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VEVEY, Switzerland , March 4, 2019 (Press Release) -Nestlé has today announced the launch of a new Nesquik All Natural powder. The new Nesquik features a simplified, natural ingredients list and comes in a recyclable paper pouch.

Nestlé is launching the new Nesquik All Natural in five European markets in the coming weeks: France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain. It will sit alongside the existing Nesquik range, and will be rolled out to other European countries in the near future.

European Commission publishes its comprehensive report on implementation of Circular Economy Action Plan

March 04, 2019 - 10:04
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Environment

BRUSSELS, March 4, 2019 (Press Release) -The European Commission today published a comprehensive report on the implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan it adopted in December 2015.

The report presents the main results of implementing the action plan and sketches out open challenges to paving the way towards a climate-neutral, competitive circular economy where pressure on natural and freshwater resources as well as ecosystems is minimised.

Three years after adoption, the Circular Economy Action Plan can be considered fully completed.

European Parliament to cut EU subsidies to waste disposal and incineration facilities

March 04, 2019 - 09:48
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Environment

BRUSSELS, Feb. 27, 2019 (Press Release) -2019 may be the year Europe stops financing the incineration of precious resources: the European Parliament’s proposal to cut EU subsidies to waste disposal and incineration facilities within the scope of the Cohesion Fund is a major step towards a smarter, safer and more circular system.

Valmet acquires GL&V

March 04, 2019 - 09:10
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Mills

Valmet has on February 26, 2019 entered into an agreement to acquire North American-based GL&V, a global provider of technologies and services to the pulp and paper industry. The enterprise value of the acquisition is approximately EUR 113 million on a cash and debt free basis subject to ordinary post-closing adjustments. The acquisition is estimated to be completed at the earliest on April 1, 2019.

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WestRock announced as one of 12 winners of Closed Loop Partners’ NextGen Cup Challenge

March 04, 2019 - 06:26
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Packaging Technology

ATLANTA, Feb. 28, 2019 (Globe Newswire) -WestRock, a leading provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, announced today that its prototype of a recyclable fiber-based cup for hot and cold applications was named one of 12 winners of the NextGen Cup Challenge.

Russia’s Segezha Group drafts plan for new pulp and bioproducts mill in Krasnoyarsk, Russia

March 04, 2019 - 06:05
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SEGEZHA, Russia, March 4, 2019 (Press Release) -Segezha Group, a pulp and paper group (part of JSFC Sistema), elaborates design documentation of a new biotechnological complex in Siberia. The project is an up-to-date high-tech manufacturing with a single (switching) pulp line with annual capacity of 0.7 mln tons of bleached softwood and/or hardwood sulfate pulp.

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